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Dreams of a Kitten

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Carole Coppinger, was first performed in 2008 at “Carrollwood

Players Theatre” in Tampa, Fla.

“To Carry On,” an original tribute show celebrating the music

and life of Laura Nyro, starring Mimi Cohen, is in its second

return engagement as of January 19, 2011, at “Cherry Lane

Theatre” in Manhattan.

A biography of Nyro, “Soul Picnic: The Music and Passion of

Laura Nyro,” written by Michele Kort, was published in 2002 by

Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press. “On Track: Laura Nyro,” a

detailed song by song survey by Philip Ward, was published by

“Sonicbond” in 2022.

An analysis of Nyro's music by music theorist Ari Shagal was

written at the University of Chicago in 2003, linking Nyro's

work to the “Great American Songbook” by demonstrating the

similarities between her chordal language and those of Harold

Arlen, Harry Warren, and George Shearing.

Nyro's life and music were celebrated in a 2005 BBC Radio 2

documentary, “Shooting Star - Laura Nyro Remembered,” which was

narrated by her friend Bette Midler and included contributions

from her one time manager David Geffen, co-producers Arif Mardin

and Gary Katz, and performers Suzanne Vega and Janis Ian. It was

rebroadcast on April 4, 2006.