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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Brian Patrick Clarke to Charlotte Cornwell
Cy Coleman Biography (1929-)
Original name, Seymour Kaufman; born June 14, 1929, in Bronx, NY; son of Max(a carpenter and cabinet maker) and Ida (a landlord; maiden name, Prizent) Kaufman; married Shelby Brown, October 1, 1997; children: one daughter. Addresses: Office: 441 East 57th St., New York, NY 10022-3003.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Pianist, composer, arranger, musical director, producer, consultant
- Birth Details
- June 14, 1929
- Bronx, New York
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Stage Appearances
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Sing Happy!, Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 1978
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Stage Work
- Musical director, Compulsion, Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 1957
- Arranger, Shirley MacLaine, Palace Theatre, New York City, 1976
- Arranger, I Love My Wife, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City,1977
- Producer (with Judy Gordon, Lois Rosenfield, and Maurice Rosenfield) andvocal arrangements, Barnum, St. James Theatre, New York City, 1980
- Creative consultant, Peg, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City, 1983
- Coproducer and vocal arrangements, Welcome to the Club, Music BoxTheatre, New York City, 1989
- Vocal arrangements, City of Angels, Virginia Theatre, New York City, 1989-1992
- Music arranger, The Will Rogers Follies, Palace Theatre, 1991-1993
- Vocal and dance arrangements, The Life, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1997-1998
- Vocal and dance arrangements, Exactly Like You, York Theatre Company, New York City, 1999
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Film Music Director
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Father Goose, Universal, 1964
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Television Appearances
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Series
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ABC's Nightlife, ABC, 1965
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Specials
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The 45th Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 1991
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1991
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Yours for a Song: The Women of Tin Pan Alley, PBS, 1999
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Episodic
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Playboy's Penthouse, 1959
- "Music Makers: An ASCAP Celebration of American Music at Wolf Trap," Great Performances, PBS, 1987
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Television Work
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Series
- Piano player, Date in Manhattan, 1948-1951
- (With Cy Coleman Trio) Starlit Time, 1950
- Member of house band (Cy Coleman Trio) The Andy and Della Russell Show, 1950-1951
- Piano player, The Kate Smith Show, 1951-1952
- Music director, The Les Crane Show, 1964-1965
- Also played piano for Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party.
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Specials
- Producer, Gypsy in My Soul, 1976
- Vocal and dance arrangements, Barnum, 1986
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RECORDINGS
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Albums
- (With Carolyn Leigh) Wildcat, RCA, 1961
- (With Dorothy Fields) Sweet Charity, Columbia, 1966
- (With Fields; and producer) Seesaw, Buddha, 1973
- (With Michael Stewart; and producer) I Love My Wife, Atlantic, 1977
- (And producer) On the Twentieth Century, Columbia, 1978
- (With Stewart; and producer, with Mike Berniker) Barnum, CBS Masterworks, 1980
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Mel Torme: And Friends, 1982
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Comin' Home, 1988
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City of Angels, 1990
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The Will Rogers Follies, 1992
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The Life, 1996
- Also recorded many of his songs for The Piano Artistry of Cy Coleman, Seenco; If My Friends Could See Me Now, Columbia; and The Party's On, RCA.
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Singles
- "Theme from The Garden of the Finzi-Continis," London, 1972
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WRITINGS
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Stage Scores
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Compulsion, Ambassador Theatre, 1959
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Wildcat, Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1960
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Little Me, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 1962
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Sweet Charity, Palace Theatre, 1966
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Seesaw, Uris Theatre, New York City, 1973
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Shirley MacLaine, Palace Theatre, 1976
- (With Jule Stine and Hank Beebe) Hellzapoppin', Mechanic Theatre,Baltimore, MD, 1976
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I Love My Wife, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1977
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On the Twentieth Century, St. James Theatre, 1977
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Home Again, Home Again, American Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, CT, 1979
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Barnum, St. James Theatre, 1980
- (With others) Diamonds, Circle in the Square, New York City, 1984
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Kaye Ballard: Working 42nd Street at Last!, Kaufman Theatre, New York City, 1988
- (And lyrics) Welcome to the Club, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1989
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City of Angels, Virginia Theatre, 1989
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Will Rogers Follies, Palace Theatre, 1991
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The Life, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1997
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Exactly Like You, York Theatre Company, 1999
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Stage Songs
- "Tin Pan Alley," John Murray Anderson's Almanac, Imperial Theatre,1953
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Film Scores
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Spartacus, Universal, 1960
- (And song "Pass Me By") Father Goose, Universal, 1964
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The Troublemaker, Janus, 1964
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The Art of Love, Universal, 1965
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Sweet Charity (also known as Sweet Charity: The Adventures of aGirl Who Wanted to Be Loved), Universal, 1969
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Garbo Talks, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1984
- (And theme song and other songs) Blame It on Rio, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
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Power, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1986
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Family Business, TriStar, 1989
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Film Special Music
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Micki and Maude, 1984
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Film Songs
- Title song, The Heartbreak Kid, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972
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This Is Elvis, 1981
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Micki and Maude, 1984
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Blue City Slammers, 1988
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit, 1988
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Hoffa, 1992
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Hocus Pocus, 1993
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Look Who's Talking Now, 1993
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Ronin, 1998
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Return to Me, 2000
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Saving Grace, 2000
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What Women Want, 2000
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Television Scores
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Series
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The S. S. Holiday, 1949-1951
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Specials
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Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now, CBS, 1974
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Gypsy in My Soul, CBS, 1976
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Barnum, 1986
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Yours for a Song: The Women of Tin Pan Alley, PBS, 1999
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Television Special Music Material
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Specials
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NBC's 60th Anniversary Celebration, NBC, 1986
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Television Songs
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Specials
- "You're Invited to a Party," "Doin' the Bob Hope Show," "Comedy Ain't NoJoke," "Travelin' Man," "Vaudeville," and "Oscar and Me," Happy Birthday Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC, NBC, 1988
- "It's Not Where You Start ... It's Where You Finish," Bob Hope's JollyChristmas Show with the All-America Champs, NBC, 1988
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Songs
- "Riviera," c. 1945.
- "A Moment of Madness," c. early 1950s.
- "Why Try to Change Me Now," 1952.
- "I'm Gonna Laugh You out of My Life," 1955.
- "Witchcraft," 1957.
- "Firefly," 1958.
- "It Amazes Me," 1958.
- "You Fascinate Me So," 1958.
- "The Best Is Yet to Come," 1959.
- "The Riviera," 1959.
- "Play Boy Theme," 1960.
- "Rules of the Road," 1961.
- Also wrote "Pass Me By," "Pussy Cat," "Hey Look Me Over," "Big Spender,""If My Friends Could See Me Now," "Nobody Does It Like Me," "I Love My Wife,"and "Hey There Good Times."
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals
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New York Times, July 13, 1986 April 9, 1989
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Time, February 24, 1992, p. 66
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