 After graduation from the University of Miami, 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.It was his only show his mother saw; she died of cancer at the age of forty-four in December 1954.