Cyma Rubin

In 1969, Rubin and writer/producer Harry Rigby created Rubin and Rigby Productions, Ltd.. Together, they prepared the production for the Broadway musical revival No, No, Nanette. However, Harry Rigby was struggling to find investors and was removed from the credits as co-producer. Rigby brought the issue to legal arbitration and received a financial settlement from Rubin.[7] The corporation was later amended on December 30, 1970 to become Pyxidium, Ltd., a theatrical production company owned by Rubin.[8][9] In 1971, Pyxidium produced No, No, Nanette on Broadway.[10][6] The show also did a North America tour ending in 1974.[11] In 1973, the show was mounted in London's West End at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane by her production company.[12] In 1977, the U.S. copyright was registered for the show's poster with Rubin as the author. The poster's lettering with women dancing & swimming around the borders was illustrated by Hilary Knight.[13]

Following the success of the revival, she then produced the film Greaser's Palace (1972), which was written and directed by Robert Downey Sr.[14] The film was not a commercial success.[15] In 1975, she returned to Broadway to produce the musical Doctor Jazz.[16] The show's scenic and costume designer, Raoul Pene du Bois, had been the production designer for No, No, Nanette.[17]

In 1978, she produced a revival of the musical Oh, Kay! first in tryouts in Toronto, Canada, and then as a premiere at the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington, D.C. However, the show did not have a successful run.[18]

Rubin was the executive producer and Robert L. Jacks was the producer for the 1981 television movie A Few Days in Weasel Creek.[19] In 1986, Rubin, Thomas De Wolfe, Robert Berger, and Herbert Brodkin were the production team of the television movie Welcome Home, Bobby.[20]

Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia Rubin produced Mike, the story of Mike Todd, Jr. in 1988 at this theatre.

In 1988, she returned to theater with the premier of Mike, the story of film producer Mike Todd Jr. at the Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[21][22]

In the 1990s, Pyxidium was dissolved by proclamation[23] and Entertainment of Business, Inc. was created.[1] Rubin produced her directorial debut in 1999 for the television documentary movie Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs.[24][25] She also curated the traveling exhibition of the photographic works, as well as edited, wrote, and produced the catalogue for the exhibition.[26]

• Author: Cyma Rubin
• Lettering with women dancing & swimming around borders: Hilary Knight (Illustrator)
• Claimant: Broadway Properties, Ltd., Registration Date: 1977
• Source:[13]

• Produced by Cyma Rubin, Written and directed Robert Downey, Sr.
• Claimant: Greaser's Palace incorporated (employer for hire), Registration Date: 1980

• Edited by Cyma Rubin & journalist Eric Newton/ Written by Eric Newton
• Claimant: Freedom Forum Newseum (employer for hire), Registration Date: 2002

• By Michael Todd Jr. & Susan McCarthy Todd
• Party 1: Cyma Rubin Party 2: Michael Todd Jr., Registration Date: 1984

• Named on the copyright: Rubin, the production company, the director, & the fellow co-producers.
• Claimant: Titus Productions, Registation Date: 1987
• Source:[27]