David Merrick: The Abominable Showman - Hardcover

Kissel, Howard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1557831726 ISBN 13: 9781557831729

Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers, 1993

Synopsis

David Merrick is the most astonishing showman of our time, and perhaps of all time. No other producer, not even Florenz Ziegfeld nor the combined lights of the Shubert brothers, has equalled his percentage of hits or his demonic flair for publicity. In this first-ever biography, Howard Kissel from his decade-long investigation reveals the man, the mask, and the myth of David Merrick. The charismatic and reclusive mogul emerges as a Broadway version of Howard Hughes, with his own panoply of eccentricities, genius and neuroses. Merrick's much publicized and oftentimes staged battles and feuds are re-ignited here full force with such major personalities as Barbra Streisand, Jackie Gleason, Ethel Merman, Lena Horne, Woody Allen, Peter Ustinov, Andy Griffith, Anthony Newley, Peter Brook, and Carol Channing. Over a hundred interviews with the major players in Merrick's drama - from his pre-Merrick St. Louis childhood as David Margoulies to his latest divorce - has yielded the first serious interrogation of a life that until now has been the sole creation of Merrick's own invention and press wizardry.

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Product Description

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Synopsis

An unauthorized biography of David Merrick - the American legend who produced shows including: "Gypsy"; "Irma La Douce"; "A Taste of Honey"; "Hello, Dolly!"; "Cactus Flower"; "I do! I do!"; "Look Back in Anger"; "Stop The World - I Want To Get Off"; "Promises, Promises"; and "42nd Street"

Edition details

• Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1557831726
• ISBN 13: 9781557831729
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 576