Everything Was Possible: The Birth of the Musical Follies (Applause Books) (50 page)

O’Connor, Rita,
illus.
O’Neill, Eugene, Theater Center (Waterford, Connecticut)
Oh, Boy
(musical)
Oklahoma!
(musical); movie of
Olsen, George
On the Town
(musical)
“One More Kiss”
Open Theater
Orbach, Jerry
Ostrow, Stuart
Pace, Omar T.
Pacific Overtures
(musical)
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
(movie)
Pajama Game, The
(musical)
Paper Mill Playhouse
Pars, Julie,
illus.
Passing Show of 1922, The
(musical)
Peck, Seymour
Pennebaker, D. A.
Perkins, Linda,
illus.
Peter Gunn
(television show)
Peterson, Kurt
Phoenix
(newspaper)
Pincus, Mathilde
Platinum
(musical)
Playbill
“Pleasant Little Kingdom”
Porgy and Bess
(Gershwin)
Porter, Cole
Presley, Elvis
“Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody, A”
Prettybelle
(musical)
Prince, Harold,
illus.
illus.
,
illus.
; advertising by; at American Theater Lab rehearsals; on Boston opening night,
illus.
189; during Boston previews,
illus.
; during Boston run,
illus.
,
illus.
casting of
Follies
by;
Company
produced and directed by; as codirector; and composition of songs; and costume designs,
illus.
curtain call staged by; at dress rehearsals; at Feller’s Scenic Studio rehearsals,
illus.
illus
.
illus
. ghost figure concept of; and
The Girls Upstairs
; and lighting design;
Look
magazine piece on; and National Theater Institute students; during New York previews; on opening night on Broadway; as producer; reviews of; salaries paid to performers by; and script revisions; and set design and construction,
illus
. at technical rehearsals
and illus.
,
illus.
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; television interview of; Tony awards of; and understudies; and West Coast production
Prince, Judy
Producer, The
(Davis)
Producers, The
(musical)
Promises, Promises
(musical)
Pulitzer Prize
“Put on a Happy Face”

Quinn, Anthony

“Rain on the Roof”
Raitt, John
Reed, Donna
Ramsay, Remak
RCA Victor
Rich, Frank
“Right Girl, The”
“Road You Didn’t Take, The”
Robbins, Jerome
Roberts, Flora
Roberts, Terri
Rodgers, Mary
Rodgers, Richard
Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization
Rogers, Suzanne,
illus.
Rogers, Will
Rolph, Marti,
illus. , illus.
illus.
Rose, Margo and Rufus
“Rose’s Turn”
Ross, Lillian
Rothschilds, The
(musical)
Roundabout Theater (New York)
Roxichord
Roxy Theater (New York)
Russell, Jane

Saddler, Donald
“Saga of Jenny, The”
St. Louis Municipal Opera
Sales, Soupy
Salome, Where She Danced
(movie)
Sanders, Terry
Sandifur, Virginia
Say, Darling
(Bissell)
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr.
Schoenfeld, Gerald
Schubeck, John
Scott, Raymond
Securities and Exchange Commission
Sesame Street
(television show)
7 1/2
Cents
(Bissell)
70, Girls
(musical)
She Loves Me
(musical)
She’s Working Her Way Through College
(movie)
Sheridan, Ann
Show Boat
(musical)
Show
magazine
Shubert Organization
Shubert Theater (Boston)
Shubert Theater (Los Angeles)
Shubert Theater (New Haven)
Shutta, Ethel,
illus.
; in Boston performances; at Boston rehearsals; Broadway and movie career of; casting of; costume for; death of; Hirschfeld caricature of,
illus.
illness of; in New York previews; at New York rehearsals; on opening night on Broadway; reviews of; salary of
“Side by Side by Side”
Silvers, Phil
Simon, John
Simon, Neil
“Simple”
Sleeping Tiger, The
(movie)
Smith, Alexis,
illus.
,
illus.
in American Theater Lab rehearsals; on Boston opening night; in Boston previews; during Boston run, illus. casting of; choreography for, illus. ; composing of songs for; costumes and wigs for,
illus.
curtain call for; death of; dressing rooms of; in Feller’s Scenic Studio rehearsals; Hirschfeld caricature of,
illus. 289;
movie career of; in New York previews; on opening night on Broadway; reviews of; salary of; in technical rehearsals; at
Time
magazine photo shoot; Tony Award of
Smith, Oliver
Smith, Sheila,
illus.
Some Like It Hot
(movie)
Sondheim, Stephen, at American Theater Lab rehearsals,
Sondheim, Stephen
(continued)
70–1; on Boston opening night; during Boston previews; during Boston run; and casting of
Follies
; and collaborative process;
Company
written by; complexity of; composing of songs by; at costume parade; delivery of song manuscripts by; early drafts by; at dress rehearsals; and failure of
Anyone Can Whistle
; at Feller’s Scenic Studio rehearsals; Judy Prince and; magazine articles on; Mary Rodgers and; during New York previews; on opening night on Broadway; orchestration of songs by; and original cast album recording; and Ostrow production of
The Girls Upstairs
; at
Prettybelle
; at recording session for Prologue; reviews of; Rich and; at technical rehearsals; television interview of; theatrical style of; Tony Awards of
South Pacific
(musical)
Stark, Larry
Stavisky
(movie)
Steffe, Edwin
Stereo Review
Stevens, Craig
“Story of Lucy and Jessie, The”
Streisand, Barbara
Stringer, Marcie
Stritch, Elaine
Studio Duplicating
Stutz, Geraldine
Styne, Jule
Sugar
(musical)
Swanson, Gloria
Sweeney Todd
(musical)
Sweet Charity
(musical)
Swenson, Inga
Swope, Martha

