in sync with the lifestyle of hunting animals or fighting wars.
After opening at the Theatre de Lys on October 7, 1970, and running for forty-seven performances until December 22, 1970, there was an Actors’ Equity strike, and it seemed the smart thing to do to move from an Off-Broadway theatre to an uptown theatre. The play did this and opened at the Edison Theatre on 47th Street, west of Broadway, on December 22, 1970, running for ninety-six performances until March 14, 1971.
Authors fight for the right to have their lengthy bios appear in the program. The bio for Kurt that appeared in the program was written by Kurt, and it read:
“Kurt Vonnegut is an author
who lives in New York City”
THE COVETED RECIPE FOR THE OUTSTANDING SALSA VERDE OF ALFREDO OF BANK STREET
FORMERLY OF DUFF’S
Chop: 1 onion—5 fillets of anchovy—1 tbsp capers—2 pieces of Spanish pimento—1 bunch Italian parsley—4 cloves garlic—2 hard boiled eggs
Mix well. Add vinegar, olive oil, and black pepper. No salt. The sauce should be vinegary—to taste. Slightly heat the garlic and onion in a little olive oil before mixing them to bring out the flavor. Serve warm as a dip with anything, but vegetables work best. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Tracy Goss and Make Up Your Mind
It is just one more coincidence in our wonderful, exciting lives. We know about Kurt’s play
Happy Birthday, Wanda June
, and I wrote about the wonderful experience we all had in the production of the play back in 1971. When I met this dynamic person Tracy Goss a few years ago, I was reminded that way back then she had worked on the play
Wanda June
with the stage manager. Tracy was referred to me by Arthur Klebanoff, and she needed my assistance, as she wanted to produce a play and she wanted to act.
When the first play she asked me to get the rights to was not available for production, Tracy inquired whether Kurt ever wrote another play, and I explained to her that he not only wrote several plays, but that he had written one play five times, which we later learned was many more than five times. So Tracy buries herself in the play
Make Up Your Mind
, a humorous play with some moral significance that Kurt wrote and kept trying to rewrite. When I say she became involved, Tracy is one thorough person: she learned everything she could about Kurt, about the play, about the people who had worked on it, and she even had a big picture of Kurt on her wall in her apartment.
The reading of the play did not go as well as she wished, and at this time she had joined with two coproducers, Terry Schnuck and Jim Fugitte, both most astute and helpful with the development of the play. Some rewrites were made by a playwright engaged, and the play opened at a small house in Boston last year. The play still needed work, and Tracy, with her perseverance and dedication, is still working on improving the play so that she and her coproducers can bring it to Broadway. They have my total confidence and support.
During the period between
Wanda June
and
Make up Your Mind
, Tracy was not idle. She had written a successful book,
The Last Word On Power: Executive Re-Invention for Leaders Who Must Make the Impossible Happen
, for corporate executives or any leaders who must acquire the power to go beyond continuous improvement and make the impossible a reality.
So from
Happy Birthday, Wanda June
in 1971 to
Make Up Your Mind
, which is happening now, Tracy and I are working together on different plays, but both plays written by Kurt Vonnegut and both with the Vonnegut subtle humor and not so subtle “do something about it” message.
Arthur Klebanoff referring Tracy to me was not my first encounter with Arthur; no way, not by any means. There was his battle with Random House, which I got involved in a bit.
Arthur Klebanoff
When I started this book and as I was writing it, I thought that I really should say something about Arthur but kept thinking that I am incapable of doing him justice
After opening at the Theatre de Lys on October 7, 1970, and running for forty-seven performances until December 22, 1970, there was an Actors’ Equity strike, and it seemed the smart thing to do to move from an Off-Broadway theatre to an uptown theatre. The play did this and opened at the Edison Theatre on 47th Street, west of Broadway, on December 22, 1970, running for ninety-six performances until March 14, 1971.
Authors fight for the right to have their lengthy bios appear in the program. The bio for Kurt that appeared in the program was written by Kurt, and it read:
“Kurt Vonnegut is an author
who lives in New York City”
THE COVETED RECIPE FOR THE OUTSTANDING SALSA VERDE OF ALFREDO OF BANK STREET
FORMERLY OF DUFF’S
Chop: 1 onion—5 fillets of anchovy—1 tbsp capers—2 pieces of Spanish pimento—1 bunch Italian parsley—4 cloves garlic—2 hard boiled eggs
Mix well. Add vinegar, olive oil, and black pepper. No salt. The sauce should be vinegary—to taste. Slightly heat the garlic and onion in a little olive oil before mixing them to bring out the flavor. Serve warm as a dip with anything, but vegetables work best. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Tracy Goss and Make Up Your Mind
It is just one more coincidence in our wonderful, exciting lives. We know about Kurt’s play
Happy Birthday, Wanda June
, and I wrote about the wonderful experience we all had in the production of the play back in 1971. When I met this dynamic person Tracy Goss a few years ago, I was reminded that way back then she had worked on the play
Wanda June
with the stage manager. Tracy was referred to me by Arthur Klebanoff, and she needed my assistance, as she wanted to produce a play and she wanted to act.
When the first play she asked me to get the rights to was not available for production, Tracy inquired whether Kurt ever wrote another play, and I explained to her that he not only wrote several plays, but that he had written one play five times, which we later learned was many more than five times. So Tracy buries herself in the play
Make Up Your Mind
, a humorous play with some moral significance that Kurt wrote and kept trying to rewrite. When I say she became involved, Tracy is one thorough person: she learned everything she could about Kurt, about the play, about the people who had worked on it, and she even had a big picture of Kurt on her wall in her apartment.
The reading of the play did not go as well as she wished, and at this time she had joined with two coproducers, Terry Schnuck and Jim Fugitte, both most astute and helpful with the development of the play. Some rewrites were made by a playwright engaged, and the play opened at a small house in Boston last year. The play still needed work, and Tracy, with her perseverance and dedication, is still working on improving the play so that she and her coproducers can bring it to Broadway. They have my total confidence and support.
During the period between
Wanda June
and
Make up Your Mind
, Tracy was not idle. She had written a successful book,
The Last Word On Power: Executive Re-Invention for Leaders Who Must Make the Impossible Happen
, for corporate executives or any leaders who must acquire the power to go beyond continuous improvement and make the impossible a reality.
So from
Happy Birthday, Wanda June
in 1971 to
Make Up Your Mind
, which is happening now, Tracy and I are working together on different plays, but both plays written by Kurt Vonnegut and both with the Vonnegut subtle humor and not so subtle “do something about it” message.
Arthur Klebanoff referring Tracy to me was not my first encounter with Arthur; no way, not by any means. There was his battle with Random House, which I got involved in a bit.
Arthur Klebanoff
When I started this book and as I was writing it, I thought that I really should say something about Arthur but kept thinking that I am incapable of doing him justice
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