Cy Feuer

Musical director, producer, composer, and musician, born in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He learned to play the trumpet as a child, studied music at Juilliard, and in the early 1930s joined the band at the Radio City Music Hall. He decided to try his luck on the West Coast and eventually became music director (1939–48) with Republic Pictures film studio. In 1945 he met Ernest H Martin (1919–95) and they formed a production partnership, ‘Feuer and Martin’, that lasted more than half a century. During the heyday of the American musical, their Broadway successes included Where's Charley? (1948), Guys and Dolls (1950), Can-Can (1953), The Boy Friend (1954), which gave Julie Andrews her big break, Silk Stockings (1955), and Little Me (1962). How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1961) won the Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award for best musical. Feuer was president, and later chairman, of the League of American Theaters and Producers (1989–2003). In 2003 he received a special Tony Award for lifetime achievement, and published his autobiography, I Got the Show Right Here (with Ken Gross).

Cyriss Kaplan Feuer (January 15, 1911 – May 17, 2006) was a producer and director of Broadway musicals, born in Brooklyn, New York. With Ernie Martin he produced Guys and Dolls, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Where's Charley?, Can Can, The Boy Friend, Silk Stockings, and Little Me.