Editing Jerry Herman (section)

==Early career==
Following his graduation from the [[University of Miami]] in 1953, Herman moved to New York City, where he produced the [[Off-Broadway]] [[revue]] ''I Feel Wonderful'', which was made up of material he had written at the university. It opened at the [[Theatre de Lys]] in [[Greenwich Village]] on October 18, 1954, and ran for 48 performances.<ref>Citron, Stephen, p. 33</ref> It was his only show his mother saw; she died of cancer at the age of forty-four in December 1954.<ref>[https://masterworksbroadway.com/artist/jerry-herman/ "Jerry Herman Biography"] masterworksbroadway.com. Retrieved September 1, 2019</ref> Herman said "I went into serious grieving."<ref>Citron, Stephen, p. 35</ref>

In 1957, Herman approached the owner of a West Fourth Street jazz club called the Showplace and asked to put on a revue. As well as supplying the music, Herman wrote the book and directed the one-hour revue, called ''Nightcap''. He asked his friend, [[Phyllis Newman]], to do movement and dance and it featured [[Charles Nelson Reilly]] (who later co-starred in ''[[Hello, Dolly! (musical)|Hello, Dolly!]]''). The show opened in May 1958 and ran for two years.<ref>Citron, Stephen. pp.39-40</ref>

Herman next collected enough original material to put together an [[Off-Broadway]] revue called [[Parade (revue)|''Parade'']] in 1960. Herman directed with choreography by Richard Tone. The cast included [[Charles Nelson Reilly]] and [[Dody Goodman]]. It first opened at the Showplace and, expanded, moved to the Players Theatre in January 1960.<ref>[http://www.jerryherman.com/parade.htm jerryherman.com], Parade information</ref><ref>Suskin, Steven.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/66908.html/pg2 "Oh! Captain and Jerry Herman's Parade"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114062618/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/66908.html/pg2 |date=January 14, 2009 }}, playbill.com, November 3, 2002</ref>