Biography
Cy Coleman (1929–2004), born Seymour Kaufman in the Bronx, was an American composer, pianist, and jazz musician. A trained piano prodigy, he brought the energy of jazz into the Broadway musical. His stage successes range from Sweet Charity (1966) through On the Twentieth Century and City of Angels (1989) to The Will Rogers Follies—crowned several times with the Tony Award. Songs such as Big Spender and Witchcraft became standards. Coleman is regarded as one of the most stylistically versatile and swinging Broadway composers of his generation.
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