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Everything Was Possible

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by Ted Chapin


  Oh, Boy (musical)

  Oklahoma! (musical); movie of

  Olsen, George

  On the Town (musical)

  “One More Kiss”

  Open Theater

  Orbach, Jerry

  Ostrow, Stuart

  Pace, Omar T.

  Pacific Overtures (musical)

  Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (movie)

  Pajama Game, The (musical)

  Paper Mill Playhouse

  Pars, Julie, illus.

  Passing Show of 1922, The (musical)

  Peck, Seymour

  Pennebaker, D. A.

  Perkins, Linda, illus.

  Peter Gunn (television show)

  Peterson, Kurt

  Phoenix (newspaper)

  Pincus, Mathilde

  Platinum (musical)

  Playbill

  “Pleasant Little Kingdom”

  Porgy and Bess (Gershwin)

  Porter, Cole

  Presley, Elvis

  “Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody, A”

  Prettybelle (musical)

  Prince, Harold, illus.illus., illus. ; advertising by; at American Theater Lab rehearsals; on Boston opening night, illus. 189; during Boston previews, illus. ; during Boston run, illus. , illus. casting of Follies by; Company produced and directed by; as codirector; and composition of songs; and costume designs, illus. curtain call staged by; at dress rehearsals; at Feller’s Scenic Studio rehearsals, illus.illus. illus. ghost figure concept of; and The Girls Upstairs; and lighting design; Look magazine piece on; and National Theater Institute students; during New York previews; on opening night on Broadway; as producer; reviews of; salaries paid to performers by; and script revisions; and set design and construction, illus. at technical rehearsals and illus., illus. illus.; television interview of; Tony awards of; and understudies; and West Coast production

  Prince, Judy

  Producer, The (Davis)

  Producers, The (musical)

  Promises, Promises (musical)

  Pulitzer Prize

  “Put on a Happy Face”

  Quinn, Anthony

  “Rain on the Roof”

  Raitt, John

  Reed, Donna

  Ramsay, Remak

  RCA Victor

  Rich, Frank

  “Right Girl, The”

  “Road You Didn’t Take, The”

  Robbins, Jerome

  Roberts, Flora

  Roberts, Terri

  Rodgers, Mary

  Rodgers, Richard

  Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization

  Rogers, Suzanne, illus.

  Rogers, Will

  Rolph, Marti, illus. , illus. illus.

  Rose, Margo and Rufus

  “Rose’s Turn”

  Ross, Lillian

  Rothschilds, The (musical)

  Roundabout Theater (New York)

  Roxichord

  Roxy Theater (New York)

  Russell, Jane

  Saddler, Donald

  “Saga of Jenny, The”

  St. Louis Municipal Opera

  Sales, Soupy

  Salome, Where She Danced (movie)

  Sanders, Terry

  Sandifur, Virginia

  Say, Darling (Bissell)

  Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr.

  Schoenfeld, Gerald

  Schubeck, John

  Scott, Raymond

  Securities and Exchange Commission

  Sesame Street (television show)

  7 1/2 Cents (Bissell)

  70, Girls(musical)

  She Loves Me (musical)

  She’s Working Her Way Through College (movie)

  Sheridan, Ann

  Show Boat (musical)

  Show magazine

  Shubert Organization

  Shubert Theater (Boston)

  Shubert Theater (Los Angeles)

  Shubert Theater (New Haven)

  Shutta, Ethel, illus. ; in Boston performances; at Boston rehearsals; Broadway and movie career of; casting of; costume for; death of; Hirschfeld caricature of, illus. illness of; in New York previews; at New York rehearsals; on opening night on Broadway; reviews of; salary of

  “Side by Side by Side”

  Silvers, Phil

  Simon, John

  Simon, Neil

  “Simple”

  Sleeping Tiger, The (movie)

  Smith, Alexis, illus., illus. in American Theater Lab rehearsals; on Boston opening night; in Boston previews; during Boston run, illus. casting of; choreography for, illus. ; composing of songs for; costumes and wigs for, illus. curtain call for; death of; dressing rooms of; in Feller’s Scenic Studio rehearsals; Hirschfeld caricature of, illus. 289; movie career of; in New York previews; on opening night on Broadway; reviews of; salary of; in technical rehearsals; at Time magazine photo shoot; Tony Award of

  Smith, Oliver

  Smith, Sheila, illus.

