Authors: Sam Wasson
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“It was not the right way to”: Ibid.
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He tried Raquel Welch: Raquel Welch, interview with the author, May 9, 2012.
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He considered his sometime girlfriend Joey Heatherton: Robert Greenhut, interview with the author, August 31, 2010.
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Her mother had been a showgirl: Judy Klemesrud, “Valerie Perrine, or, The Return of the Hollywood Sex Kitten,”
New York Times,
December 1, 1974.
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“That was”: Valerie Perrine, interview with the author, February 26, 2011.
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“We read two hundred and fifty actresses”: David Picker, interview with the author, October 7, 2010.
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“I’m Leonard Albert Schneider”
and following:
Valerie Perrine, interview with the author, February 26, 2011.
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Fosse respectfully rented his own: Martin Gottfried,
All His Jazz
(Cambridge, MA: Da Capo, 1998; first published by Bantam in 1990), 300. Citations refer to the Da Capo edition.
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“I remember how Gwen suffered”: John Rubinstein, interview with the author, September 30, 2010.
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“He suddenly allowed a lot of”: Gottfried,
All His Jazz,
284.
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a short distance from the sand was a white cypress: Jay Sears, interview with the author, February 16, 2012.
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lobster especially, and Chinese spare ribs: Ann Reinking, interview with the author, November 15, 2010.
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“I would have made a terrific waiter”: Linda Winer, “Shade of Bob Fosse Raised by ‘Chicago,’”
Newsday,
November 22, 1996.
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Brahms, Chopin, or: Richard Natale, “Dining with Bob Fosse,”
Viva,
1973.
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Too much scotch could take Fosse down: Ann Reinking, interview with the author, November 15, 2010.
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“I love big parties”: Natale, “Dining with Bob Fosse.”
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“Most nondancers don’t understand”: Fred Mann III, interview with the author, February 22, 2011.
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began after Ann’s last matinee
and following:
Ann Reinking, interview with the author, November 15, 2010.
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“We were just reading scenes”
and following:
Julian Barry, interview with the author, September 6, 2010.
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the more he came to believe that Lenny’s layers
and following:
Dustin Hoffman, interview with the author, September 13, 2012.
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“Bob insisted that no extra could”: David Picker, interview with the author, October 7, 2010.
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as Fosse had promised Hoffman they would: Dustin Hoffman, interview with the author, September 13, 2012.
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“We got a problem”
and following:
David Picker, interview with the author, October 7, 2010.
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“what’s your shlong doing on that ashtray?”: Dustin Hoffman, interview with the author, September 13, 2012.
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“You’re ugly! What are you doing here?”: Ibid.
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“It was vicious”: Ibid.
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“Bob, it’s not working”: Ibid.
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“Dustin felt I was restricting him”: Kenneth L. Geist, “Fosse Reflects on Fosse,”
After Dark,
February 1980.
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“Nobody talks like this, Bob”: Dustin Hoffman, interview with the author, September 13, 2012.
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he liked what the speed and exhaustion: Bruce Surtees, interview with the author, March 28, 2011.
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“All Dustin wants to do is talk!”: Ibid.
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“Someone tell Fosse I’m not a machine!”: Dustin Hoffman, interview with the author, September 13, 2012.
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“[Fosse] wanted to be Lenny”: Ibid.
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“There are not a lot of movie directors”: David Picker, interview with the author, October 7, 2010.
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“We can know what this means”: Robert Greenhut, interview with the author, August 31, 2010.
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“It was ballsy”: Bruce Surtees, interview with the author, March 28, 2011.
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“I want this to be like”: Ibid.
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“We would just run the whole magazine”: Robert Greenhut, interview with the author, August 31, 2010.
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They shot the final monologue twice: David Picker, interview with the author, October 7, 2010.
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“You’re worse than your father”
and following:
Robert Greenhut, interview with the author, August 31, 2010.
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“Why are you doing this?”: Neil Machlis, interview with the author, September 1, 2010.
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“Who would ever dream of”: Ibid.
