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Theater talk.

Title
Theater talk. Little me. Cy Coleman [videorecording] / [produced by] Susan Haskins, Theater Talk Productions, Inc. ; director, Adam Walker.
Publication
New York, c1998.

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Additional Authors
  • Coleman, Cy
  • Riedel, Michael (Theater critic)
  • Haskins, Susan
  • Walker, Adam
  • Theater Talk Productions, Inc.
Description
1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 3/4 in. (U-matic)
Summary
  • Composer Cy Coleman discusses the origins of his 1962 Broadway musical Little me with Theater talk co-hosts Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins, contrasting the first production, which featured comedian Sid Caesar, with the short lived revival of 1982 and the current (1998) revision featuring Martin Short and Faith Prince. Mr. Coleman also analyzes the process of writing a song, using as his example Hey look me over, which he and lyricist Carolyn Leigh wrote for Lucille Ball to sing in their show Wildcat.
  • Performance excerpt: Martin Short singing Real live girl, from Little me.
Series Statement
Theater talk
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Talk shows.
  • Television.
Note
  • This is Episode #505 of Theater talk.
  • Credits at end of tape.
Performer (note)
  • Interviewers: Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios located at The Graduate School & University Center/CUNY, New York, N.Y., Oct. 23, 1998.
Call Number
NCOX 1597
OCLC
NYPG00-F150
Title
Theater talk. Little me. Cy Coleman [videorecording] / [produced by] Susan Haskins, Theater Talk Productions, Inc. ; director, Adam Walker.
Imprint
New York, c1998.
Series
Theater talk
Performer
Interviewers: Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins.
Event
Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios located at The Graduate School & University Center/CUNY, New York, N.Y., Oct. 23, 1998.
Local Note
Gift of Susan Haskins.
Added Author
Coleman, Cy, interviewee.
Riedel, Michael (Theater critic), interviewer.
Haskins, Susan, interviewer.
Haskins, Susan, producer.
Walker, Adam, director.
Theater Talk Productions, Inc.
Haskins, Susan, donor.
Research Call Number
NCOX 1597
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