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Betty Comden and Adolph Green were the writers behind such classic stage musicals as On the Town, Wonderful Town, and Bells Are Ringing, and they provided lyrics for such standards as "New York, New York," "Just in Time," "The Party's Over," and "Make Someone Happy," to name just a few. This remarkable duo, the longest-running partnership in theatrical history, also penned the screenplays for such cinematic gems as Singin' in the Rain and The Band Wagon. In the process they worked with such artists as Leonard Bernstein, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Judy Holliday, and Jule Styne. They Made Us Happy is the first book to tell the full story of their careers, lives, and work, starting with their acclaimed appearances as part of the sketch troupe the Revuers and moving through their bi-coastal lives as a pair of Broadway's top writers and two of Hollywood's most valued scribes. The book takes readers on a trip through almost the entirety of the twentieth century, and along the way there are appearances by the likes of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Greta Garbo, and Charlie Chaplin. Author Andy Propst brings both their produced work to life as well as many of the projects that that never made it to the stage or the screen, including an aborted musical version of Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth, a bio-pic about director-choreographer Busby Berkeley, and their version of the book for Cole Porter's musical Out of This World. Comden and Green's wit and deft satire inspired laughs during their lives, and their musicals and movies have endured, amusing generation after generation. It's work that will always be making audiences happy.

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He penned songs such as Witchcraft and The Best Is Yet to Come (signature tunes for Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett respectively) and wrote such musicals as ÊSweet CharityÊ ÊI Love My WifeÊ ÊOn the Twentieth CenturyÊ and ÊThe Will Rogers FolliesÊ ä yet his life has gone entirely unexplored until now. ÊYou Fascinate Me SoÊ takes readers into the world and work of Tony Grammy and Emmy Award-winning composer/performer Cy Coleman exploring his days as a child prodigy in the 1930s his time as a hot jazz pianist and early television celebrity in the 1950s and his life as one of Broadway's preeminent composers.ÞThis first-time biography of Coleman has been written with the full cooperation of his estate and it is filled with previously unknown details about his body of work. Additionally interviews with colleagues and friends including Marilyn and Alan Bergman Ken Howard Michele Lee James Naughton Bebe Neuwirth Hal Prince Chita Rivera and Tommy Tune provide insight into Coleman's personality and career.

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