You Fascinate Me So: The Life and Times of Cy Coleman (51 page)

12
“To Cure Tension, Make Furniture, She Says,”
Big Spring Herald
(TX), September 12, 1960, 5-A.

13
Earl Wilson, “Chess(ty) Sylvia Miles Fibbed,”
Delaware County Daily Times
(PA), March 5, 1970, 39.

14
Lee Mortimer, “New York Confidential,”
Pharos-Tribune
(IN), February 10, 1961, 4.

Chapter Twelve

1
Kasha and Hirschhorn,
Notes on Broadway
, 53.

2
L. K. Rose, “Investor’s Report,”
Back Stage
, May 19, 1961, 10.

3
Guernsey,
Broadway Song & Story
, 177.

4
Kasha and Hirschhorn,
Notes on Broadway
.

5
Feuer with Gross,
I Got the Show Right Here
, 235.

6
Whitney Bolton, “Glancing Sideways,”
Evening Times
(Cumberland, MD), September 28, 1962, 6.

7
Earl Wilson, “Groucho Makes O’Brian’s Broadway Debut Tonight,”
Press-Telegram
(Long Beach, CA), December 28, 1961, B11.

8
Earl Wilson, “It Happened Last Night,”
Newsday
, February 2, 1962, 6C.

9
Dorothy Kilgallen, “Joan Robertson Is Proving It’s a Woman’s World,”
Lowell Sun
(MA), February 10, 1962, 8.

10
Howard Taubman, “Theatre: ‘How to Succeed’ a Success,”
New York Times
, October 16, 1961, 34.

11
Simon,
Rewrites
, 111.

12
Emile Charlap, interview by the author, May 1, 2013.

13
Simon,
Rewrites
, 115.

14
Emile Charlap, interview by the author, May 1, 2013.

15
Feuer with Gross,
I Got the Show Right Here
, 236.

16
Fred Werner, interview by the author, April 23, 2013.

17
Barbara Sharma, interview by the author, August 7, 2013.

18
Feuer with Gross,
I Got the Show Right Here
, 236–237.

19
Viagas,
The Alchemy of Theatre
, 29.

20
Feuer with Gross,
I Got the Show Right Here
.

21
Fred Werner, interview by the author, April 23, 2013.

22
Ibid.

23
Emile Charlap, interview by the author, May 1, 2013.

24
Simon,
Rewrites
, 118.

25
Gottfried,
All His Jazz
, 154.

26
Earl Wilson, “It Happened Last Night,”
Newsday
, March 4, 1963, 6C.

27
Dorothy Kilgallen, “Attorney General Robert Kennedy to Run in 1968,”
Hamilton Journal
(OH), March 5, 1963, 4.

28
“Television Reviews,”
Variety
, November 28, 1962, 29.

29
Rick Du Brow, “Caesar’s Special Boring, Just Too Much Caesar,”
Scottsdale Daily Progress
(AZ), November 26, 1962, 9.

30
Caesar with Davidson,
Where Have I Been?
, 180.

31
Ibid., 181.

32
Lawrence Van Gelder, “Judy Garland’s Funeral Draws Her Colleagues,”
New York Times
, June 28, 1969, 17.

Chapter Thirteen

1
Whitney Bolton, “Glancing Sideways,”
Evening Times
(Cumberland, MD), September 28, 1962.

2
Earl Wilson, “That’s Earl for Today,”
Evening Standard
(Uniontown, PA), December 10, 1962, 2.

3
Earl Wilson, “It Happened Last Night,”
Newsday
, January 8, 1962, 6C.

4
Cy Coleman, ASCAP Foundation Living Archive Project interview, September 17, 2002.

5
Kasha and Hirschhorn,
Notes on Broadway
, 53.

6
Cy Coleman, ASCAP Foundation Living Archive Project interview, September 17, 2002.

7
Jerry Parker, “A Revival of Harmony,”
Newsday
, February 14, 1982, B7.

8
Ibid.

9
Jerry Tallmer, “That Broadway Feeling,”
The Villager
, November 10–16, 2004, accessed June 28, 2014,
http://thevillager.com/villager_80/thatbroadwayfeeling.html
.

