ice, see ice
and “I Love New York,” 184–87, 209, 272
investigation into (1963), 1–15, 47, 53
landmarked theatres, 96, 261, 359
megamusicals, 291, 358, 364, 379, 388
production costs on, 210
resurgence of, 221, 272
revitalized by Chorus Line, 157–58, 173
on the road, 86, 158, 304, 363–64, 400
saved in Great Depression, 33–34, 35, 42, 84, 96
Save the Theatres campaign, 249–53, 261–63, 270
scalpers, 119
souvenir programs, 13
stop clause, 34, 59, 63, 212
theater district migration to, 80–81
ticket prices, 119, 204, 210, 221, 304
ticket sales, 211, 253, 402
and Times Square, see Times Square
tourist destination, 183, 389, 402
and unions, 59–60, 90–92, 103, 117, 155, 165, 209–10, 212, 230–31, 253, 390, 391–92, 396
workshop process, 230, 255, 384–85
wrecking ball on, 261–63
younger producers emerging, 377–78, 391–93
Broadway Association, 244
Broadway Bound, 222, 358
Broadway League, 77, 83, 176
Broadway Theatre, 340, 379
“Broadway Theatre, The: A Key to the Redevelopment of Times Square” (1977), 182–83
Broderick, Matthew, 378, 402, 403
Brolly, Brian, 348
Brooks, Mel, 170, 402
Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 166, 167
Brown, Joe E., 38
Brustein, Robert, 122
Brynner, Yul, 66, 185–86, 187
Buckley, Betty, 296–97, 298–300, 311
Burch, Shelly, 257, 258n, 265
Burgee, John, 246
Burnett, Barry, 283, 284, 287
Burton, Richard, 74, 117–18, 119, 248
Butler, Michael, 75
Bye Bye Birdie, 66, 70, 167
Cabaret, 69, 75, 86, 106
Caesar, Irving, 30
Caesar, Sid, 71, 369
Cahan, Cora, 383–84, 389
Caird, John, 220, 337, 339
Camelot, 64, 66, 74
Campbell, George Jr., 121–22
Campbell Paint Company, 121, 130
Can-Can, 66
Cannato, Vincent J., The Ungovernable City, 79
Cantor, Arthur, 6, 286, 369
Cantor, Eddie, 256
Cara, Irene, 208
Carey, Hugh, 174, 184, 186, 187
Carnegie Hall, 87
Carnival!, 12, 70, 193–94, 198
Carousel, 7, 64
Carson, Johnny, 49, 327n
Carter, Jimmy, 171
Carter, Nell, 208, 235–36
Casino Theatre, 25
Casnoff, Philip, 355
Catena, Gerardo, 123
Catholic University, 122
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 239, 248
Cats, 280–305, 374–75
and Eliot’s poems, 280–82, 286, 289
and Lloyd Webber, 280–82, 286–94, 299, 301, 305, 319–20n, 350, 400
and Mackintosh, 280, 282, 286–87, 291–94, 305, 340, 344
and Nunn, 286, 287, 289, 293, 297–99, 319n, 326, 337, 343
and rehearsals, 296–300
and Shuberts, 280, 291–94, 304–5, 311
success of, 305, 340, 358, 364, 379, 388, 400
and Tony awards, 311
CBS, 10, 14, 59, 275, 278, 279
Celler, Emanuel, 35
Champion, Gower, 71, 144, 351
and 42nd Street, 196, 197–99, 201, 202
and Carnival!, 193–94
death of, 202–4, 205, 206, 295, 335, 336
and Merrick, 70, 193–94, 197–99, 200, 202–4
Champion, Marge, 70, 206
Chanel, Coco, 132
Channing, Carol, 67, 70, 77, 108
Charnin, Martin, 65, 167–70, 273
Chatfield-Taylor, Adele, 249
Chauncey, George, Gay New York, 82
Cher, 153, 274, 297
Chess, 317, 319–29, 330, 332, 345, 351, 353–57, 376, 401
Chicago, 209
Children’s Crusade, The, 312
Chorus Line, A, 171, 197, 228, 238
and Bennett, 132–33, 134, 147–58, 185, 209, 223–26, 230, 232, 240, 311–12
and Breglio, 147, 148–49, 153, 223, 226
critical reviews, 154–55
and Hamlisch, 132–33, 149, 150, 151, 152, 385
and “I Love New York,” 185, 187
and Jacobs, 132–33, 153–54, 156–58, 223–26
in London, 224–26
