| The Life | |
|---|---|
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| Music | Cy Coleman |
| Lyrics | Ira Gasman |
| Book | David Newman Ira Gasman Cy Coleman |
| Productions | 1990 Off-Broadway 1997 Broadway 2017 London |
| Awards | Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Musical |
The Life is a musical with a book by David Newman, Ira Gasman and Cy Coleman, music by Coleman, and lyrics by Gasman.
Based on an original idea by Gasman, the show explores the underbelly of Times Square's 42nd Street, inhabited by pimps and prostitutes, druggies and dealers, and runaways and street people in the era prior to its Disneyfication.