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…
23. John’s Last Public Appearance “Wouldn’t it be lovely if we were old? We would have survived all this?” Katie Morosky, ‘The Way We Were’. So, everything you’ve read in the previous chapters is what Barbra read and what prompted her note to me. What happens next happened after this was first written. Barbra has…
22. Where am I Going? So that about wraps it up kids. When I started typing this I thought it would be about five pages long, maybe ten. Just some memories to get us all excited about the ‘10th Anniversary YENTL Party’. I don’t know where all these words came from. I wish this were…
21. Speaking of Family: ‘A Star is Born’ So, as I begin to wrap this up, I remember that I almost forgot to tell you about the time I met Pauline Herman, her husband, and their daughter Ann at the “preview/premiere” of ‘A Star is Born’ back in 1976 at the Ziegfeld Theatre. I think…
20. Elizabeth Taylor, the Academy Awards, and ‘THE Prince of Tides’ Should the time come that I ever meet Elizabeth Taylor remind me that I am not speaking to her. As you know by now, I haven’t had an “official” party since 1986 and the 3rd Anniversary ‘Yentl’ Party. People still show up on Oscar…
19. Barbra Streisand and ‘Father Loss’ Michael Mayer’s glamour makeover also included his years long battle to get me to go into therapy. Someone once told me that if I did some work on the “inside” the “outside” would take care of itself. Funny how people you might only know for twenty minutes can leave…
18. The Normal Heart I think I told Lori Schmidt about the reading for “The Normal Heart” at the Criterion Center. I think. I am pretty sure. I think Alex called me and then I called her. It doesn’t matter. Just a refresher on our dear friend Lori. She will look at me in wonderment…
17. Barbra: The First Decade The films and career of Barbra Streisand by James Spada. What else do you need from a book? This is my favorite book of all time. John spotted it sometime in the fall of ’74. He used to wait for a connecting bus coming home from high school and…
16. ‘Funny Lady’: Streisand’s Greatest Fans In March of 1975 John and I (along with Jason Barrett – another childhood friend who came along for the ride) jumped on the subway and went downtown to wait outside the ‘Funny Lady’ premiere. We did this right after school let out so we were the very first…
15. Family and Barbra Streisand My Mother and Barbra Streisand My mother has no idea who Barbra Streisand is. Well, not exactly no idea. My mother doesn’t really get “show biz” and knows there is this lady actress who I spend all my time and money on. Or, when I was younger, her money on. …
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