“One,” 133, 151–52, 185, 311
and other shows, 209, 240, 255, 268, 311
and Papp/Public, 133, 147, 149, 150, 151–53, 155–58, 210, 232, 359
success of, 149, 156–58, 167, 173, 208, 223, 224, 232, 237, 253, 304, 305
and taped interviews with Broadway “gypsies,” 147–49
3389th performance of, 311–23
“What I Did for Love,” 133, 150, 151
and workshop process, 230
Cilento, Wayne, 148
Cineplex Odeon, 378
Circle Repertory Lincoln Center, 359
City at 42nd Street, 244–45, 383
City of Hope Hospital, Los Angeles, 124
Clear Channel, 401
Cleese, John, 338
Close, Glenn, 278, 379
Clurman, David, 1–14, 47, 53
Clutterbuck, 191
Coca, Imogene, 248, 369
Coco, 132
Cohen, Alexander H., 46, 47, 108, 115
and Actors Fund, 279–80
and Chorus Line, 153
death of, 280
and Lefkowitz investigation, 128, 129, 153
and Little Shop, 304
and Night of 100 Stars, 279–80
and Times Square, 177, 181, 247, 252, 380
and Tony Awards, 219, 221, 272, 275–76, 278–80
Cohen, Larry, 139–44, 239
Cohen, Leo, 370–71
Cohn, Sam, 170, 255, 258, 270–71, 276, 277–78
Coleman, Cy, 70–71, 140, 143
Colonial Theatre, Boston, 44
Columbia University riots, 79
Comden, Betty, 64, 66
Come Blow Your Horn, 71
Commodore Hotel, 180
Company, 69–70, 139, 168, 197, 296, 342
Con Edison, 178–79, 270
Cook, Joe, 161
Cooke, Cardinal Terence, 180
Cooper, Bradley, 403
Cooperman, Alvin, 14
Corman, Roger, 302
Cort Theatre, 19
Cory, John, 211
Cotton Club, 208
Covenant House, 242
Coward, Noel, 118, 208
Coyne, Nancy, 262, 301–2, 355, 356, 363
Cradle Will Rock, The, 34
Crawford, Michael, 344–45, 352
Craymer, Judy, 321, 323, 401–2
crime, “broken windows” theory of, 381
Crouse, Russel, 5
Cukor, George, 163
Cunningham, Dennis, 267
Cuomo, Mario, 181, 186, 279, 384
Dale, Grover, 259, 264
Dalitz, Moe, 124
Damn Yankees, 70
Dancin’, 209
Danner, Blythe, 53
Dante, Nicholas, 148, 149
David, Hal, 75
David, Larry, 403
David, Michael, 377
Davidson, Joan, 251
Davis, Brad, 334
Davis, Peter A., Inventing Times Square, 31
Deal, Borden, 136
Dear World, 76
Death of a Salesman, 248
Deathtrap, 209
Debuskey, Merle, 221
DeFilippis Crane Service, 262
de Filippo, Eduardo, 51
Dein, David, 287
Della Bella, Jimmy, 83
Della Bella,
Phil, 83
de Mille, Agnes, 135
Dench, Judi, 288
Derricks, Cleavant, 274
De Shields, André, 208
Detroit Opera House, 161
Dewhurst, Colleen, 248, 249
Dewynters, 340, 363
Dexter, John, 111, 112–14, 116, 118
Diamond, Neil, 105
Dickens, Charles, 168, 220
Dickson, Barbara, 320
DiFalco, Samuel, 54–55, 56, 89, 123, 124
Diller, Barry, 258
DiMaggio, Joe, 38
Dinkins, David, 380, 382
Dirtiest Musical in Town, The, 235
Dirtiest Show in Town, The, 91
Disney, Roy, 386
Disney Studios, 384, 385–91
Beauty and the Beast, 306, 387, 388–89, 401
King David, 390
Lion King, 391, 399, 401
Little Mermaid, 306, 386–87, 388, 401
Oliver & Company, 385–86
Disney Theatrical Productions, 395, 401
Divine, 386
Dodger Theatricals, 372, 378, 379
Do I Hear a Waltz?, 65, 69
Domingo, Placido, 299
Don’t Play Us Cheap, 86
Douglas, Melvyn, 248
Doyle, William, 184–85, 187
Drabinsky, Garth, 378–79
Dracula, 185–86, 248, 347
Dramatist Guild, 5
Dreamgirls, 268–76, 307, 314, 317
“And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going,” 237, 238, 240, 261, 265, 274
and Bennett, 144, 235–41, 273–74, 275, 308, 309, 312, 316
ideas for, 235–36