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Greenhut’s phone rang. “Hello?”: Robert Greenhut, interview with the author, August 31, 2010.
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“I had complete trust in Bobby”: Valerie Perrine, interview with the author, February 26, 2011.
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An acting robot: Ibid.
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“He spent more time rehearsing”: Larry Mark, interview with the author, September 17, 2010.
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“Hi, Bobby”
and following:
Valerie Perrine, interview with the author, February 26, 2011.
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“It wasn’t sexual”: Dustin Hoffman, interview with the author, September 13, 2012.
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“Bobby, I can’t do it”: Valerie Perrine, interview with the author, February 26, 2011.
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“That’s why he got to know you”: Ibid.
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“I’m embarrassed by that story”: Bob Fosse interview,
Midday,
CBC-TV Canada, July 7, 1987.
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told Perrine to think of her Great Dane: Valerie Perrine, interview with the author, February 26, 2011.
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“In the beginning, we were going”: Neil Machlis, interview with the author, September 1, 2010.
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“We were burning film”: Robert Greenhut, interview with the author, August 31, 2010.
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“The guy is overrated and he knows it”: Tim Cahill, “Dirty Lenny on the Silver Screen,”
Rolling Stone,
December 5, 1974.
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“There came a point late in the shoot”: Bruce Surtees, interview with the author, March 28, 2011.
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The cinematographer gave Larry Mark a coconut: Larry Mark, interview with the author, September 17, 2010.
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“It was like [Fosse] was trying to get even”: Dustin Hoffman, interview with the author, September 13, 2012.
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“Fosse showed no remorse”: Bruce Surtees, interview with the author, March 28, 2011.
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“Because there was no money”: Albert Wolsky, interview with the author, August 11, 2010.
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Dustin Hoffman behind a baby grand: Tom Lofaro, interview with the author, February 10, 2011.
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It was an atmosphere
and following:
Kitty Bruce, interview with the author, February 15, 2013.
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“His cough would wake me up”: Dustin Hoffman, interview with the author, September 13, 2012.
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“He just wanted to be there”: David Picker, interview with the author, October 7, 2010.
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Swiss cheese sandwich with mustard on white
and following:
Larry Mark, interview with the author, September 17, 2010.
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“Can you make it smaller?” he would ask: Bruce Surtees, interview with the author, March 28, 2011.
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“What are you doing?”: Julian Barry, interview with the author, September 6, 2010.
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would lean into Trudy Ship: Trudy Ship, interview with the author, January 21, 2011.
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Hoffman wanted to join, but Fosse: Alan Heim, interview with the author, July 22, 2010.
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“He was never totally specific”: Albert Wolsky, interview with the author, August 11, 2010.
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“I’m so depressed”: Ibid.
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he’d seen a big, bearded man: Ibid.
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“He fought everything so hard”: Dustin Hoffman, interview with the author, September 13, 2012.
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about 360,000 feet of printed film to: Cahill, “Dirty Lenny on the Silver Screen.”
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“He taught me how to be hard on material”: Alan Heim, interview with the author, July 22, 2010.
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Sometimes lunch would be personally delivered: Ibid.
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“There were times in the cutting room”: Jonathan Pontell, interview with the author, February 7, 2011.
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He made no effort to hide the attaché: Alan Heim, interview with the author, July 22, 2010.
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“I’m positive that Bob did this intentionally”: Ibid.
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“Bob would talk to me about”: Trudy Ship, interview with the author, January 21, 2011.
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He would laugh at himself for dating: Ibid.
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“Who was it last night?”: Ibid.
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One night Fosse invited Kim and Ann: Gottfried,
All His Jazz,
301.
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At home, Fosse found Kim had: Ibid.
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“If you can’t go by the rules”: Ibid., 305.
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The performance, Fosse decreed: Alan Heim, interview with the author, July 22, 2010.
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“It was the racial monologue”: Ibid.
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“[Fosse] was frequently demeaning him”: Trudy Ship, interview with the author, January 21, 2011.