10
Ibid.

11
Cy Coleman, interview by David Kenney,
Everything Old Is New Again
, WBAI-FM, New York, NY, October 10, 2004.

12
Lee,
Miss Peggy Lee
, 226.

13
Leonard Lyons, “Laurence Harvey to Star in Guild’s Stage Musical,”
Salt Lake Tribune
, June 12, 1965, 12

14
Bricktop with Haskins,
Bricktop
, 285.

Chapter Fourteen

1
Cy Coleman, ASCAP Foundation Living Archive Project interview, September 17, 2002.

2
“Casting Bits,”
Back Stage
, August 6, 1965, 11.

3
“Casting News,”
Variety
, August 18, 1965, 58.

4
Viagas,
The Alchemy of Theatre
, 31.

5
Sharon Rosenthal, “A Day in the Life of Cy Coleman,”
Daily News
(New York, NY), December 9, 1980, M6.

6
Simon,
Rewrites
, 215.

7
Ibid.

8
Sam Zolotow, “Builder to Stage ‘Anya,’ A Musical,”
New York Times
, August 11, 1965, 42.

9
Thelma Oliver, interview by the author, February 15, 2013.

10
Ibid.

11
Simon,
Rewrites
, 226.

12
Thelma Oliver, interview by the author, February 15, 2013.

13
Lee Roy Reams, interview by the author, July 15, 2013.

14
James Henaghan, interview by the author, January 30, 2013.

15
Emile Charlap, interview by the author, May 1, 2013.

16
Lee Roy Reams, interview by the author, July 15, 2013.

17
Simon,
Rewrites
, 227.

18
James Henaghan, interview by the author, January 30, 2013.

19
Viagas,
The Alchemy of Theatre
, 53.

20
Ibid.

21
Milton Esterow, “Old Palace Theater Prepares for a Musical,”
New York Times
, January 14, 1966, 36.

22
Vincent Canby, “Palace Returns: That’s Showbiz,”
New York Times
, January 30, 1966, 74.

23
Cy Coleman, ASCAP Foundation Living Archive Project interview, September 17, 2002.

24
Hobe Morrison, “B’way Slugged; Refunds a Factor; Gwen SRO $81,850, ‘Dark’ $33, 527 (7),”
Variety
, February 9, 1966, 58.

25
Cy Coleman, ASCAP Foundation Living Archive Project interview, September 17, 2002.

26
Mike Gross, “Record Labels Tasting the Sweet Smell of ‘Sweet Charity’ Success,”
Billboard
, February 5, 1966, 8.

Chapter Fifteen

1
James Henaghan, interview by the author, January 30, 2013.

2
Joan Crosby, “Dorothy Fields of Broadway: Most Noted Unknown of Theatrical World,”
Register
(Danville, VA), July 3, 1966, 7-D.

3
David Lahm, interview by the author, September 20, 2013.

4
Rex Reed, “Who Is Cy Coleman? Any Singer Can Tell You,”
Independent Press-Telegram
(Long Beach, CA), May 15, 1977, L/S-2.

5
Mervyn Rothstein, “Cy Coleman Still Does It for Broadway,”
New York Times
, April 9, 1989, H8.

6
Lewis Funke, “‘Sweet Charity’ Goes Abroad,”
New York Times
, April 17, 1966, 119.

7
“Shevelove to Stage Comedy and Revue,”
New York Times
, August 17, 1966, 37.

8
Cy Coleman,
Boozers and Losers
liner notes.

9
Jess Korman, interview by the author, February 26, 2013.

Chapter Sixteen

1
Earl Wilson, “Some ‘Happy New Years’ for Just About Everybody,”
Galveston News
(FL), December 26, 1966, 10-B.

2
Lee Roy Reams, interview by the author, July 15, 2013.

3
“Equity O.K.s Gwen on ‘Charity’ Veto,”
Variety
, June 14, 1967, 63.

4
Lee Roy Reams, interview by the author, July 15, 2013.

5
Joyce Haber, “No ‘Sweet Charity’ for Ross Hunter,”
Los Angeles Times
, November 7, 1967, C15.

6
Charles Champlin, “Finest Hour for Bob Fosse and Feet in General,”
Los Angeles Times
, May 11, 1969, O1.

7
Chita Rivera, interview by the author, May 22, 2013.

8
Cy Coleman, interview by David Kenney,
Everything Old Is New Again
, WBAI-FM, New York, NY, October 10, 2004.

9
Nancy Adams Huddleston, interview by the author, January 11, 2014.

10
Ibid.

11
Louise Quick, interview by the author, May 21, 2013.

12
Ibid.

13
Lee Roy Reams, interview by the author, July 15, 2013.

14
Dick Kleiner, “On the Set of ‘Sweet Charity’,”
Kokomo Tribune
(IN), March 24, 1968, 17.

15
Harry Neville, “‘Charity’ Took Composer a Year,”
Boston Globe
, February 11, 1969, 30.

16
Phyllis Battelle, “Music Cycle May Turn to Higher Standard,”
Cumberland Evening Times
(MD), March 18 1957, 4.

17
Jess Korman, interview by the author, February 26, 2013.

Chapter Seventeen

1
“Coleman Forms Record Co.,”
Billboard
, July 12, 1969, 50.