Taylor, June
“Ten Cents a Dance”
“That Old Piano Roll”
That’s Entertainment
(movie)
Theatre Crafts
magazine
They Might Be Giants
(Goldman)
Three Sailors and a Girl
(movie)
Threes
(musical)
Through Missouri on a Mule
(Miller)
Time of the Cuckoo, The
(Laurents)
Time
magazine
Tonight Show
Tony Awards
“Too Many Mornings”
illus.
Travers, Margot,
illus.
Truck and Warehouse Theater (New York)
Tubens, Joe
Tunick, Jonathan
Turner, Jayne
, illus.
Twentieth Century-Fox
Two by Two
(musical)
Two Gentlemen of Verona
(musical)

United Press International (UPI)
Unknown Soldier and His Wife, The
(Ustinov)
“Uptown, Downtown”
and illus.
, illus.
Ustinov, Peter

Valando, Tommy
Vanderbilt, William K.
Variety
Viertel, John
Village Voice
Vineberg, Steve
Vivian Beaumont Theater (New York)
Voelpel, Fred
Vogue
magazine

Wainwright, Loudon
“Waiting for the Girls Upstairs”
Walker, Peter
Warner Brothers
Watt, Douglas
Weaver, Fritz
Webb, Ruth
Weill, Kurt
Weismuller, Don
Welch, Charles
Western Costumes
West Side Story
(musical)
WGBH television station
“When I’m Drunk I’m Beautiful”
White, George
“Who’s That Woman?”
illus.
illus
.
illus
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Whoopee!
(musical)
Wilbur Theater (Boston)
Williams, Van,
Williamson Music, Inc.
Wilson, Earl
Winter Garden Theater (New York),
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.; opening night at; previews at; run of
Follies
at
Wiswell, Andy
Wittop, Freddy
Wolf, David
“World’s Full of Boys, The”
“World’s Full of Girls, The”
Wright, Carole
Wyman, Jane

Yerma
(Lorca)
Yoscary, Bill
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
(musical)
“You’re Gonna Love Tomorrow”
“You’re Just in Love”
Your Hit Parade
(television show)

Zadan, Craig
Ziegfeld, Florenz
Ziegfeld Follies
Zindel, Paul
Zorbá
(musical)

Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for permission to reprint previously published material:

 

Barbara Deren Associates, Inc.-Raoulfilm, Inc.: Excerpts from the libretto of
Follies.
Copyright © 1971 by James Goldman. Reprinted by permission of Barbara Deren Associates, Inc.-Raoulfilm, Inc.

 

Herald Square Music Inc.: Excerpts from the song lyrics “Ah, Paris!,” “Beautiful Girls,” “Broadway Baby,” “Can That Boy Fox Trot!,” “Could I Leave You?,” “Don’t Look at Me,” “The God-Why-Don’t-You-Love-Me-Blues, (aka Buddy’s Blues),” “I’m Still Here,” “In Buddy’s Eyes,” “Live, Laugh, Love,” “Losing My Mind,” “Love Will See Us Through,” “Loveland,” “One More Kiss,” “Rain on the Roof,” “The Right Girl,” “The Road You Didn’t Take,” “The Story of Lucy and Jessie,” “Too Many Mornings,” “Uptown, Downtown,” “Waiting for the Girls Upstairs,” “Who’s That Woman?,” “The World’s Full of Boys (Girls),” and “You’re Gonna Love Tomorrow,” from
Follies
, words and music by Stephen Sondheim. Copyright © 1971 by Range Road Music, Inc., Quartet Music, Inc., Rilting Music, Inc., and Burthen Music Company, Inc. Copyright renewed. Excerpt from the song lyric “Company” from
Company
, words and music by Stephen Sondheim. Copyright © 1970 by Range Road Music, Inc., Quartet Music, Inc., and Rilting Music, Inc. Copyright renewed. Excerpts from the song lyric “Hello Doughboy” words and music by Stephen Sondheim. Copyright © 2003 by Range Road Music, Inc., Quartet Music, Inc., Rilting Music, Inc., and Burthen Music Company, Inc. Copyright renewed. All rights administered by Herald Square Music Inc. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Herald Square Music Inc.

 

Warner Bros. Publications U.S. Inc.: Excerpt from the song lyric “The Boy From . . .” from
The
Mad Show
, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, music by Mary Rodgers. Copyright © 1966 (Renewed) and 1977 by Burthen Music Company, Inc. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Warner Bros. Publications U.S. Inc.

Ted Chapin is president and executive director of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization in New York. His early career in the theater included production assistant or directorial assistant positions on the Broadway productions of
The Sunshine Boys, The Rothschilds, The Unknown Soldier and His Wife,
and, of course,
Follies.
During his time working with Alan Arkin he was a coproducer of the Broadway-bound play
The Soft Touch.
He was also producer of the Musical Theater Lab at the Kennedy Center and musical di-rector of the National Theatre of the Deaf. He has been the chairman of the Advisory Committee for New York City Center’s “Encores!” since its inception, and sits on the board of several arts organizations.

This book was set in Janson, a typeface long thought to have been made by the Dutchman Anton Janson, who was a practicing typefounder in Leipzig during the years 1668–1687. However, it has been conclusively demonstrated that these types are actually the work of Nicholas Kis (1650–1702), a Hungarian, who most probably learned his trade from the master Dutch typefounder Dirk Voskens. The type is an excellent example of the influential and sturdy Dutch types that prevailed in England up to the time William Caslon (1692–1766) developed his own incomparable designs from them.