Read You Fascinate Me So: The Life and Times of Cy Coleman Online
Authors: Andy Propst
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22
Sheldon Harnick, interview by the author, October 23, 2013.
23
Ibid.
Chapter Twenty-five
1
Lee,
Miss Peggy Lee
, 245.
2
Larry Kart, “Look Out, Broadway! At 62, Peggy Lee Is Ready to Tell All,”
Chicago Tribune
, February 13, 1983, D11.
3
Richmond,
Fever
, 358.
4
Larry Kart, “Look Out, Broadway! At 62, Peggy Lee Is Ready to Tell All,”
Chicago Tribune
, February 13, 1983, D11.
5
Richmond,
Fever
, 362.
6
Ibid., 363.
7
Judy Gordon, interview by the author, August 20, 2013.
8
Tommy Tune, interview by the author, October 24, 2013.
9
Advertisement,
Back Stage
, November 18, 1983, 102.
10
Michael Sneed and Cheryl Lavin, “Sneed & Lavin Inc.,”
Chicago Tribune
, November 25, 1983, 24.
11
Ted Kociolek, interview by the author, August 22, 2013.
12
Ibid.
13
Ted Kociolek, email to author, May 28, 2014.
14
Robin Wagner, interview by the author, July 23, 2013.
15
Barbara Fried, interview by the author, April 24, 2013.
16
Nan Robertson, “Broadway,”
New York Times
, May 17, 1985, C2.
17
Robin Wagner, interview by the author, July 23, 2013.
18
Paul Rosenfield, “Fosse, Verdon and ‘Charity’: Together Again,”
Los Angeles Times
, July 21, 1985, O3.
19
Craig Jacobs, interview by the author, July 31, 2013.
20
Enid Nemy, “Broadway,”
New York Times
, January 24, 1986, C2.
21
Charles W. Hall, Douglas Stevenson, “Bob Fosse Dies After Collapsing on D.C. Street,”
Washington Post
, September 24, 1987, A8.
22
Craig Jacobs, interview by the author, July 31, 2013.
23
Terrie Curran, interview by the author, October 26, 2012.
24
Ibid.
25
Mark Bramble, interview by the author, September 9, 2013.
Chapter Twenty-six
1
Dena Kleiman, “Cy Coleman, Composer with a Knack for Juggling,”
New York Times
, July 13, 1986, H4.
2
Allan Knee, interview by the author, January 10, 2014.
3
Ibid.
4
Ibid.
5
David Zippel, interview by the author, May 21, 2013.
6
Ibid.
7
Allan Knee, interview by the author, January 10, 2014.
8
Ibid.
9
Ibid.
10
Ken Mandelbaum, “Million and a Half Dollar Baby,”
Theater Week
, April 24–30, 1989, 23.
11
Ibid., 24.
12
Eleanor Charles, “Musical-Comedy Tryout,”
New York Times
, July 26, 1987, CN22.
13
“Mixed-to-Pans Greet ‘Let ’Em Rot’ in Fla.,”
Variety
, March 2, 1988, 103.
14
Nan Robertson, “On Stage,”
New York Times
, July 29, 1988, C2.
15
Ken Mandelbaum, “Million and a Half Dollar Baby,”
Theater Week
, April 24–30, 1989, 25.
16
Bill Rosenfield, interview by the author, November 16, 2013.
17
Edwin Wilson, “The Road to Broadway,”
Wall Street Journal
, August 29, 1988, 7.
18
Ken Mandelbaum, “Million and a Half Dollar Baby,”
Theater Week
, April 24–30, 1989, 25
19
Edwin Wilson, “The Road to Broadway,”
Wall Street Journal
, August 29, 1988, 7.
20
Mervyn Rothstein, “Cy Coleman Still Does It for Broadway,”
New York Times
, April 9, 1989, H5.
21
Terri White, interview by the author, September 11, 2013.
22
Mervyn Rothstein, “Cy Coleman Still Does It for Broadway,”
New York Times
, April 9, 1989, H8.
23
Sally Mayes, interview by the author, September 3, 2013.
24
Ibid.
25
Craig Jacobs, interview by the author, July 31, 2013.