  Some Like It Hot (movie)

  Sondheim, Stephen, at American Theater Lab rehearsals,

  Sondheim, Stephen (continued) 70–1; on Boston opening night; during Boston previews; during Boston run; and casting of Follies; and collaborative process; Company written by; complexity of; composing of songs by; at costume parade; delivery of song manuscripts by; early drafts by; at dress rehearsals; and failure of Anyone Can Whistle; at Feller’s Scenic Studio rehearsals; Judy Prince and; magazine articles on; Mary Rodgers and; during New York previews; on opening night on Broadway; orchestration of songs by; and original cast album recording; and Ostrow production of The Girls Upstairs; at Prettybelle; at recording session for Prologue; reviews of; Rich and; at technical rehearsals; television interview of; theatrical style of; Tony Awards of

  South Pacific (musical)

  Stark, Larry

  Stavisky (movie)

  Steffe, Edwin

  Stereo Review

  Stevens, Craig

  “Story of Lucy and Jessie, The”

  Streisand, Barbara

  Stringer, Marcie

  Stritch, Elaine

  Studio Duplicating

  Stutz, Geraldine

  Styne, Jule

  Sugar (musical)

  Swanson, Gloria

  Sweeney Todd (musical)

  Sweet Charity (musical)

  Swenson, Inga

  Swope, Martha

  Taylor, June

  “Ten Cents a Dance”

  “That Old Piano Roll”

  That’s Entertainment (movie)

  Theatre Crafts magazine

  They Might Be Giants (Goldman)

  Three Sailors and a Girl (movie)

  Threes (musical)

  Through Missouri on a Mule (Miller)

  Time of the Cuckoo, The (Laurents)

  Time magazine

  Tonight Show

  Tony Awards

  “Too Many Mornings” illus.

  Travers, Margot, illus.

  Truck and Warehouse Theater (New York)

  Tubens, Joe

  Tunick, Jonathan

  Turner, Jayne, illus.

  Twentieth Century-Fox

  Two by Two (musical)

  Two Gentlemen of Verona (musical)

  United Press International (UPI)

  Unknown Soldier and His Wife, The (Ustinov)

  “Uptown, Downtown” and illus. , illus.

  Ustinov, Peter

  Valando, Tommy

  Vanderbilt, William K.

  Variety

  Viertel, John

  Village Voice

  Vineberg, Steve

  Vivian Beaumont Theater (New York)

  Voelpel, Fred

  Vogue magazine

  Wainwright, Loudon

  “Waiting for the Girls Upstairs”

  Walker, Peter

  Warner Brothers

  Watt, Douglas

  Weaver, Fritz

  Webb, Ruth

  Weill, Kurt

  Weismuller, Don

  Welch, Charles

  Western Costumes
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  West Side Story (musical)

  WGBH television station

  “When I’m Drunk I’m Beautiful”

  White, George

  “Who’s That Woman?”illus.illus. illus illus.

  Whoopee! (musical)

  Wilbur Theater (Boston)

  Williams, Van,

  Williamson Music, Inc.

  Wilson, Earl

  Winter Garden Theater (New York), illus.; opening night at; previews at; run of Follies at

  Wiswell, Andy

  Wittop, Freddy

  Wolf, David

  “World’s Full of Boys, The”

  “World’s Full of Girls, The”

  Wright, Carole

  Wyman, Jane

  Yerma (Lorca)

  Yoscary, Bill

  You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (musical)

  “You’re Gonna Love Tomorrow”

  “You’re Just in Love”

  Your Hit Parade (television show)

  Zadan, Craig

  Ziegfeld, Florenz

  Ziegfeld Follies

  Zindel, Paul

  Zorbá (musical)

  PHOTOGRAPHIC CREDITS

  Photos in text:

  © Martha Swope: xiv, 12, 29, 32, 36, 38, 132, 139, 143 (top and bottom), 145, 156 (top), 171 (bottom), 173 (all four), 174, 178, 183, 199, 201, 203, 219, 225, 229, 291, 303 (top and bottom)

  Courtesy Bill Yoscary: 17, 53, 68, 75, 87, 91, 93, 103, 105, 110, 113, 117, 139, 148, 151, 154, 177, 187, 189, 197, 206 (top and center), 243, 255

  © Robert Galbraith, photographer: 22, 310

  © Van Williams: 42, 209, 265, 294

  Copyright 2002 by Daily News L.P.: 60, 206 (bottom)

  Photos in color insert:

  Page i: Eliot Elisofon/Timepix

  Page 2: [Time] Ormond Gigli/Timepix, [Newsweek] - © Lawrence Fried; © 2003 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission.

