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songwriter and jazz pianist 1929 2004 seymour kaufman redirects here for the fictional principal see room 222 cy coleman coleman in 1996 background information born seymour kaufman 1929 06 14 june 14 1929 new york city u s died november 18 2004 2004 11 18 aged 75 new york city u s genres jazz pop occupations composer songwriter pianist musical artist cy coleman born seymour kaufman june 14 1929 november 18 2004 was an american composer songwriter and jazz pianist 1 life and career edit coleman was born seymour kaufman in new york city to eastern european jewish parents and was raised in the bronx 1 his mother ida née prizent was an apartment landlady and his father was a brickmason 2 he was a child prodigy who gave piano recitals at venues such as steinway hall town hall and carnegie hall between the ages of six and nine 3 before beginning his fabled broadway career he led the cy coleman trio which made many recordings and was a much in demand club attraction despite the early classical and jazz success coleman decided to build a career in popular music 1 his first collaborator was joseph allen mccarthy but his most successful early partnership albeit a turbulent one 4 was with carolyn leigh the pair wrote many pop hits including witchcraft and the best is yet to come 1 one of his instrumentals playboy s theme became the signature music of the regular syndicated late night tv show playboy after dark in the 1960s this included specials presented by the editor publisher hugh m hefner of playboy magazine and remains synonymous with the chicago magazine and its creator hefner coleman s career as a broadway composer began when he and leigh collaborated on wildcat 1960 1 which marked the broadway debut of movie television comedienne lucille ball the score included the hit tune hey look me over 1 when ball became ill she left the show and it closed next for the two was little me with a book by neil simon based on the novel of the same name by patrick dennis the show introduced real live girl and i ve got your number which became popular standards 1 in 1964 coleman met dorothy fields at a party and when he asked if she would like to collaborate with him she is reported to have answered thank god somebody asked 5 fields was revitalized by working with the much younger coleman and by the contemporary nature of their first project which was sweet charity again with a book by simon starring gwen verdon and introducing the songs if my friends could see me now i m a brass band big spender and the rhythm of life 1 the show was a major success and coleman found working with fields much easier than with leigh the partnership was to work on two more shows an aborted project about eleanor roosevelt and seesaw which reached broadway in 1973 after a troubled out of town tour 1 despite mixed reviews the show enjoyed a healthy run the partnership was cut short by fields death in 1974 coleman remained prolific in the late 1970s he collaborated on i love my wife 1977 with michael stewart on the twentieth century 1978 with betty comden and adolph green and home again home again with barbara fried although the latter never reached broadway 1 also in 1970 he produced the single lying here mercury 73150 6 for the rock opera sensations and took a full page back cover advert in billboard magazine to promote his upcoming star vocalist steve leeds cy coleman with playwright neil simon right during a rehearsal in 1982 in 1980 coleman served as producer and composer for the circus themed barnum which co starred jim dale and glenn close 1 later in the decade he collaborated on welcome to the club 1988 with a e hotchner and city of angels 1989 with david zippel 1 in the latter inspired by the hard boiled detective film noir of the 1930s and 1940s he returned to his jazz roots and the show was a huge critical and commercial success the 1990s brought more new coleman musicals to broadway the will rogers follies 1991 again with comden and green the life 1997 a gritty look at pimps prostitutes and assorted other lowlife in the big city with ira gasman and a revised production of little me coleman s film scores include father goose the art of love garbo talks power and family business 7 in addition he wrote memorable television specials for shirley maclaine if my friends could see me now and gypsy in my soul 8 coleman has been the only composer to win consecutive tony awards for best score at the same time that the corresponding musicals won for best musical city of angels and the will rogers follies although stephen sondheim actually won three consecutive tony awards for best score for company follies and a little night music follies did not win for best musical coleman was on the ascap board of directors for many years and also served as their vice chairman writer 9 one final musical with a coleman score played in los angeles at the mark taper forum between december 2003 and january 2004 under the title like jazz as a