City Of Angels
by Cy Coleman, David Zippel, Larry Gelbart

City Of Angels Book Cover
City Of Angels Cover

Awards & Recognition

Drama Critics Circle Drama Desk Award Outer Critics Circle Tony Award

Winner! Six 1990 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Book and Score Winner! Nine 1990 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Musical, Book, Score, Lyrics and Orchestration Winner! Three 1990 Outer Critics Circle Awards, including Outstanding Broadway Musical Winner! 1990 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical

Synopsis

The script to the Tony winning music featuring a book by Larry Gelbart, music by Cy Coleman, and lyrics by David Zippel.

The book also includes an introduction by Larry Gelbart, illustrations by Al Hirschfeld, production photographs, and original costume designs.

Hardcover.

Press Reviews

"One of my favorite musicals of the 1980s...for its sexy David Zippel and Cy Coleman score of siren-fueled ballads...[and] the plethora of droll lines in its potboiler of a book."

— Chris Jones, The Chicago Tribune

"One of the wittiest books ever written... [and] an effervescent score by Cy Coleman."

— Michael Billington, The Guardian

"Has the epitome of an old-school book by Larry Gelbart and lines that don't go for easy laughs but more the slow burn of actual comedic sophistication."

— Chris Jones, The Chicago Tribune

"Energetic songs, beautiful design, and clever storytelling... one of the rare shows that entertains fans of both traditional musicals and more abstract dramas, a perfect combination for the commercial theatre."

— Tom Williams, Chicago Critic

"One would have to travel back to the 1960's – to Bye Bye Birdie, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Little Me – to find a musical as flat-out funny as City of Angels."

— Frank Rich, The New York Times

Characters

Character
Supporting
Small Speaking Roles From Chorus:
Non-Speaking Roles From Chorus:
Hollywood Cast ... Movie Cast

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City of Angels - 1990 Tony Awards

Publication

Publisher Applause Books
Year 2000
Binding Paperback
Pages 210
Place New York NY
Language English
ISBN-13 9781557830814
ISBN-10 1557830819
LCCN 90001207
LCC ML50.C688 C6 1990
DCC 782.1/4/0268

City Of Angels is a American play written by Cy Coleman and published by Applause Books in New York NY (2000).

Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle .

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