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8. Bianco, Ghosts of 42nd Street, 246.
9. Ibid., 271.
10. Ibid., 273.
11. Ibid., 279.
12. Ibid., 284.
13. David W. Dunlap, “Theater Owners Battle Planned Disney Leap into 42nd Street,” New York Times, November 17, 1993.
14. Michael Riedel, “Showdown on the Great White Way,” New York Daily News, March 12, 1995.
Epilogue: Exit Music
1. Jesse McKinley, “The Man Behind the Curtain,” New York Times, November 27, 2005.
2. Michael I. Sovern, An Improbable Life: My 60 Years at Columbia and Other Adventures (New York: Columbia University Press, 2014), 235.
3. Michael Riedel, “Chairman of the Boards,” New York Post, November 26, 2008.
4. Bruce Weber, “He Relit Broadway: Gerald Schoenfeld Dies at 84,” New York Times, November 26, 2008.
5. Michael Riedel, “The Last of the B’Way Titans,” New York Post, December 4, 2008.
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INDEX
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Note: Theaters are in New York City unless otherwise noted.
ABBA, 320–21, 327, 351, 354, 355, 401
Abbott, George, 46
Abbott, Michael, 31
ABC Entertainment, 280
Abrahams, Doris Cole, 115
Abrams, Robert, 131
Actors’ Equity Association, 5, 397
appeals to, 117
and Disney arrival, 390
and non-U.S. actors, 117, 350
and Save the Theatres campaign, 249–51
on strike (1971), 91
and workshops, 230
and Young Turks, 391
Actors Fund, 210, 279–80
ACT UP, 332
Adams, Lee, 66
Addams, Charles, 5
AIDS, 316, 323–27, 329–33, 334–36, 360, 362, 374, 387, 388
Ain’t Misbehavin’, 208–9, 213
Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death, 86, 99
Akalaitis, JoAnne, 158, 369
Akers, Karen, 257, 261, 264, 269, 274
Albee, Edward, 250
Alberghetti, Anna Maria, 193–94
Alcohol Beverage Control Board, 126
Aldredge, Theoni V., 227
Aldwych Theatre, London, 220
Aleichem, Sholem, 67
“Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” 65
Al Hirschfeld Theatre, 346
All About Eve, 76
Alleman, Joan, 157
Allen, Lewis, 169
Allen, Peter, 360–62
Alvin Theatre, 171–72
Amadeus, 215–16, 220
Ambassador Theatre, 86
AMC, 390
American Ballet Theater, 227
American Civil Liberties Union, 4
American Horse Exchange, 29, 292
American Theater Wing, 279
Amour, 397
Anderson, Gloria, 105
Anderson, Maxwell, 48
Andersson, Benny, 320, 321, 356, 401
“And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going,” 237, 238, 240, 261, 265, 274
Andrews, Julie, 74
Angels in America, 378
Annie, 167–72, 185, 229
Annie Get Your Gun, 8, 34, 35, 64
Antoon, A. J., 334
Anyone Can Whistle, 69
Apollo Theatre, 383
Applause, 76, 166, 167
Archerd, Army, 97, 369
Arons, Max, 128, 129
Ashley, Elizabeth, 71..
Ashman, Howard, 306, 384–85, 386–88
Aspects of Love, 343, 350, 379
Astor Hotel, New York, 29, 33, 41, 82
Ates, Nejla, 191
Atkinson, Brooks, 24, 192
Attenborough, Richard, 226
Avian, Bob:
and Ballroom, 229
and Bennett, 135, 140, 146, 226, 229, 323–24, 326, 333
and Chess, 323, 326
and Scandal, 312
Azenberg, Emanuel “Manny,” 84, 102
and Ain’t Misbehavin’, 208
and Bennett, 154, 308
and Broadway Bound, 222
and Chorus Line, 153
and government investigations, 4, 11, 53
and Jacobs/Cohn rift, 278
and Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, 376–77
and Nederlander, 159–60, 172, 222
and Shubert/Nederlander rift, 172
Aznavour, Charles, 337
AZT, 324
Bacall, Lauren, 76, 166, 250
Bacharach, Burt, 75
Bailey, Pearl, 295
Ballard, Kaye, 68
Ballroom, 228–35, 237, 239
Bamigboye, Baz, 325
Baranoff, Abe, 62
Barbican Theatre, London, 337, 339, 340, 341
Barefoot in the Park, 6, 71
Barnes, Clive, 211–12n
and Merrick, 192
Post reviews by, 266, 267, 301
Shubert interview by, 211
Times appointment of, 192, 214
Times reviews by, 116, 118, 145, 154–55
Barrett, Mary Ellin, 65
Barum, Jack, 285
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 153
Bastable Theatre, Syracuse, 23
Baumgarten, Sidney J., 80, 84, 177–82
