Happy Birthday, Cy Coleman!

[FranklinShepard-Inc.]

Posted: 6/14/08 at 4:28pm

He would have been 79 today! RIP

Anyone been at the concert performance of "Pamela's First Musical"?

[sanda]

Posted: 6/14/08 at 5:31pm

One of my favorite composers. Happy Birthday!

[E.Davis]

Posted: 6/14/08 at 6:21pm

You were a great Music Maker!!!

[luke-h***]

Posted: 6/14/08 at 6:44pm

The genius behind Sweet Charity!
Happy Birthday Mr Coleman!
What year did he die?
How old was he?

[clever name]

Posted: 6/14/08 at 8:05pm

happy bday!

[matty159]

Posted: 6/14/08 at 10:40pm

Happy Birthday, Cy. May Pamela's First Musical have a further life!

[thatgirl712]

Posted: 6/14/08 at 11:18pm

You sure were a great music maker!

[broadwayfan7]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 2:55am

Happy Birthday Cy!

[Gypsy9]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 9:49am

Cy Coleman's best musical IMO was 1961's under-appreciated LITTLE ME, with hilarious lyrics by his partner Carolyn Leigh, and starring the brilliant comedian from the early days of television, Sid Caesar. It opened during a very long newspaper strike in NYC, which kept its glowing reviews and crucial newspaper advertising from the general public. The famous New York Herald Tribune theatre critic Walter Kerr called LITTLE ME "a blockbuster that is as gentle as a breeze". Its later revivals never captured the brilliance of the OBC, and failed unfortunately. The CD can still be purchased on one of the internet sites, but I can't remember which one. It is worth looking for. In my 54 years of theatre going, LITTLE ME stands out as THE funniest musical I have ever seen. "Here's To Us", the show's final number, is a fitting song for Cy Coleman's birthday anniversary.

Edit: I just checked and the CD is available on Amazon.com and ArkivMusic.com. It is a CD-R release, I believe.

Updated On: 6/15/08 at 09:49 AM