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“Throw it out,” Fosse said: Ibid.
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“We discovered that by fragmenting”: Alan Heim, interview with the author, July 22, 2010.
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Ralph Burns called “Fosse time”: Ibid.
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“Film is just like music”: Michael Blowen, “Will Gritty ‘Star 80’ Glitter at the Box Office?,”
Boston Globe,
November 6, 1983.
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Fosse wrote him asking for co-credit: Bob Fosse/Julian Barry correspondence, June 6, 1974, LOC, box 47B.
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“I wrote back and told him no”: Julian Barry, interview with the author, September 6, 2010.
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Fosse said he’d never bring it up: Ibid.
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“He was coughing and coughing”: Trudy Ship, interview with the author, January 21, 2011.
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“The nerve-racking thing”: Robert Greenhut, interview with the author, August 31, 2010.
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singeing one side of his mouth: Wolfgang Glattes, interview with the author, November 27, 2010.
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“Although we had worked on each other’s”
and following:
Herb Gardner, Bob Fosse Memorial, Palace Theater, October 30, 1987, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
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“We used to turn on the radio”: Paddy Chayefsky on
Dinah!,
CBS, March 2, 1977.
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Around ten every morning, John Kander: John Kander, interview with the author, November 10, 2010.
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“We were pregnant a lot in those days”: “Dialogue with Liza Minnelli, Fred Ebb, and John Kander,” January 14, 1974, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
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“I would never write a completed lyric”: John Kander and Fred Ebb’s
Chicago,
Martin Gottfried on Bob Fosse, “Theater Talk,” videotaped at Top Line Studios, September 27, 1996.
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“Put in two finger snaps”: John Kander, interview with the author, November 10, 2010.
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“Our copy was so messy”: Ibid.
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Verdon’s
Chicago
contract was a valentine: Gwen Verdon’s
Chicago
contract, September 27, 1974, LOC, box 18C.
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“Gwen knew a child needed both parents”: Ann Reinking, interview with the author, November 15, 2010.
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“And she continued to love him”: Ibid.
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“If you want to make something good”: Paul Gardner, “Bob Fosse Off His Toes,”
New York,
December 16, 1974.
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“I’d wake up in the morning”: Barry Rehfeld, “Bob Fosse’s Follies,”
Rolling Stone,
January 19, 1984.
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“In American writing now”: Anatole Broyard, “Love on the Critical List: Books of the Times to Control the Uncontrollable Greatest of All Obstacles,”
New York Times,
July 30, 1974.
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“Above all,
Ending
made me feel”: Ibid.
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likening it to a string-quartet: Stuart Ostrow,
Present at the Creation, Leaping in the Dark, and Going Against the Grain
(New York: Applause, 2006), 81.
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“My characters were as far from”: Hilma Wolitzer, interview with the author, July 5, 2010.
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they should turn the script away: Robert Alan Aurthur’s sixteen-page step outline, December 23, 1974, LOC, box 13D.
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Fosse talked Aurthur into inventing: Ann Guarino, “The Fall of a Curtain, the Rise of an Idea,”
New York Daily News,
March 17, 1976.
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“What’ll happen is I’ll probably die”: Barry Rehfeld, “Bob Fosse’s Follies.”
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“Don’t let me do anything I’ve done before”: Tony Stevens, interview with the author, February 8, 2011.
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Stevens soon realized exactly what: Ibid.
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Ann Reinking called it “the Know”: Ann Reinking, interview with the author, November 15, 2010.
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“You have to have the magnificent stare”: Ibid.
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had fascinated Fosse since he saw Tony Richardson’s: Marilyn Stasio, “A Tough ‘Chicago’ Is Where Bob Fosse Lives,”
Cue,
July 7, 1975.
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“The performer portrays incidents”: Bertolt Brecht and John Willett (ed. and trans.), “Alienation Effects in Chinese Acting,”
Brecht on Theater: The Development of an Aesthetic
(New York: Hill and Wang, 1992), 93.