by Wasson, Sam
[>] “When I got home”: David Picker, interview with the author, October 7, 2010.
Index
Aaron, Sidney (birth name), [>], [>]. See also Chayefsky, Paddy
Abbott, George
Billion Dollar Baby, [>]
Damn Yankees (movie), [>]
Damn Yankees (stage production), [>], [>]–[>], [>]
description, [>]
Me and Juliet, [>]
New Girl in Town, [>]–[>]
office, [>]
100th birthday, [>]
The Pajama Game, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
role in musical comedy, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Tony Award, [>]
ABC Pictures, [>]
Abend, Sheldon, [>]
Academy Award (Oscar), [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Adler, Richard, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
AIDS epidemic, [>]–[>], [>]
“Airotica” (dance), [>]–[>], [>]
Albee, Edward, [>], [>], [>]
Allen, Debbie, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Allen, Fred, [>]
Allen, Herb, [>], [>]
Allen, Jay Presson, [>], [>], [>]
Allen, Rae, [>], [>], [>]
Allied Artists, [>], [>]
“All That Jazz” (dance), [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Aloff, Mindy, [>]–[>]
Altered States (book; Chayefsky), [>]–[>]
Altman, Robert, [>], [>]
Alton, Robert, [>]
American Theatre Wing, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Amundsen Senior High School, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Anderson, Susan, [>]–[>], [>]
Andrews, Julie, [>], [>]–[>]
Andrews, Norma, [>], [>], [>]
Angeli, Pier “Anna,” [>]–[>]
Aristides, John, [>]
Arlen, Harold, [>]
Arnaz, Desi, Jr., [>]
Aronson, Boris, [>], [>]
Asnas, Max, [>]
Astaire, Fred
The Belle of New York, [>]
death, [>]
on filming dance, [>]
Finian’s Rainbow, [>], [>]
Fosse’s respect for, [>], [>], [>]
Funny Face, [>]
“Limehouse Blues” in Ziegfeld Follies, [>]
movie musicals, [>], [>], [>]
studied by Fosse
after meeting in person, [>]–[>]
example of elegance, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
from movies, [>], [>]
at the Oak Theater, [>], [>]
studied by Michael Jackson, [>]
Astaire Award, [>]
Atkinson, Brooks, [>], [>], [>]
Attenborough, Richard, [>]
audition methods, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Auerbach, Arnold, [>]
Aurthur, Jane, [>], [>]
Aurthur, Robert Alan
All That Jazz, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
and Big Deal, [>]–[>]
and Cabaret, [>]
Ending, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
friendship with Fosse, [>]
illness and death, [>]–[>], [>]
memorial party, [>], [>]
Avila, Doria, [>]
Bacall, Lauren, [>]
Baker, Chet, [>]
Balanchine, George, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Ball, Lucille, [>]
Barnes, Clive, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Barry, Julian
and Columbia Pictures, [>]
dissolution of marriage, [>]
on Fosse’s financial management, [>]
friendship with Fosse, [>]
Lenny, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
on the stage community, [>], [>]–[>]
Barry, Pat, [>]
Baughman, Patricia, [>]
Baum, Marty, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Beame, Abraham, [>]
“Beat Me Daddy (Eight to the Bar)” (dance), [>], [>], [>]
Beaumont, Ralph, [>], [>]
Beddow, Margery, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Begelman, David, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Behn, Noel, [>]
Belkin, Jeanna, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Benedict, Gail, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Benjamin, Robert, [>]
Bennett, Michael
Chess, [>]
A Chorus Line, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Company, [>]
death, [>]
Dreamgirls, [>]–[>]
Follies, [>]
Fosse’s competition with, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Fosse’s professional bond with, [>]
health problems, [>]
at Liza with a Z, [>]
rehearsal venue, [>]
relationship with McKechnie, [>]
Scandal, [>]
Bennett, Tony, [>]
Benton, Robert, [>], [>]
Berenson, Marisa, [>]
Bergman, Sandahl, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Berkeley, Busby, [>], [>]
Berkowitz, Michael, [>]
Berlin, Irving, [>]
Bernstein, Ira, [>], [>]
Bernstein, Leonard, [>], [>]
Berry, John, [>]–[>]
Bigley, Isabel, [>]
“Big Spender” (dance), [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Billman, Larry, [>]
