Hello, Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand
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Jack Jones suddenly froze: I have taken my description of the 1964 Grammy Awards from the NYT, May 13, 1964; the AP wire story, as in the Hartford Courant, May 13, 1964; and the UPI wire story, as in the Oxnard Press-Courier, May 13, 1964.
[>] “There’s nothing we can do”: NYT, May 12, 1964.
[>] “That’s my line”: Dorothy Kilgallen’s syndicated column, as in the New Castle (Pennsylvania) News, May 20, 1964.
[>] “simple [and] nonintellectual”: Family Weekly, February 2, 1964.
[>] “No, no, can’t be done”: Family Weekly, February 2, 1964.
[>] Barbra sauntered into fashion designer: Eugenia Sheppard’s syndicated column, as in the Hartford Courant, June 25, 1964.
for Cosmo Sirchio’s collection: Eugenia Sheppard’s syndicated column, as in the Hartford Courant, May 24, 1964.
“I am high fashion!”: Family Weekly, February 2, 1964.
named to the worst-dressed list: Louella Parsons’s syndicated column, as in the San Antonio Light, January 23, 1964.
[>] “ask how much things cost”: Sunday Bulletin, April 25, 1965.
pocket money: This Week, February 5, 1966.
“All you think about is”: Family Weekly, February 2, 1964.
million-dollar television contract: NYT, June 23, 1964.
Marty was crowing: Alex Freeman’s syndicated column, as in the Hartford Courant, September 1, 1964.
[>] “The screaming could be heard”: Alex Freeman’s syndicated column, as in the Hartford Courant, July 23, 1964.
Carol Burnett proposed a joint: Hartford Courant, October 11, 1964.
“traffic going by”: O, The Oprah Magazine, October 2006.
[>] “Stardom is a part of”: Vanity Fair, September 1991.
“To end the rash of rumors”: Alex Freeman’s syndicated column, as in the Hartford Courant, May 18, 1964.
“going to be a big movie star”: Wire-service story, as in the Uniontown (Pennsylvania) Morning Herald, May 20, 1964.
“a bath in lava”: Time, September 7, 1970.
“Oh, God, don’t envy me”: Playboy, October 1977.
[>] “Being a star is being a movie star”: Rough copy for a “Tintype” column, 1964, Sydney Skolsky Collection, AMPAS.
“a practical person”: This Week, February 5, 1966.
[>] “off on the track of always”: Playboy, October 1977.
“I didn’t want you”: O, The Oprah Magazine, October 2006.
[>] “alone with [her] thoughts”: Unsourced clipping, perhaps Dorothy Kilgallen’s column, circa summer 1964, NYPL.
“larger than life”: Interview with Elliott Gould at www.aish.com.
[>] “You must only give three-quarters”: Playboy, October 1977.
“I have visions in my head”: Playboy, October 1977.
“Her performances astound”: “Barbra: Some Notes” by Jerome Robbins, Roddy McDowall Collection, Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center.
Index
Note: Throughout the index, I Can Get It for You Wholesale is abbreviated as Wholesale.
Abbott, George, [>], [>]
acting. See also Miller, Allan; singing; Theatre Studio
acting studies, [>], [>], [>]
commitment to, [>]
focus on, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
and sense of timing, [>]–[>]
Actors’ Equity, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Actors Studio, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Adam, Noelle, [>]
Adams, Edie, [>], [>]
Adams, Kenny, [>]
Adam’s Rib (movie), [>]
Adler, Stella, [>]
Alberghetti, Anna Maria, [>]
Alexander, Shana, [>], [>]–[>]
“Allegheny Moon,” [>]–[>]
Allen, Elizabeth, [>]
Allen, Woody, [>]
ambition, goals. See also acting; fame, stardom
Broadway stardom, top billing, [>], [>]
desire to be recognized for excellence, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
and making mistakes, [>]
movie stardom, [>]–[>]
and perfectionism, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
revelations of, [>]
sense of destiny, [>], [>]
and stalling of career, [>]–[>]
and time spent on practice, preparation, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
American Academy of Dramatic Arts, [>]
American Theatre Wing, [>]
Andrews, Julie, [>]
Anna Karenina, [>]
anonymity, privacy, inability to sustain, [>]–[>]
Another Evening with Harry Stoones (musical revue), [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
anti-nuclear politics, [>]–[>]
Antonio, Lou, [>]
Anyone Can Whistle (Sondheim), [>], [>]–[>]
“Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home”
on the Bob Hope Show, [>]
at the Cocoanut Grove, [>]
at the hungry i, [>]
on The Second Barbra Streisand Album, [>], [>]
appearance, looks. See also eccentricity, kookiness
and changing concepts of beauty, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
eye makeup, [>], [>], [>], [>]
figure, [>], [>]
hands and nails, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
insecurity about, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
as limiting, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
response to, at the Bon Soir, [>]
response to in Detroit, [>]–[>]
restyling of, in London, [>]–[>]
makeup, makeovers, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Ardsley (building) apartment, New York City, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Arie Crown Theater, Chicago, performance at, [>]
Arlen, Harold, [>], [>]–[>], [>]. See also Matz, Peter; “Sleepin’ Bee, A”
Armstrong, Louis, [>]
Arnstein, Nick. See also Chaplin, Sydney
casting of, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Chaplin’s similarities to, [>], [>]
characterization of, problems with, [>], [>]–[>]
Gould’s similarities to, [>], [>], [>]
rights to story of, [>]
Arthur, Beatrice, [>]
Arthur, Carol, [>]
Arthur, Irvin, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Associated Booking Corporation (ABS), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Associated Press, [>]
Aubrey, James T, Jr., [>]–[>], [>]
Auer, Bernhard, [>]
Avian, Bob, [>]
Bacall, Lauren, [>], [>]
Baez, Joan, [>], [>]
Balcony, The (Genet), [>]
Ballard, Kaye
album of Brice’s songs, [>]
on the Bon Soir as a venue, [>]
consideration for Brice role, [>]
“My Coloring Book,” [>]
popularity as headliner, [>], [>]
response to Streisand’s performances, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Bancroft, Anne, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Banducci, Enrico, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]. See also hungry i
Banner, Bon, [>]
Barbra Streisand Album, The
Album of the Year award, [>]
Arlen’s liner notes for, [>]–[>]
in Billboard’s Top [>], [>], [>], [>]
in Billboard’s Top Ten, [>], [>]
content, [>]–[>]
Grammy nomination, [>]
reviews, [>]–[>], [>]
sales, [>]–[>], [>]
stereo version, [>]
Streisand’s dissatisfaction with, [>], [>]
Bargains Unlimited, [>]
Barnes, Mae, [>]
Barth, Benny, [>]
Basin St. East, New York City, performances at, [>]–[>]
Baxter, Frank, [>]–[>]
BC Sunday Showcase, [>]
Bean, Orson
on Actor’s
Equity, [>]
on affairs among stars, [>]
friendship with Chaplin, [>], [>]
friendship with Streisand, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
on The Jack Paar Show, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
the Beatles, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Beatty, Warren, [>], [>]
Beck, Stanley, [>]–[>]
Begelman, David, [>], [>], [>]
Belink, Susan, [>]
Bells Are Ringing (musical), [>]
Bennett, Tony, [>], [>]
Bergdorf Goodman, [>], [>]
Bergen, Polly, [>], [>]
Berghof, Herbert, [>]
Bergman, Alan and Marilyn, [>]–[>]
Berman, Stan, [>], [>]
Berniker, Mike, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Bernstein, Leonard, [>], [>]
Besoyan, Rick, [>]
Bessie, Alvah, [>], [>]
Best Female Vocal Performance award, [>]
“Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered”
at the Hollywood Bowl concert, [>]
on The Judy Garland Show, [>]
on PM East, [>]
on The Third Album, [>]
Billboard
review of Arie Crown Theater show, [>]
review of Basin St. East opening, [>]–[>]
review of The Second Barbra Streisand album, [>]–[>], [>]
review of The Third Album, [>]
Bill Hahn’s Hotel, Westbrook, CT, performance at, [>]–[>]
birthday celebrations, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
blacklists, [>]
Bloomgarden, Kermit, [>]–[>]
Blue Angel nightclub, New York City
audience reactions, [>]
bookings for, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
debut performance, [>]–[>]
extension of run, [>]
headliner billing, [>]
publicity, [>], [>]
Blum, Eddie, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Bolton, Whitney, [>]
Bonny Maid Versatile Varieties (TV program), [>]–[>]
Bon Soir nightclub, New York City. See also Diller, Phyllis; Stark, Frances Arnstein
audiences at, [>], [>]
casting of Streisand at, [>]–[>]
debut performance, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
headliner billing, [>]
outfits worn at, [>]
performance while tipsy, [>]–[>]
preparations for debut, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
recording of performance at, [>]–[>]
repeat bookings, [>], [>]
as a venue, importance, [>], [>]–[>]
Born Yesterday (Kanin), [>]
Borokow, Tobey, [>]
Boston, Mass.