broadway tryout investor transamerica capital went forward with plans to mount a broadway production renamed in the pocket 10 dirk decloedt and maurice hines were announced as director and choreographer with an anticipated opening in spring 2006 but it never opened 11 education edit coleman studied at new york s the high school of music art and the new york college of music graduating in 1948 12 death edit on november 18 2004 coleman attended the broadway opening of michael frayn s play democracy and went to the premiere party afterward 3 however he soon fell ill and was taken to new york hospital where he died later that evening at the age of 75 his death was attributed to a heart condition variously said to be a heart attack 3 or heart failure 13 he was survived by his wife shelby coleman née brown and their adopted daughter 14 theatre credits edit year title role music lyrics book ref 1960 wildcat music cy coleman carolyn leigh n richard nash 1962 little me neil simon 1966 sweet charity dorothy fields 1973 seesaw michael bennett 1977 i love my wife michael stewart 1978 on the twentieth century betty comden adolph green 1979 home again home again barbara fried russell baker 15 1980 barnum music producer michael stewart mark bramble 1 1989 welcome to the club music lyrics cy coleman a e hotchner a e hotchner city of angels music david zippel larry gelbart 1990 the life ira gasman david newman ira gasman cy coleman 1991 the will rogers follies betty comden adolph green peter stone 2003 like jazz in the pocket alan and marilyn bergman larry gelbart 11 awards nominations and honors edit awards and nominations edit 1997 tony award best book of a musical the life nominee 1997 tony award best musical the life nominee 1997 tony award best original score the life nominee 1991 tony award best musical the will rogers follies winner 1991 tony award best original score the will rogers follies winner 1990 tony award best musical city of angels winner 1990 tony award best original score city of angels winner 1980 tony award best musical barnum nominee 1980 tony award best original score barnum nominee 1978 tony award best musical on the twentieth century nominee 1978 tony award best original score on the twentieth century winner 1977 tony award best musical i love my wife nominee 1977 tony award best original score i love my wife nominee 1974 tony award best musical seesaw nominee 1974 tony award best original score seesaw nominee 1966 tony award best composer and lyricist sweet charity nominee 1966 tony award best musical sweet charity nominee 1963 tony award best composer and lyricist little me nominee 1963 tony award best musical little me nominee he also won three emmy awards 16 and two grammy awards and an academy award nomination honors edit among his many honors and awards coleman was elected to the songwriter s hall of fame 1981 and was the recipient of the songwriter s hall of fame johnny mercer award 1995 17 and the ascap foundation richard rodgers award for lifetime achievement in american musical theatre 8 he was elected to the american theatre hall of fame 18 19 and received an honorary doctorate from hofstra university in 2000 20 references edit 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 larkin colin ed 2002 the virgin encyclopedia of fifties music 3rd ed london virgin isbn 978 1 85227 937 0 berkvist robert november 20 2004 cy coleman composer whose jazz fired musicals blazed on broadway dies at 75 the new york times issn 0362 4331 retrieved march 29 2026 1 2 3 jones kenneth cy coleman a master of the show tune is dead at 75 archived december 27 2008 at the wayback machine playbill com november 19 2004 propst andy you fascinate me so the life and times of cy coleman milwaukee wi 2015 furia philip lasser michael 2006 america s songs the stories behind the songs of broadway hollywood and tin pan alley new york routledge p 287 isbn 978 0 415 97246 8 coleman cy october 31 1970 steve leeds sings lying here billboard pp back page pbs biography pbs org accessed march 30 2009 1 2 biography feinsteinsattheregency com accessed march 30 2009 ascap listing ascap com accessed march 30 2009 the people in the pyramid give their regards to broadway sponsorship com archived from the original on november 30 2012 retrieved october 22 2019 1 2 dirk decloedt and maurice hines ready in the pocket for b way broadway com retrieved october 22 2019 cy coleman encyclopedia of music in the 20th century by lol henderson lee stacey eds fitzroy dearborn 1999 p 131 oclc 40798416 berkvist robert november 19 2004 cy coleman broadway composer dies at 75 the new york times retrieved july 4 2014 shelby brown and cye coleman the new york times retrieved april 6 2005 lawson carol april 14 1979 home again home again closing out of town the new york times new york city cy coleman awards imdb com retrieved october 22 2019 song writers hall of fame mercer award 1995 archived july 1 2009 at the wayback machine songwritershalloffame org accessed march 30 2009 list of