Bird, Nancy, [>], [>]–[>]
Black, Noel, [>]
Blum, Steve, [>]
Blyden, Larry, [>]–[>]
Bogdanovich, Peter, [>], [>], [>]
Bolender, Todd, [>]
Bolin, Shannon, [>]
Boredom, Whimsy, and Flash, [>], [>], [>]
Boston, MA, blizzard of 1978, [>]
Bowab, John, [>], [>]
Bowie, David, [>], [>]
Bracken, Eddie, [>], [>]
Brady, Scott, [>]
Bretherton, David, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Brice, Fanny, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Brink, Gary, [>]
Brisson, Frederick, [>]
Broadway Arts, rehearsal venue
All That Jazz, [>], [>], [>]
Chicago, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
The Little Prince, [>]
Pippin, [>], [>]
Broadway culture, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]. See also musicals; Tony Award
Brown, Candy
Chicago, [>], [>]
on Fosse, [>]
and Fosse’s decline, [>]
Liza with a Z, [>], [>], [>]
Pippin (commercial), [>]
Pippin (stage production), [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Browning, Kirk, [>]
Bruce, Honey, [>], [>]
Bruce, Kitty, [>], [>]
Bruce, Lenny, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
burlesque
and Fosse
empathy with the ‘gals,’ [>], [>]
impact on works, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>] (See also showbiz)
rough environment and abuse, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
and Verdon, [>], [>], [>]
See also strippers
Burns, Ralph, [>], [>], [>]
Burr, Lonnie, [>]
Burrows, Abe, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Burton, Richard, [>]
Burton, Sybil, [>]
Buttons, Red, [>]
Buzzi, Ruth, [>], [>]
“Bye Bye Life” (dance), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Caesar, Sid
Little Me, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Make Mine Manhattan, [>]
Your Show of Shows, [>]
Caird, John, [>]
Campbell, Patton, [>]
Cannes Film Festival, [>]–[>], [>]
Canney, Liz, [>]–[>]
Cantor, Eddie, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Capezio Dance Award, [>]
C
apote, Truman, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Carnegie Deli
description, [>]–[>]
owner Herb Schlein, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
as a work space, [>], [>]–[>]
Carpenter, Teresa, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Carr, Lawrence “Larry”
Breakfast at Tiffany’s, [>], [>]
Farmer’s Daughter, [>]
Nights of Cabiria/Hearts and Flowers, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Redhead, [>], [>], [>]
Sweet Charity, [>]
Carrow, Lynne, [>], [>], [>]
Casey, Eileen, [>]
Cassidy, Jack, [>]
Cates, Joseph, [>]
Ceballos, René, [>]
censorship issues, [>], [>]
Chadman, Christopher, [>], [>], [>]
Champion, Gower, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
Champion, Karla, [>]
Champion, Marge, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Chaplin, Charlie
founding United Artists, [>]
influence on Fosse, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
influence on Masina, [>]
makeup, [>]
at the Palace Theater, [>]
Chaplin, Sydney, [>]
Charlap, Morris “Moose,” [>], [>], [>], [>]
Charlie’s Tavern, [>], [>]
Charney, Suzanne, [>]
Charnin, Martin, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Chase, Barrie, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Chayefsky, Paddy
at Academy Awards, [>], [>]
Altered States (book), [>]–[>]
Altered States (movie), [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
birth name Sidney Aaron, [>], [>]
and Chicago, [>]
death and memorial service, [>]–[>]
and “Death of a Playmate,” [>]
58th birthday party, [>]
on Fosse, [>]
friendship with Fosse
Boredom, Whimsy, and Flash, [>], [>], [>]
caregiving Fosse, [>], [>]
at a dance club, [>]
first meeting, [>]–[>]
Fosse missing, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
hospital visits, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
support for Fosse’s work, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
trust and truth, [>], [>], [>], [>]
working together, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
genius intellect, [>]
The Hospital, [>]
illness and depression, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
last wishes, [>], [>]
The Latent Heterosexual, [>]
legacy, [>], [>]–[>]
and Lenny, [>], [>]