26
John Miller, interview by the author, August 1, 2013.
27
Mervyn Rothstein, “Cy Coleman Still Does It for Broadway,”
New York Times
, April 9, 1989, H5.
28
Terri White, interview by the author, September 11, 2013.
29
Sally Mayes, interview by the author, September 3, 2013.
Chapter Twenty-seven
1
Gelbart,
Laughing Matters
, 238.
2
Cy Coleman, interview by Peter Filichia, 1989.
3
David Zippel, interview by the author, September 3, 2013.
4
Ibid.
5
Ibid.
6
Ibid.
7
Ibid.
8
Ibid.
9
Larry Gelbart, interview by Peter Filichia, 1989.
10
David Zippel, interview by the author, September 3, 2013.
11
Larry Gelbart, interview by Peter Filichia, 1989.
12
Kinky Friedman, “Gelbart Hard-Boiled: The Case of the Alter Ego,”
New York Times
, December 10, 1989, H37.
13
David Zippel, interview by the author, September 3, 2013.
14
Michael Blakemore, interview by the author, August 27, 2013.
15
Ibid.
16
Ibid.
17
Ibid.
18
Ibid.
19
David Zippel, interview by the author, September 3, 2013.
20
Michael Blakemore, interview by the author, August 27, 2013.
21
Ibid.
22
Dee Hoty, interview by the author, August 24, 2013.
23
Ibid.
24
Randy Graff, interview by the author, July 21, 2013.
25
Gordon Lowry Harrell, interview by the author, May 31, 2013.
26
Kinky Friedman, “Gelbart Hard-Boiled: The Case of the Alter Ego,”
New York Times
, December 10, 1989, H37.
27
Yaron Gershovsky, interview by the author, August 5, 2013.
28
Michael Blakemore, interview by the author, August 27, 2013.
29
Larry Gelbart, interview by Peter Filichia, 1989.
30
Randy Graff, interview by the author, July 21, 2013.
31
Ibid.
32
Ibid.
33
Gordon Lowry Harrell, interview by the author, May 31, 2013.
34
Michael Blakemore, interview by the author, August 27, 2013.
35
Gordon Lowry Harrell, interview by the author, May 31, 2013.
36
Ibid.
37
Michael Blakemore, interview by the author, August 27, 2013.
38
Ibid.
39
Bill Rosenfield, interview by the author, November 16, 2013.
40
Robin Wagner, interview by the author, July 23, 2013.
41
Peter Filichia, “Death Is for Suckers,”
Theater Week
, December 18–24, 1989, 18.
42
Bill Rosenfield, interview by the author, November 16, 2013.
43
Ibid.
44
Ibid.
45
Gordon Lowry Harrell, interview by the author, May 31, 2013.
46
David Zippel, interview by the author, September 3, 2013.
47
Gordon Lowry Harrell, interview by the author, May 31, 2013.
48
Fred Barton, interview by the author, January 10, 2014.
Chapter Twenty-eight
1
Mervyn Rothstein, “On Stage,”
New York Times
, November 17, 1989, C2.
2
Cossette,
Another Day in Showbiz
, 187.
3
Ibid., 188.
4
Ibid., 189.
5
Bell,
Broadway Stories
, 152.
6
John Harris, “The Making of
The Will Rogers Follies
,”
Theater Week
, May 13–19, 1991, 17.
7
Ibid.
8
Bell,
Broadway Stories
, 153.
9
Enid Nemy, “Broadway,”
New York Times
, March 13, 1987, C2.
10
Bell,
Broadway Stories
.
11
Ibid., 154.
12
Douglas Martin, “Can Keith Carradine Lasso the Essence of Will Rogers?,”
New York Times
, April 28, 1991, H5.
13
Keith Carradine, interview by the author, August 16, 2013.
14
Ibid.
15
Douglas Martin, “Can Keith Carradine Lasso the Essence of Will Rogers?,”
New York Times
, April 28, 1991.
16
Dee Hoty, interview by the author, August 24, 2013.
17
Bell,
Broadway Stories
.
18
Jeremy Gerard, “New Japanese Bird to Sing Broadway Tune,”
Variety
, April 1, 1991, 74.
