- Lucy Simon
Lucy Simon (born
1943 ) is the older sister of musicianCarly Simon . She began her professional career at the age of sixteen as a duo with sister Carly. Lucy Simon made her Broadway debut as the composer of "The Secret Garden", for which she was nominated for a 1991 Tony Award for Best Original Score and a 1991 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music. She also wrote songs for the off-Broadway show "A...My Name is Alice".Her parents were
Richard L. Simon , co-founder of the publishing houseSimon & Schuster and Andrea Heinemann Simon. In addition to her younger sister Carly, she has an older sister, opera singer Joanna, and a younger brother photographer Peter. Simon grew up in Fieldston, a section of Riverdale inthe Bronx .Jackson, Nancy Beth. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CE7D91E3CF934A25751C0A9649C8B63&scp=1&sq=%22richard+simon%22+riverdale&st=nyt "If You're Thinking of Living In/Fieldston; A Leafy Enclave in the Hills of the Bronx"] , "The New York Times ",February 17 ,2002 . AccessedMay 3 ,2008 . "After World War II, Richard Simon, founder of Simon & Schuster, bought a Georgian red-brick Baum house where he brought up his three musical daughters: Joanna, Lucy and Carly."] Married to psychoanalyst David Levine, she has two children. She attended theFieldston School , graduating in 1958 andBennington College .Simon's setting of "
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod " has been recorded by many diverse artists, includingThe Doobie Brothers ,Mitzie Collins , and The Big Three (Cass Elliot ,Tim Rose , and James Hendricks). In 2006, she composed the music for a musical theatre setting of the Russian novel "Dr. Zhivago ," and is currently trying to secure a theater for the performance.She has won a
Grammy award in 1981 together with her husband, David Levine, in the Best Recording for Children category for "In Harmony/A Sesame Street Record", and again in 1983 in the same category for "In Harmony 2".References
External links
* [http://www.americantheatrewing.org/seminars/detail/pop_music_and_the_new_musical_09_05/ Pop Music and the New Musical] - "Working in the Theatre Seminar" video at American Theatre Wing.org, September 2005
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