14. The Third Anniversary ‘Yentl’ Party “Does anybody want to watch ‘Fresno’?” That’s the punch line. Remember it. With those six words a very dear friend almost ruined my life. I guess by now you’ve picked up o the fact that I like parties. I get this from my mother. She was always having a…
13. Awards Season 1984 “The Oscar nominations are out and Barbra Streisand didn’t get any. Today she found out the true meaning of ‘The Big Chill’.” Johnny Carson That big creep. Awards Season 1984 started out more than promisingly enough. I remember a lot of it and I have forgotten most of it. It’s hard…
12. A Very ‘Yentl’ Christmas Christmas 1983 was very exciting. ‘Yentl’ was playing to packed houses in New York and around the country, it was my first Christmas in my first apartment, Mrs. Helmsley gave all her employees a free turkey – what could be better? Well I couldn’t very well let a free turkey…
11. ‘Yentl’ I was in a much better frame of mind Friday morning. My “at movie” eating habits had changed in the ten years since ‘The Way We Were’. Long before ‘no butter’ became a cliché I had been eating my popcorn without butter and salt. Jeffrey Rindler was as nervous as I had been…
10. ‘Yentl’: Opening Day at the Ziegfeld Theatre, New York City I first met Jeffrey Rindler in February 1980. We were both students of the dramatic arts studying at HB Studios on Bank Street. I was not enjoying myself. I didn’t go there to learn, I went there to meet people in show business. I…
’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? …
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