Rita Rudner On Getting ‘Cut’ By Bob Fosse, Finding Her Comedy Voice, Sexism, and NBC’s ‘Disgraceful’ New Show
The comedian Rita Rudner is writing her autobiography, including recalling three significant relationships she had before she met her husband Martin Bergman 35 years ago.
“I just wish you’d slept with Warren Beatty or something,” Bergman said to her, assessing the non-famous men who came before him—the zinging price of being married to a writer.
Indeed, Bergman and Rudner—married since 1989—have co-written screenplays and now Two’s a Crowd, an off-Broadway play with music (by Jason Feddy) about a male-female odd couple, who discover unexpected depths in each other’s lives and characters after judging each other, variously, as snobbish and stupid. The production is a family affair, with Bergman also directing and producing, and the couple’s 17-year-old daughter Molly working as a costuming intern.