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Inside Broadway.
- Title
- Inside Broadway. Howard Kissel [videorecording] / [produced by Susan Haskins] ; Carpe Canem Productions ; director, Stephen Ahern.
- Publication
- New York, c1993.
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (U-matic) (29 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Howard Kissel discusses his book David Merrick, the abominable showman : the unauthorized biography, about legendary theatrical producer David Merrick, with co-hosts Susan Haskins and Michael Riedel. Kissel describes Merrick's childhood in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of a poor Jewish family named Margulois; his arrival in New York in 1940 at age 29, and the production of his first successful show, Fanny, in 1949; his gradual "reinvention" of himself as a tyrannical producer who degraded his staff; his sharp instincts as a producer as evidenced in his production Gypsy, which he carefully honed during its out-of-town performances; his production of original dramatic plays like A taste of honey by Shelagh Delaney, a work with which Kissel believes Merrick greatly identified, as well as other plays he imported from London; his declining influence during the 1960s, and forays into motion picture producing; Merrick's stroke in 1983; his marriages and fatherhood; and his publicity stunts designed to undermine drama critics.
- Series Statement
- