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Hello, Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand

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by William J. Mann

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  engagement at, [>]

  gay clientele, [>]

  management of, [>]–[>]

  talent contests, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  Lippner, Stuart, [>]–[>], [>]

  Little Mary Sunshine (Besoyan), [>]

  Loeb, Edward, [>]–[>]

  Lolita (movie), [>]

  London, England

  rejection of move to, [>]

  Streisand’s first visit to, [>]

  London, Marc, [>]

  London Chop House restaurant, Detroit, [>]

  “Long Ago and Far Away,” at the Lion, [>]

  “Lorelei” (Gershwin and Gershwin), [>]

  Los Angeles, CA. See also Hollywood, CA

  decision to move to, [>]–[>]

  first visit to, [>], [>]–[>]

  Hollywood Bowl concert, [>]

  Los Angeles Times

  review of Cocoanut Grove performance, [>]

  review of Hollywood Bowl performance, [>]–[>]

  Love Is Just Around the Corner (musical), [>]

  Lovell, Marilyn, [>]

  “Lover, Come Back to Me” (Romberg), [>], [>]

  on The Barbra Streisand Album, [>]–[>]

  at the Bon Soir, [>]

  at the Cocoanut Grove, [>]

  on The Ed Sullivan Show, [>]

  on PM East, [>]

  “Lover Man,” at the Bon Soir, [>]

  Lowe, Charles, [>]

  Lowell Sun, reviews of Funny Girl, [>], [>]

  Lowry, Cynthia, [>]

  Luckiest People, The. See Funny Girl

  Luft, Sid, [>]

  Lullaby (play), [>]

  Lunt-Fontanne Theater, ushering job, [>], [>]

  Lyons, Leonard, [>]

  MacKenzie, Giselle, [>]

  Madame Daunou shoe salon, [>]

  Mademoiselle magazine, Merit Award, [>]

  Mailer, Norman, [>]

  Malden Bridge Playhouse internship, [>]

  Mancini, Henry, [>]

  Manhattan, move to, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  March, Elspeth, [>]–[>]

  Marienthal, Oscar and George, [>]–[>]

  Marshall, William, [>], [>]

  Martin, Dean, [>]

  Martin, Dick, [>]

  Martin, Ernest, [>]–[>]

  Martin, Mary, [>], [>], [>]

  Marx, Groucho, [>], [>]–[>]

  Mason, Richard, [>]

  Matz, Janice, [>]

  Matz, Peter

  arrangements, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  career, [>]

  support and friendship from, [>]–[>], [>]

  McCartney, Paul, [>]

  McClain, John, [>]

  McDowall, Roddy, [>], [>], [>]

  McElligott, Pat, [>]

  McGregor-Doniger sportswear, New York City, [>]–[>]

  McHugh, Burke, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  McLerie, Allyn Ann, [>], [>], [>]

  Medford, Kay, [>], [>], [>]

  Meehan, Danny, [>], [>]

  Mercer, Mabel, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Merman, Ethel, [>]–[>], [>]

  Merrick, David

  background, [>]

  on casting for Brice role, [>], [>]

  conflicts with Streisand, [>]

  departure from Funny Girl, [>]

  Fanny, [>]

  first interview with Streisand, [>]

  at Funny Girl auditions, [>]

  hiring of Fosse for Funny Girl, [>]–[>]

  hiring of Laurent for Wholesale, [>]

  hiring of Streisand for Wholesale, [>]–[>], [>]

  initial plan for Brice musical, [>]

  Jewish identity, [>]

  at 1962 Tony Awards, [>]

  pressure to fire Gould, [>]

  Solter’s publicity for, [>]

  Stop the World—I Want to Get Off (musical), [>]

  theatrical productions, successes, [>]–[>]

  view of actors, [>]

  warming to Streisand, [>]–[>]

  What’s in It for Me?, [>]

  Merrill, Bob

  collaboration with Styne, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  conflicts with Streisand, [>], [>]–[>]

  at Funny Girl auditions, [>]

  relationship with Bancroft, [>]

  respect for Streisand’s abilities, [>], [>]

  Merrill, Suzanne, [>], [>]–[>]

  Messiah (Vidal), [>]

  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer tour, [>]

  MGM records, audition with, [>]–[>]

  Michaels, Matt, [>]–[>]

  Michelson, Herb, [>]

  Mike Douglas Show, The, cohosting on, [>]

  Milan, Joe, [>]

  Milland, Ray, [>]

  Miller, Allan

  as acting coach during Funny Girl rehearsals, [>]–[>]

  background. teaching philosophy, [>]

  Intermediate acting class, [>]

  mentorship by, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Miller, Anita, [>], [>]

  Miller, Buzz, [>], [>]

  mimicry skills, [>]

  Mimsey (character in Funny Girl), [>]

  Minnelli, Liza, [>]–[>]

  Miracle Worker (play), [>]

  Misfits, The (movie), [>]

  Miss Marmelstein (in I Can Get It for You Wholesale). See also I Can Get It for You Wholesale

  auditions for, [>]

  Critics Circle Award for, [>]

  dissatisfaction/boredom with role, [>]–[>], [>]

  hiring of Streisand for, [>]–[>]

  portrayal of, [>], [>]

  rehearsals of, [>]

  reviews, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  Mister Kelly’s, Chicago, appearances at, [>]–[>]

  money, wealth. See also ambition; fame, stardom

  discomfort with, [>], [>], [>]

  and early experience of poverty, [>]–[>]

  frugality with, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  investments, business managers, [>], [>]

  need for, [>]

  “Sadie, Sadie, Married Lady,” [>]–[>]

  Monk, Julius, [>]

  monologues

  Ballard’s, [>]

  at Basin Street East, [>]–[>]

  at the hungry i, [>]

  in Las Vegas, [>]

  Monroe, Marilyn, [>]

  Montserrat (Hellman), [>]

  “Moon River,” on PM East, [>]

  Moore, Dudley, [>]

  Moore, Garry, [>]–[>]

  Moray, Bernie, [>], [>]

  mother. See Kind, Diana Streisand (mother)

  Mother Courage and Her Children (Brecht), [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  movies, movie making

  growing interest in, [>], [>]–[>]

  Seven Arts contract, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Streisand’s later roles, [>]

  “Much More,” at the Blue Angel, [>]

  Mueller, Fred, [>]

  Murdock, Henry T., reviews by, [>], [>], [>]

  Muth, May, [>]–[>]

  “My Coloring Book” (Kander-Ebb), [>]

  My Fair Lady, [>], [>]

  “My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms,” recording of, [>]

  My Man. See Funny Girl

  “My Melancholy Baby,” recording of, [>]

  “My Name Is Barbara” (Bernstein), at the Bon Soir, [>]

  Nadel, Norman, review, [>]

  name

  misspelling and mispronunciation of, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  name change, [>]–[>], [>]

  Nash, Richard (The Young and Fair), [>]

  National Association of Gag Writers, “Fanny Brice Award,” [>]

  NBC Color City, Los Angeles, [>]

  Neighborhood Playhouse, [>]

  Neurotica (literary magazine), [>]

  Newhart, Bob, [>]

  Newley, Anthony, [>]

  Newman, Phyllis, [>], [>]

  New Moon, The (Romberg operetta), [>], [>]

  Newspaper Enterprise Association, album review, [>]

  New York Daily News, reviews in, [>], [>] />
  New York Drama Critics, Critics Circle Award for Miss Marmelstein role, [>]

  New Yorker, The

  profile of Streisand, [>]

  review of Harry Stoones, [>]

  New York Journal-American, review in, [>]

  New York Times

  musical theater article, [>]

  photograph of Streisand in, [>]

  report on Funny Girl preview, [>]

  review of Bon Soir performance, [>]–[>]

  review of Funny Girl, [>]

  review of Wholesale cast album, [>]

  review of Wholesale, [>]

  New York World-Telegram

  interview with Streisand, [>]

  review of Bon Soir debut, [>]

  review of Funny Girl, [>]

  Nichols, Mike, [>]

  Nielsen, Diana Lee, [>]–[>]

  Night of the Iguana (movie), [>], [>]

  “Nobody Makes a Pass at Me” (Rome), recording of, [>]

  “Nobody’s Heart” (Rodgers and Hart), at Bon Soir debut, [>]–[>], [>]

  Nora (in Funny Girl), [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  North, Sheree, [>]

  Norton, Elliot, review, [>]

  No Strings (Rogers), [>]

  Not in the Book (play), [>]

  Objective Burma (movie), [>]

  O’Donnell, Rosie, [>]

  off-off-Broadway, [>]

  Oliver! (musical), [>]

  Oliver, Edith, review by, [>]

  Olivier, Laurence, [>]

  Once Upon a Mattress (television version), [>], [>]

  One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (movie), [>]

  “One Kiss” (Romberg), Diana Kind’s recording of, [>], [>]

  Origin magazine, [>]

  Osborn, Paul, [>]

  Oscar for Funny Girl, [>]

  Oscar’s Salt of the Sea restaurant, [>]–[>]

  Oswald, Lee Harvey, [>]

  Oxford, England, visit to Gould in, [>]–[>]

  Paar, Jack, [>]–[>]

  Page, Patti, [>]–[>]

  Pageant magazine, profile in, [>], [>]

  Pajama Game (musical), [>]

  Paley, Babe, [>]

  Paley, William, [>]

  Pal Joey revival, [>]–[>]

  Pam Pam coffee house, [>]

  Panich, David, [>]

  Parade, profile of Streisand in, [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Pardon My English (musical), [>]

  Parker, Suzy, [>]

  Parker, Tom, [>]

  Parsons, Louella, [>], [>], [>]

  Pat and Mike (movie), [>]

  Patrick, John, [>]

  Pauley, Gay, [>]

  “People” (Funny Girl)

  recording of, [>]

  Robbins’s enhancements for, [>]

  as solo, [>]

  Streisand’s objections to singing, [>]

  Perry Como Show, The (television), [>]

  Philadelphia, PA

  previews for Funny Girl, [>]

  previews for Wholesale, [>]–[>]

  Philadelphia Inquirer

  column on Roth, [>]

  review of Wholesale, [>]

  Phoenix Singers, [>]

  Piaf, Edith, [>], [>]–[>]

  Picnic (movie), [>]

  Pines of Rome (Respighi), [>]

  Pins and Needles (Rome), [>], [>]

  Pinza, Ezio, [>]

  Playbill for Funny Girl, bios and credits, [>]–[>]

  Playboy magazine, [>]

  Play of the Week, [>]

  Please, Please Me (the Beatles), [>]

  PM East (television). See also Wallace, Mike

  appearances, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  conflicts with Wallace on, [>], [>]–[>]

  confrontation with Susskind, [>]–[>]

  duet with Rooney, [>]–[>]

  fans from, [>], [>]

  20th birthday party, [>]–[>]

  Porter, Cole, [>]

  Powers, Francis Gary, [>]

  pregnancy rumors, [>], [>], [>]

  Prentiss, Paula, [>]

  Presley, Elvis, [>]

  Prince, Hal, [>]

  Prince of Wales Theatre, London, [>]

  privacy, cherishing of, [>]

  Professional Children’s School, New York, NY, [>]–[>]

  psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, [>], [>], [>]

  publicity. See also Softness, Don; Solters, Lee; Wilson, Earl and specific albums, appearances, and performances

  concerns about, [>], [>]

  and conflation of Streisand with Brice, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  in Detroit, [>], [>]

  following Cocoanut Grove engagement, [>]

  explosion of at the end of 1963, [>]

  lies and hype in, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  during New York newspaper strike, [>]–[>]

  process of, in LA, [>]

  from record albums, [>]

  and skill at self-promotion, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  “Quiet Time,” at San Jose show, [>]

  Quintero, José, [>]

  Quintessence of Ibsenism, The (Shaw), [>]

  Raisin in the Sun (play), [>]

  record albums. See also specific albums

  assumption of creative control, [>], [>]–[>]

  earliest recording at Nola Recording Studio, [>]

  ensembles, reviews of, [>]

  publicity from, [>]

  rock-pop groups, [>]

  Streisand’s competition, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  transition to rock-pop, [>]

  Reilly, Charles Nelson, [>]

  Rennie, Michael, [>]

  Requiem for a Heavyweight (television), [>]

  respect for fellow performers, [>]

  Respighi (Pines of Rome), [>]

  Revere Frolic, Revere, MA, performances at, [>]

  Riddle, Nelson, [>]

  “Right as the Rain”

  at the Blue Angel, [>], [>]

  on Jack Harris’ radio show, [>]

  on The Second Barbra Streisand Album, [>]–[>], [>]

  on the Today Show, [>]

  Rill, Eli, [>]–[>], [>]

  Ritchard, Cyril, [>]

  Rite of Spring, The (Stravinsky), [>]

  Rivera, Chita, [>]–[>]

  Rivers, Joan, [>], [>]

  Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, performances at, [>]–[>], [>]

  Robards, Jason, [>]

  Robbins, Fred, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  Robbins, Jerome (Jerry)

  and casting for Brice role, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  changes and cuts to Funny Girl, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  choreography for On the Town, [>]

  creative control, importance of, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]

  credit in Funny Girl Playbill, [>]

  directorial style, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  dissatisfaction with Funny Girl script, [>], [>]

  Fiddler on the Roof, [>]

  on Funny Girl understudies, [>]–[>]

  homosexuality, [>]

  and House Un-American Activities Committee, [>]

  Jewish identity, [>]

  offer of Brice role to Anne Bancroft, [>]–[>]

  personality, self-doubt, [>]

  quitting of Funny Girl, [>], [>]–[>]

  relationship with Kazan, [>]

  relationship with Lennart, [>]

  relationship with Stark, [>]

  relationship with Streisand, [>]–[>]

  return to Funny Girl, [>]–[>], [>]

  on Streisand’s potential, [>]

  Rodgers, Richard, [>]

  Rogers, Ginger, [>]

  Rogue magazine, Streisand profile, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  Romberg, Sigmund, [>]

  Rome, Harold

  at Blue Angel debut, [>]

  conflicts with Streisand, [>]

  as lyricist for Wholesale, [>], [>]

  Pins and Needles, [>]

  at Wholesale auditions, [>]

  Rooney,
Mickey, [>]–[>], [>]

  Rope (movie), [>]

  Rose, Billy, [>]

  Rosen, Ida. See Kind, Diana Streisand (mother)

  Rosenfeld, Lenny, [>]

  Rose Tattoo, The (play), [>]

  Ross, Herbert, [>], [>]–[>]

  Roth, Emery, [>]

  Roth, Lillian

  as audience draw, [>]

  as Mrs. Bogen in Wholesale, [>]

  reviews, [>], [>]

  on The Tonight Show, [>]

  at Wholesale rehearsals, [>]

  Rowan, Dan, [>]

  Rowan and Martin, [>]

  Rozar, Ted

  on Bon Soir performance, [>]

  contract with, [>]–[>], [>]

  dissatisfaction with, [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Korean War injury, [>]–[>]

  promotions, bookings, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Ruark, Robert, review, [>]–[>

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