and Jacobs, 237, 241, 270, 271, 272, 275, 308, 313
success of, 253, 259, 304
and Tony Awards, 253, 259–60, 268, 270–71, 272–76, 277, 309
Dreamworks, 401
Dresser, The, 217
Drury Lane Theatre, London, 225, 284, 400
Dubin, Al, 196
Durst, Douglas, 384
Durst, Seymour, 177, 181, 182
Durst Organization, 384
Dylan, Bob, 75
Earl Carroll’s Vanities, 161
Ebb, Fred, 68–69, 75, 378
Eder, Richard, 234
Edgar, David, 220
Ed Sullivan Show, The (TV), 74
Eichelberger, Ethyl, 334
81/2, 254
Eisenberg, Alan, 350, 390, 391
Eisner, Michael, 386, 388, 389
Elegy to a Down Queen, 212
Elephant Man, The, 32n, 209
Elg, Taina, 265
Elice, Rick, 295–96, 335, 355, 365
Eliot, T. S., 298, 311
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, 280–82, 286, 289, 320, 354
Eliot, Valerie, 281, 286, 311
Elizabeth II, queen of England, 400, 402
Elkins, Hillard, 105
Ellis, Joshua, 186, 221, 365, 370–73
Ephron, Nora, 54, 55n
Epstein, Dasha, 208, 213
Epstein, Helen, Joe Papp: An American Life, 157
Equity, see Actors’ Equity Association
Equus, 110–19, 120, 132
Erdman, Dennis, 116
Erlanger, Abe:
and New Amsterdam Theatre, 24, 25, 81, 256, 383
and restraint of free trade suit, 26
and Shubert brothers, 25–26, 28–29, 30–31, 160, 161, 383
and stock market crash, 31
and Syndicate, 23–24, 25–26, 28, 30, 160, 383
Ernst, Morris, 4–5
Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 156
Etting, Ruth, 228
Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Waterford, Connecticut, 254
Eugene O’Neill Theatre, 71
Eula, Joe, 106
Every Little Step (documentary), 134
Evita, 209, 281, 282, 288, 291, 341, 343, 400
Eyen, Tom, 91, 235–39, 272
Eyerman, Edward, 54–55
Eyerman, Nancy Mae (Shubert), 49–50, 54–55, 56
Family Affair, A, 68
Fanny, 12, 191
Fantasticks, The, 67–68, 90
Farrow, Mia, 194
Feingold, Michael, 301
Felker, Clay, 184
Feller, Peter, 348
Fellini, Federico, 70, 254, 263
Fences, 358
Fenton, James, 337–38
Ferber, Edna, 5
Ferrer, José, 250, 369
Feuer, Cy, 46, 70, 196
Fiddler on the Roof, 67, 70, 71, 76, 86, 305, 377
Field, Arthur N., 54
Fields, Dorothy, 71, 140, 143, 144
Fields, W. C., 256
Fierstein, Harvey, 358, 361
Fifth Amendment, 8, 11, 14
Finn, William, 369
Fiorello!, 34, 66–67
First Amendment, 79, 179, 181
Firth, Peter, 113, 115
Fisch, Violet, 56
Fischer, Bobby, 319
Fisher, Jules, 251, 315, 335
Fisher Theatre, 159, 160
Fiske, Minnie Maddern, 26
Five Finger Exercise, 111
Flaxman, John, 86
Flora the Red Menace, 69
Foley Vaughan, Edward, 44–45, 47, 55, 130
Follies:
as a classic, 69–70
as a flop, 69, 98
and Bennett, 139–40, 240
as concept musical, 168, 197, 342
and Prince, 69, 92, 139, 140, 168, 214
and Rich, 214, 240
and Sondheim, 69–70, 96, 139, 168, 214, 342
Fonda, Henry, 248
Forbes, Peggy, 17–18
Ford, Gerald R., 174–75, 184
Ford Center for the Performing Arts, 378
Ford Foundation, 244–45
Forrest Theater, Philadelphia, 90–91
42nd Street, 196–206, 207, 208, 215, 292, 294–95, 304, 335, 345
42nd Street Development Project, 80, 383–84, 389–90
46th Street Theater, 222, 259–60, 261, 265, 267, 270
Fosse, Bob, 136, 197, 253, 277
and Cabaret, 69
death of, 335–36
and jazz dancing, 70
and Pippin, 100–101
and Sweet Charity, 70–71, 165
at the top of his game, 71, 144, 351
and total control, 70, 335
Fox, Robert:
and Bennett, 224, 227, 308, 321, 323, 325