members american theater hall of fame bestplaysonline com accessed march 30 2009 theater hall of fame members theaterhalloffame org retrieved february 10 2014 hofstra university speakers for commencement 2000 newswise com may 10 2000 external links edit cy coleman at imdb cy coleman at the internet off broadway database archived excerpts from life stories of cy shelby s show about her late husband youtube v t e musicals by cy coleman wildcat little me sweet charity seesaw i love my wife on the twentieth century barnum welcome to the club city of angels the will rogers follies the life exactly like you awards for cy coleman v t e drama desk award for outstanding music al carmines burt bacharach 1969 stephen sondheim kurt weill 1970 stephen sondheim 1971 galt macdermot 1972 stephen sondheim 1973 al carmines 1974 charlie smalls 1975 marvin hamlisch 1976 cy coleman 1977 cy coleman carol hall 1978 stephen sondheim 1979 andrew lloyd webber 1980 maury yeston 1982 andrew lloyd webber 1983 jerry herman 1984 larry grossman 1985 rupert holmes 1986 noel gay claude michel schönberg 1987 andrew lloyd webber 1988 cy coleman 1990 cy coleman 1991 erik frandsen michael garin paul lockheart and robert hipkins 1992 marvin hamlisch 1993 stephen sondheim 1994 jonathan larson 1996 cy coleman 1997 stephen flaherty 1998 jason robert brown 1999 andrew lippa 2000 david yazbek 2001 jason robert brown 2002 marc shaiman 2003 jeanine tesori 2004 adam guettel 2005 lisa lambert and greg morrison 2006 duncan sheik 2007 stew and heidi rodewald 2008 elton john 2009 david bryan 2010 trey parker robert lopez and matt stone 2011 alan menken 2012 david byrne and fatboy slim 2013 jason robert brown 2014 lin manuel miranda 2015 steve martin and edie brickell 2016 david yazbek 2017 david friedman 2018 david yazbek 2019 dave malloy 2020 no award 2021 toby marlow and lucy moss 2022 brandy clark and shane mcanally 2023 shaina taub 2024 will aronson and hue park 2025 brian quijada and nygel d robinson 2026 v t e primetime emmy award for outstanding writing for a variety special 1971 1978 bob ellison and marty farrell 1971 anne howard bailey 1972 joseph bologna and renée taylor 1973 rosalyn drexler ann elder karyl geld miller robert illes lorne michaels richard pryor jim rusk herb sargent james r stein lily tomlin jane wagner rod warren and george yanok 1974 john bradford cy coleman and robert wells 1975 ann elder christopher guest lorne michaels earl pomerantz jim rusk lily tomlin jane wagner rod warren and george yanok 1976 buz kohan and ted strauss 1977 chevy chase tom davis al franken charles grodin lorne michaels paul simon lily tomlin and alan zweibel 1978 2009 present chris rock 2009 dave boone and paul greenberg 2010 dave boone matt roberts and mo rocca 2011 louis c k 2012 louis c k 2013 sarah silverman 2014 louis c k 2015 patton oswalt 2016 samantha bee ashley nicole black pat cassels eric drysdale mathan erhardt travon free joe grossman miles kahn jo miller and melinda taub 2017 john mulaney 2018 hannah gadsby 2019 dave chappelle 2020 bo burnham 2021 jerrod carmichael 2022 john mulaney 2023 alex edelman 2024 james anderson dan bulla megan callahan shah michael che mikey day mike dicenzo james downey tina fey jimmy fowlie alison gates sudi green jack handey steve higgins colin jost erik kenward dennis mcnicholas seth meyers lorne michaels john mulaney jake nordwind ceara o sullivan josh patten paula pell simon rich pete schultz streeter seidell emily spivey kent sublette bryan tucker and auguste white 2025 albertina rizzo gabe liedman nedaa sweiss kelly younger and andrew williams 2026 between 1979 2008 writing specials competed alongside outstanding writing for a variety series v t e tony award for best original score 1947 1975 street scene by kurt weill 1947 kiss me kate by cole porter 1949 south pacific by richard rodgers 1950 call me madam by irving berlin 1951 no strings by richard rodgers 1962 oliver by lionel bart 1963 hello dolly by jerry herman 1964 fiddler on the roof by jerry bock and sheldon harnick 1965 man of la mancha by mitch leigh and joe darion 1966 cabaret by john kander and fred ebb 1967 hallelujah baby by jule styne betty comden and adolph green 1968 company by stephen sondheim 1971 follies by stephen sondheim 1972 a little night music by stephen sondheim 1973 gigi by frederick loewe and alan jay lerner 1974 the wiz by charlie smalls 1975 1976 2000 a chorus line by marvin hamlisch and edward kleban 1976 annie by charles strouse and martin charnin 1977 on the twentieth century by cy coleman betty comden and adolph green 1978 sweeney todd by stephen sondheim 1979 evita by andrew lloyd webber and tim rice 1980 woman of the year by john kander and fred ebb 1981 nine by maury yeston 1982 cats by andrew lloyd webber and t s eliot 1983 la cage aux folles by jerry herman 1984 big river by roger miller 1985 the mystery of edwin drood by rupert holmes 1986 les misérables by claude michel schönberg herbert kretzmer and alain boublil 1987 into the woods by st...