2
“Armed Forces Dig ‘50 Stars,’”
Billboard
, August 23, 1969, 105.

3
Steve Leeds, interview by the author, June 18, 2013.

4
Ibid.

5
“Top 60 Pop Spotlight,”
Billboard
, November 7, 1970, 62.

6
Steve Leeds, interview by the author, June 18, 2013.

7
Ibid.

8
Tony Bongiovi, interview by the author, December 26, 2012.

9
Ibid.

10
Ibid.

11
Jack O’Brian, “The Voice of Broadway,”
Evening Observer
(Dunkirk-Fredonia, NY), March 28, 1967, 7.

12
“Coleman-Fields Writing ‘Eleanor,’ Roosevelt Tuner,”
Variety
, December 10, 1969, 69.

13
Jerome Coopersmith, email to the author, May 13, 2013.

14
Ken Howard, interview by the author, September 15, 2013.

15
Kasha and Hirschhorn,
Notes on Broadway
, 61.

16
Hobe Morrison, “Never Mind Restaurateurs, How Do Play-Goers Like It?,”
Herald Statesman
(Yonkers, NY), January 18, 1971, 13.

17
Houston Huddleston, interview by the author, January 11, 2014.

Chapter Eighteen

1
Jack O’Brian, “Liza May Ride on ‘Seesaw,’”
Herald Statesman
(Yonkers, NY), November 16, 1971, 25.>

2
Lewis Funke, “Gibson’s Gittel,”
New York Times
, April 9, 1967, 97.

3
Lewis Funke, “Sing Along with Gittel Mosca,”
New York Times
, January 2, 1972, D1.

4
Lainie Kazan, interview by the author, October 26, 2013.

5
Don Pippin, author interview, November 23, 2013.

6
Ibid.

7
Ken Howard, interview by the author, September 15, 2013.

8
Lainie Kazan, interview by the author, October 26, 2013.

9
Ken Howard, interview by the author, September 15, 2013.

10
Ibid.

11
Ibid.

12
Ibid.

13
Don Pippin, interview by the author, November 23, 2013.

14
Ibid.

15
Tommy Tune, interview by the author, October 24, 2013.

16
Lainie Kazan, interview by the author, October 26, 2013.

17
Michele Lee, interview by the author, July 30, 2013.

18
Don Pippin, interview by the author, November 23, 2013.

19
Tommy Tune, interview by the author, October 24, 2013.

20
Ken Howard, interview by the author, September 15, 2013.

21
Bryer and Davison,
The Art of the American Musical
, 247.

22
Michon Peacock, interview by the author, May 28, 2013.

23
Ken Howard, interview by the author, September 15, 2013.

24
Ibid.

25
Leonard Lyons, “Lyons Den,”
Times
(San Mateo, CA), April 12, 1973, 37.

26
Cy Coleman, interview by Paul Lazarus,
Anything Goes
, WBAI Radio (NY), September 7, 1980.

27
Michele Lee, interview by the author, July 30, 2013.

28
Robin Wagner, interview by the author, July 23, 2013.

29
“Lindsay Wows ’Em in Broadway Debut That’s Simply Boffo,”
New York Times
, March 24, 1973, 22.

30
Don Pippin, interview by the author, November 23, 2013.

31
Kasha and Hirschorn,
Notes on Broadway
, 56.

32
Tommy Tune, interview by the author, October 24, 2013.

Chapter Nineteen

1
Jack O’Brian, “By . . . ,”
Schenectady Gazette
(NY), May 25, 1973, 28.

2
Jack O’Brian, “The Voice of Broadway,”
Daily News
(Lebanon, PA), June 1, 1973, 14.

3
Earl Wilson, “Saloon Set Bored with Watergate,”
Hartford Courant
, June 11, 1973, 18.