19
Sheed,
The House That George Built
, 296.
20
Tommy Tune, interview by the author, October 24, 2013.
21
Ibid.
22
Keith Carradine, interview by the author, August 16, 2013.
23
Dee Hoty, interview by the author, August 24, 2013.
24
Keith Carradine, interview by the author, August 16, 2013.
25
Ibid.
26
Dee Hoty, interview by the author, August 24, 2013.
27
Ibid.
28
Tommy Tune, interview by the author, October 24, 2013.
29
Ibid.
30
Ibid.
31
Ibid.
32
Eric Stern, interview by the author, September 4, 2013.
33
Ibid.
34
Ibid.
35
Ibid.
36
Ibid.
37
Ibid.
38
Tommy Tune, interview by the author, October 24, 2013.
39
David Patrick Stearns, “Broadway Recordings Transcend the Stage,”
USA Today
, November 22, 1991, 6D.
40
Cossette,
Another Day in Showbiz
, 202.
Chapter Twenty-nine
1
Pat Birch, interview by the author, October 16, 2013.
2
Alan Zweibel, interview by the author, October 5, 2013.
3
Sally Mayes, interview by the author, September 3, 2013.
4
Terry Morris, “Cy Coleman Continues to Score,”
Dayton Daily News
(OH), May 20, 1994, 13.
5
Alan and Marilyn Bergman, interview by the author, May 7, 2013.
6
Ron Mallory, interview by the author, June 12, 2013.
7
Ibid.
8
Ibid.
9
Ibid.
10
Lois Smith Brady, “Shelby Brown and Cy Coleman,”
New York Times
, October 5, 1997, 49.
11
Shelby Coleman, interview by the author, October 1, 2013.
12
Ibid.
13
Ibid.
14
Ibid.
15
Lois Smith Brady, “Shelby Brown and Cy Coleman,”
New York Times
, October 5, 1997, 49.
Chapter Thirty
1
Ira Gasman, interview by the author, June 12, 2013.
2
Harry Haun, “The Origins of Life,”
Playbill.com
, June 23, 1997, accessed July 9, 2014,
http://www.playbill.com/features/article/64521-The-Origins-of-Life
.
3
Ira Gasman, interview by the author, June 12, 2013.
4
Barbara Delatiner, “‘Piano Hands’ Seeking New Coda,”
New York Times
, October 18, 1981, LI15.
5
Matt Wolf, “Giving His All to Charity,”
Times
(London), May 13, 1998, 33.
6
Lillias White, interview by the author, October 24, 2013.
7
Chuck Cooper, interview by the author, October 22, 2013.
8
Ibid.
9
Ibid.
10
“Equity Stage,”
Back Stage
, May 25, 1990, 14A.
11
Lillias White, interview by the author, October 24, 2013.
12
Jeremy Gerard, “Clash of the Titans,”
Variety
, November 1, 1993, 51.
13
Gordon Lowry Harrell, interview by the author, May 31, 2013.
14
Bruce Weber, “On Stage, and Off,”
New York Times
, June 24, 1994, C2.
15
Army Archerd, “Farrow a ‘Widow’ in Return to Pix,”
Variety.com
, July 8, 1993, accessed January 12, 2014,
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117862213?refcatid=15
.
16
Bill Rosenfield, interview by the author, November 16, 2013.
17
Ibid.
18
Ibid.
19
Ibid.
20
Ibid.
21
Ibid.
22
Chuck Cooper, interview by the author, October 22, 2013.
23
Michael Blakemore, interview by the author, August 27, 2013.
24
Ibid.
25
Ibid.
26
Robert Simonson, “‘Big’ Yields Shubert to ‘Chicago,’ as Shows Re-Shuffle,”
Back Stage
, October 4, 1996, 3.
27
Peter Marks, “On Stage, and Off,”
New York Times
, October 11, 1996, C2.
28
Chuck Cooper, interview by the author, October 22, 2013.
29
Sam Harris, interview by the author, July 19, 2013.
30
Ibid.
31
Ibid.
32
Ibid.
33
Ibid.
34
Ibid.
35
Ibid.