and Chess, 321, 323, 325, 326–29, 354–56, 357
and Jacobs, 308, 321, 326, 328–29, 355
and Nickleby, 326
Francis, Arlene, 31, 108
Fratti, Mario, 254–55
Frey, Leonard, 334
Friedman, Bernard, 58, 85
Friendly, Bill, 205
Frohman, Charles, 23, 25, 30
Frontier Casino, Las Vegas, 123
Funny Girl, 69, 70, 203
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A, 69, 70
Furth, George, 140, 147
Gaiety Burlesque, 373
Garber, Victor, 312
Gardenia, Vincent, 229
Garland, Judy, 61–62, 165
Garver, Jack, 61
Gatchell, Tyler, 280
Gavert, Paul, 299–300
Geffen, David:
and Ashman, 388
and Bennett, 238, 321–22
and Cats, 280, 296–97
and Chorus Line, 153, 238
and Dreamgirls, 238, 275
and Little Shop, 302, 303
and Smile, 384–85
Gelb, Arthur, 93, 215, 332
Gennaro, Peter, 136
George Abbott Theatre, 18
George White’s Scandals, 161
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 397
Gerard, Jeremy, 329–33, 336, 346, 353
Gere, Richard, 262
Gershwin, George, 29, 309
Gershwin, Ira, 309
Gersten, Bernard:
and Ballroom, 232
–33, 235
and Bennett, 146–47, 232–33, 235
and Chorus Line, 151, 153, 210, 232
and Jacobs, 233
and Larry, 52
and Papp/Public, 52, 146–47, 151, 158, 210, 232
and Times Square, 384
Gibson, William, 140
Gielgud, John, 46, 111
Gill, Brendan, 246
Gillette, Anita, 194
Giuliani, Rudolph, 79, 81, 389, 402
Glaser, Milton, 184–85
Godby, Derek, 76
Godspell, 100
Goldberger, Paul, 245, 246, 252, 371
Goldberg, Whoopi, 398
Goldenberg, Billy, 229
Goldman, Irving, 55–57
corruption of, 97–98, 108–9, 121–23, 127, 130
and coup, 88–90, 92–93, 95, 98
as cultural affairs commissioner, 108–9, 123
death of, 131
forced out, 130–31
and Nederlander, 217
and politics, 107–9, 123
and Shubert Foundation, 57, 90, 95, 104, 125
Times and Post investigations, 122–24, 129
Goldman, James, 68, 140
Goldman, William, 68, 76
The Season, 6, 73
Goldstein, Al, 181
Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, Connecticut, 168, 169
Gordon, Max, 57
Gorki Theater, Leningrad, 219
Gothic Color, 56, 89, 121, 122, 124
Gottfried, Martin, 118–19, 155, 209, 214, 224
Gould, Milton, 127
Goulet, Robert, 75–76
Grand Central Terminal, 248
Grand Opera House, Syracuse, 21, 23
Grand Tour, The, 76, 196
Gratz, Roberta Brandes, 249, 250, 252, 263
Gray, Harold, Little Orphan Annie, 167, 169
Grease, 185, 311
Great Depression, 31, 33–34, 35, 42, 82, 84, 96, 161–62, 168, 383
Green, Abel, 94
Green, Adolph, 64, 66
Grey, Joel, 69
Guare, John, 249
Gutfreund, John, 244–45
Guys and Dolls, 65, 66, 378
Gypsy, 34, 68, 69, 189, 240, 335
Hahn, Don, 387
Hair, 74–75
Hairspray, 399
Hall, Kitty, 18–19
Halpern, Kenneth, 249
Hamlisch, Marvin:
and Bennett, 132–33, 149, 151
and Chorus Line, 132–33, 149, 150, 151, 152, 385
Oscars to, 149
and Papp, 151
and Smile, 384, 385
and They’re Playing Our Song, 209
Hammerstein, Oscar I, 80, 81
Hammerstein, Oscar II, 167, 351
and Carousel, 64
death of, 65
and King and I, 64
and Oklahoma!, 64
and Rodgers, 8, 46, 64, 74
and Sound of Music, 46, 65, 146
and South Pacific, 64
and TV, 74
Hare, David, 367–68
Harney, Ben, 274
Harnick, Sheldon, 65, 66–67, 76, 77
Harris, Joseph, 165
Hart, Bernie, 10
Hart, Charles, 344
Hart, Lorenz, 351
Hart, Moss, 10, 162
Hartke, Father Gilbert, 122
Harwood, Ronald, 217
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