His first wife, Joan Baim, threatened to leave him if he didn’t do what she wanted.
While he was working on his film After The Fox and writing a screenplay for Barefoot In The Park, his wife wanted him to work on another project called Sweet Charity. Despite Simon being busy with his other project, Fosse flew to when he was at the time and pitched a few songs.
According to Simon’s memoir Rewrites, Baim said, "If you don’t do this show, we are through."
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