Victor/Victoria,” directed by Blake Edwards and starring Edwards’ wife, Julie Andrews. The show was a disaster. The tabloids gleefully chronicled every bit of backstage drama.
But through it all, Tony remained unflappable. His sense of humor was such that he framed seven vicious New York Post cover stories about “Victor/Victoria” and hung them on the wall behind his desk.Tony took me aside at the party and said, “I have something I want to tell you, but don’t print it yet.
I’ve got the rights to ‘Spider-Man,’ and Julie Taymor is going to direct it.” Big news there, I thought. “Spider-Man” was a billion-dollar franchise, and Taymor had directed “The Lion King,” the most successful Broadway show ever.
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