at Liza with a Z opening, [>]
Marty (movie), [>], [>]
Marty (television), [>], [>], [>], [>]
Network, [>]–[>], [>]
nickname for Verdon, [>]
Nights of Cabiria, [>]–[>], [>]
office, [>]–[>]
Paint Your Wagon, [>]
The Passion of Josef D., [>], [>]
in same building as Phoebe Ungerer, [>]
and Stages, [>]
at Sweet Charity opening, [>]
Television Hall of Fame, [>]–[>]
Thieves, [>], [>]
witness to Fosse’s will, [>]–[>]
work ethic, [>], [>]
Chayefsky, Susan, [>]
Chez Paree, [>], [>], [>]
Chicago, IL
Chez Paree, [>], [>], [>]
childhood homes, [>], [>]
crime, [>]
Great Fire of 1871, [>]
Oak Theater, [>], [>]
public image, [>]–[>]
Valentine’s Day massacre of 1929, [>]
Chicago Academy of Theater Arts, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
choreographer, Fosse as
All That Jazz, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
ballet for Joffrey, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Bells Are Ringing, [>]–[>]
Big Deal, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Cabaret, [>]
Chicago, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
The Colgate Comedy Hour, [>]
The Conquering Hero, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
at the Cotillion Room, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Damn Yankees, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
dancers’ loyalty toward, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
dancers’ mutual jealousy, [>]–[>]
Dancin’ (commercial), [>]–[>]
Dancin’ (stage production), [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
development of skills, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Ending, [>]–[>]
Grind, [>]–[>]
Hold Ev’rything! A Streamlined Extravaganza in Two Parts, [>]
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Kiss Me Kate, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Little Me, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Liza Live at the Winter Garden, [>]
Liza with a Z, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
“The Magic Bird of Fire,” [>]–[>]
My Sister Eileen, [>]–[>]
New Girl in Town, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
The Pajama Game (movie), [>], [>], [>]
The Pajama Game (stage production), [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Pal Joey (revival), [>]–[>], [>]
Pippin (commercial), [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Pippin (movie for television), [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Pippin (stage production), [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Pleasures and Palaces, [>]–[>], [>]
Redhead, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
“Seasons of Youth” Timex revue, [>]–[>]
Sweet Charity (movie), [>]–[>]
Sweet Charity (revival), [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Sweet Charity (stage production), [>]–[>], [>]
Talent ’52 stage managers’ benefit, [>]–[>]
television revue shows, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
and “Thriller” music video, [>]–[>], [>]
working methods, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>] (See also management style of Fosse; Verdon, Gwen, dance assist./co-choreographer to Fosse)
choreography and choreographers
culture before Fosse, [>]
father’s view of, [>], [>]
Fosse’s view of, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
increased role in the musical, [>]
union, [>], [>]
See also dancers
Cilento, Wayne, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Clark, Cheryl, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Clark, Sam, [>]
Clayburgh, Jill, [>], [>]
Clift, Montgomery, [>]
Clurman, Harold, [>], [>]
CMA. See Creative Management Associates
Cocteau, Jean, [>]
“Coffee Break” (dance), [>]–[>]
Cohan, George M., [>]
Cohn, Harry, [>], [>]
Cohn, Marya, [>], [>]
Cohn, Sam
All That Jazz, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Big Deal, [>]–[>]
career, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
changes in the industry, [>]
and Chicago, [>]
Ending, [>]
Laundry restaurant, [>], [>], [>], [>]
and Mariel Hemingway, [>], [>]
parties, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Ragtime, [>]–[>]
relationship as Fosse’s agent, [>], [>], [>]
Thieves, [>]–[>]