  Page 3: David Edward Byrd © 1971 (top), Reprinted by Permission of Forbes Magazine © 2003 Forbes, Inc. (bottom)

  Page 4: © Lawrence Fried (top), Ormond Gigli/Timepix (bottom)

  Page 5: Bill Pierce/Timepix

  Page 6: Courtesy Bill Yoscary

  Page 7: Courtesy Bill Yoscary

  Page 8: Ormond Gigli/Timepix

  PERMISSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for permission to reprint previously published material:

  Barbara Deren Associates, Inc.-Raoulfilm, Inc.: Excerpts from the libretto of Follies. Copyright © 1971 by James Goldman. Reprinted by permission of Barbara Deren Associates, Inc.-Raoulfilm, Inc.

  Herald Square Music Inc.: Excerpts from the song lyrics “Ah, Paris!,” “Beautiful Girls,” “Broadway Baby,” “Can That Boy Fox Trot!,” “Could I Leave You?,” “Don’t Look at Me,” “The God-Why-Don’t-You-Love-Me-Blues, (aka Buddy’s Blues),” “I’m Still Here,” “In Buddy’s Eyes,” “Live, Laugh, Love,” “Losing My Mind,” “Love Will See Us Through,” “Loveland,” “One More Kiss,” “Rain on the Roof,” “The Right Girl,” “The Road You Didn’t Take,” “The Story of Lucy and Jessie,” “Too Many Mornings,” “Uptown, Downtown,” “Waiting for the Girls Upstairs,” “Who’s That Woman?,” “The World’s Full of Boys (Girls),” and “You’re Gonna Love Tomorrow,” from Follies, words and music by Stephen Sondheim. Copyright © 1971 by Range Road Music, Inc., Quartet Music, Inc., Rilting Music, Inc., and Burthen Music Company, Inc. Copyright renewed. Excerpt from the song lyric “Company” from Company, words and music by Stephen Sondheim. Copyright © 1970 by Range Road Music, Inc., Quartet Music, Inc., and Rilting Music, Inc. Copyright renewed. Excerpts from the song lyric “Hello Doughboy” words and music by Stephen Sondheim. Copyright © 2003 by Range Road Music, Inc., Quartet Music, Inc., Rilting Music, Inc., and Burthen Music Company, Inc. Copyright renewed. All rights administered by Herald Square Music Inc. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Herald Square Music Inc.

  Warner Bros. Publications U.S. Inc.: Excerpt from the song lyric “The Boy From . . .” from The Mad Show, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, music by Mary Rodgers. Copyright © 1966 (Renewed) and 1977 by Burthen Music Company, Inc. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Warner Bros. Publications U.S. Inc.

  A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Ted Chapin is president and executive director of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization in New York. His early career in the theater included production assistant or directorial assistant positions on the Broadway productions of The Sunshine Boys, The Rothschilds, The Unknown Soldier and His Wife, and, of course, Follies. During his time working with Alan Arkin he was a coproducer of the Broadway-bound play The Soft Touch. He was also producer of the Musical Theater Lab at the Kennedy Center and musical di-rector of the National Theatre of the Deaf. He has been the chairman of the Advisory Committee for New York City Center’s “Encores!” since its inception, and sits on the board of several arts organizations.

  A NOTE ON THE TYPE

  This book was set in Janson, a typeface long thought to have been made by the Dutchman Anton Janson, who was a practicing typefounder in Leipzig during the years 1668–1687. However, it has been conclusively demonstrated that these types are actually the work of Nicholas Kis (1650–1702), a Hungarian, who most probably learned his trade from the master Dutch typefounder Dirk Voskens. The type is an excellent example of the influential and sturdy Dutch types that prevailed in England up to the time William Caslon (1692–1766) developed his own incomparable designs from them.

 

 

 


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