Funny Girl rehearsals and previews, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Wholesale previews, [>]
Boston Evening American, review of Funny Girl, [>]
Boston Globe
promotions for Wholesale, [>]–[>]
review of Funny Girl, [>]–[>]
review of Wholesale, [>]
Boston Herald, review of Wholesale, [>]
Boston Lying-In Hospital benefit performance, [>]
Bouché, René, [>]
Boy Friend, The (summer stock musical), [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Brasselle, Keefe, [>]
Bravo Giovanni (musical), [>]
Brecht, Bertolt, [>]
Bregman, Marty, [>], [>]
Brice, Fanny. See also Arnstein, Nick; Funny Girl; Stark, Frances Brice Arnstein
Ballard’s impressions of, [>]
candidates for role of, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
casting of Streisand as, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
differences from Streisand, [>]
kookiness, quirkiness, [>]
memoir, [>]
similarities to Streisand, publicity accentuating, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Stark’s affection for, [>]–[>]
Brolin, James, [>]
Bronstein, Don, [>]–[>]
Brooklyn, NY. See also Erasmus Hall High School; Kind, Diana Streisand
early life in, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
jobs in, [>]
life with grandparents in, [>]
need to leave, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
positive press for Streisand in, [>], [>]
“Brotherhood of Man” (How to Succeed in Business), on PM East, [>]
Brown, Georgia, [>], [>]
Brubeck, Dave, [>], [>]
Bruce, Lenny, [>]
Bubbles, John W., [>]
Burnett, Carol, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Burton, Richard, [>]
Butterfield 8 (movie), [>]
Bye Bye Birdie (musical), [>]
Cahn, Sammy, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
California. See Hollywood, CA
Callahan, Bill, [>]
Candle for St. Jude, A (Godden), [>]
Čapek, Josef and Karel, [>]–[>]
Capote, Truman, [>], [>]
Carroll, Diahann, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Carson, Johnny, [>], [>]
Carson City, NV, marriage to Gould, [>], [>]
Caucus Club, Detroit, performances at, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
“Caught in the Act” revue, Crystal Palace, [>]
CBS television, contract with, [>]–[>]
Cecilwood Playhouse, Fishkill, NY, [>], [>]
Chad Mitchell Trio, [>]
Chancellor, John, [>]
Chaplin, Charles, [>], [>]
Chaplin, Sydney
acting skills, [>]
affair with Streisand, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
casting as Arnstein, [>]
conflicts with Streisand, [>], [>], [>]
inability to dance, [>]–[>]
response to Robbins’ fixes, [>]
restaurant in Paris, [>]
reviews, [>], [>]
similarities to Arnstein, [>], [>]
Streisand’s attraction to, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
Streisand’s critiques of, [>]
Chapman, John, [>], [>], [>]
Chapman, Ross, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Charles Feldman’s Famous Artists Agency, [>]–[>]
Charles Lowe’s School of Theatrical Arts, [>]
Chateau, the, Lakewood, OH, performances at, [>]
Chekhov, Antonin, [>]
Cherry Lane Theatre, [>]
Chicago, IL. See also Mister Kelly’s, Chicago
Chicago newspapers, reviews in, [>]–[>]
performances in, [>]–[>], [>]
photo session with Bronstein, [>]–[>]
childhood. See also Erasmus Hall High School
bullying experience, [>]–[>]
cigarette smoking, [>]–[>]
fears and insecurities, [>]–[>]
health problems, [>]
leaving home, [>]
poverty of, [>]
stories about, [>]
wildness during, [>]
Choy, Muriel, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Christy, June, [>]
cigarette smoking, [>]–[>]
Clancy Brothers, [>], [>], [>], [>]
cleanliness, importance of, [>]
Clemons, Walter, [>]
Cleopatra (movie), [>]–[>]
clothing, outfits. See also eccentric, kooky persona
for Basin St. East opening, [>]
for Bon Soir debut, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Chanel dress from S. Klein’s, [>]–[>]
criticisms of, [>], [>]
donations of, to charity shops, [>]
for Funny Girl audition, [>]
for Wholesale audition, [>]
for The Jack Paar Show, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
for performance at the Lion, [>]–[>]
quirky, as form of publicity, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
response to in Detroit, [>]
for Schulenberg’s portraits, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
&nbs
p; Streisand’s designs for, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Clowes Memorial Hall, Indianapolis, performance at, [>]
Clurman, Harold, [>]
Clutterbuck (play), publicity for, [>]–[>]
Clythia (in The Insect Comedy), [>], [>]
Cocoanut Grove lounge, Los Angeles, engagement at, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Coleman, Robert, [>]
Columbia Records. See also Berniker, Mike; Lieberson, Goddard
The Barbra Streisand Album, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Bon Soir performance recording, [>]–[>]
demo tape, [>]–[>]
first visit to, [>]–[>]
“Happy Days” single, [>]
introduction of LPs, [>]
Pins and Needles tribute album, [>]
recording studio, [>]–[>]
The Second Barbra Streisand Album, [>