’20/20′ Papa, Watch Me Fly The one major thing that I absolutely adore Barbra Streisand for is the fact that she is so “exclusive”. Maybe that’s not the right word. Maybe modulated is better. But you never have to worry that you’ll hear the next day that she was on ‘The Mac Davis Show’ or…
8. Gala Supper, ‘That Girl’ and Bella Abzug After leaving the Ziegfeld Theatre the main issue was getting ourselves over to the Imperial Ballroom at the Sheraton Centre for the Gala Supper. A splendid affair was planned for us, no doubt. Greetings from Joseph Papp for the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Gloria Steinem and…
7. The ‘Yentl’ Premiere: Wednesday, November 16th, 1983 1983 can be called the year of the limo. Everything we went to we went there in a limo. It’s not that we were living large as they say but it was a fun way to get around town. Now, I’m not talking about going grocery shopping…
6. Honey, We Want Our Tickets Monday morning dawned with a wet November drizzle. (Okay, not as good a line as ‘The sun spit morning” but you know what I mean.) Michael Mayer was on the phone at 9 a.m. with his very gracious “You were a wonderful host” phone call. He reminded me that…
5. The ‘Yentl’ Party I mentioned earlier that I moved during the summer of 1983. Also mentioned was this was my second move of the year, the first occurring in February. I moved from 20th Street and 1st Avenue to 37-43 88th Street, Apt. 5-H Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Rotary dial 718-478-7247. Why Jackson Heights? …
4. Alex Hampsas, Diana Ross and the Summer of 1983 Do you know how they always say you can’t have one thing with the other? For instance McDonald’s and Burger King. Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons. ‘Dynasty’ and ‘Dallas’. Hertz and Avis. Diana and Sarah. ‘Yentl’ and Diana Ross. Diana Ross? Let me explain. Diana…
3. Michael Mayer, Jeffrey Rindler, Me, ‘Yentl’, and YIVO. How can I even begin to tell you what happened between the spring of 1976 and the fall of 1983? I could expand on this and go year-by-year, project-by-project, but this is about ‘Yentl’ so I will try to stay focused. If I have any…
2. A Piece of Sky During Easter vacation of 1976, John and I decided to tour New York City. We were not attending the same high school and spent most of our free time together. Our parents, (John’s mother died in January of 1976 and ironically was buried on the same damn day that Ann-Margret…
1. The Most Beautiful Woman in the World Barbra Streisand is the most beautiful woman in the world. The reason I became interested in Barbra was because of her looks. I know that sounds superficial. The reason I turned to John Hanrahan and said, “Who is that lady?” was not because of her acting or…
In 1983 the film ‘Yentl‘, directed by Barbra Streisand, was released. I was 23 years old. At that time I was a fan of hers for ten years. Ten years later in 1993 I put some memories of happenings that surrounded the premiere of ‘Yentl’ into a MicroSoft Word document, titled it “Where is it…
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