Beacon Theatre, 351
Beame, Abe:
and DiFalco, 56, 124
and elections, 78, 84, 174, 176
and Goldman, 56, 89, 107–8, 123, 124
and New York City finances, 174
and Times Square, 84, 176–79, 181
Beatles, 74
Beatty, Warren, 258
Beauty and the Beast, 306, 387, 388–89, 399, 401
Beck, Leonore, 190–91, 193
Beechman, Laurie, 274
Belafonte, Harry, 165
Belasco, David, 21–22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 71, 81
Belasco Theatre, 22, 206, 209
Bells Are Ringing, 66
Bennett, Michael, 132–44, 301, 315
and AIDS, 316, 323–27, 329–33
awards to, 146
and Ballroom, 228–35, 237, 239
birth and early years of, 134–35
birthday parties of, 307–8, 310, 313
and Breglio, 142, 145–46, 147, 148–49, 223, 225–26, 229–32, 233, 307–8, 313, 315, 324–25, 333
as Broadway “gypsy,” 135–36
building (890 Broadway) of, 227–28, 298, 324, 329, 330
and Chess, 317, 321–26, 330, 332, 353
and choreography, 77, 132, 134, 136, 137–40, 144, 146, 149, 351
and Chorus Line, 132–33, 134, 147–58, 185, 209, 223–26, 230, 232, 240, 311–12
and Company, 139
death of, 333, 335, 336
and Dreamgirls, 144, 235–41, 273–74, 275, 308, 309, 312, 316
and drugs, 138, 223–24, 225, 227, 231, 235, 310, 322–23
and Follies, 139–40, 240
in Hollywood, 225–26
and “I Love New York,” 185
and Jacobs, 132–33, 153, 154, 223–41, 253, 294, 307–8, 313–15, 317, 321, 324–26, 327, 333, 362
and Mark Hellinger Theatre, 313, 333
and money, 142, 151, 155, 156, 224, 307, 308, 318, 325
as Mr. Fix It, 137, 140, 141, 143, 144, 146
and Nine, 260–61, 266–67, 309
and Papp, 133, 146–47, 232, 236
paranoia of, 138, 224, 227, 231, 235, 241
reputation of, 143, 144, 146, 155, 158, 187, 238, 253
and Scandal, 312–13, 315–17, 330
and Seesaw, 140–44, 145–47, 313
shows offered to, 197, 228
sports car of, 307
and Times Square cleanup, 251
total control sought by, 137–38, 140, 142, 144, 227, 231–32, 316
trip to China, 234–35
and Tune, 136–37, 138, 141, 142, 143, 145, 151, 152, 260–61, 308–11
and unions, 230–31
Bennetts, Leslie, 340
Benthall, Michael, 132
Berger, Joseph, 56, 121, 123–24
Bergman, Alan, 229
Bergman, Marilyn, 229–30, 233
Berhma
n, S. N., 48
Berkeley, Busby, 196
Berle, Milton, 273
Berlin, Irving, 8, 64, 65, 305
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, 397
Bernhardt, Sarah, 26
Bernstein, Leonard, 64, 66, 351, 377
Best House in Naples, The, 51–52
Bianco, Anthony, Ghosts of 42nd Street, 389
Bijou Theatre, 249, 251, 261–63
Biltmore Theater, 75
Binger, James H., 345
Birsh, Arthur, 157
Bishop, Kelly, 148
Björnson, Maria S., 342, 347, 352
Black, Don, 289, 344
Black Crook, The, 21
Blackwell, Charles, 138
Blaine Thompson, 106
Blass, Bill, 351
Bloom, Ken, 31
Bloomberg, Michael, 396, 398
Bloomgarden, Kermit, 46, 75, 115, 117
Bock, Jerry, 66–67, 76
Bond, Barry, 32
Bono, 75n
Booth Theatre, 29, 31, 33, 314
Borge, Victor, 275
Boubil, Alain, 336–37
Boy from Oz, The, 362n
Brady, Diamond Jim, 256
Bramble, Mark, 194, 196–202, 204, 207
Branch, Marion, 10, 14
Bratton, William J., 381
Breglio, John:
and Bennett, 142, 145–46, 147, 148–49, 223, 225–26, 229–32, 233, 307–8, 313, 315, 324–25, 333
and Champion, 203
and Chorus Line, 147, 148–49, 153, 223, 226
and Dreamgirls, 237, 238, 241
and Jacobs, 253
and Nederlander, 360
and Nine, 263n, 266–67, 268
Brice, Fanny, 256
Brigadoon, 9
Brightman, Sarah, 320n, 341, 342, 344, 349, 350, 352
Brill Building, 67
“Bring Him Home,” 338–39
British Equity, 225
Broadhurst Theatre, 18, 32, 33, 69, 99, 209, 215, 379
Broadway:
accounting in, 2, 13–14
and AIDS, 334–36
audiences, 78, 158, 187, 221, 358, 402
bookings, 43–44
British invasion, 350–51, 352, 360, 379
competition in, 74, 81–82
curtain times, 102
Disneyfication of, 389
drama on, 358
dropping attendance, 73–74, 91, 100, 157
economic impact on the city, 176, 182–83, 402
family entertainment, 391
“flow” in, 293–94
and gay men, 82
global spectacles, 305
golden age of, (1940–1960), 5, 34, 64–66, 71, 73
“gypsies,” 135–36, 147–49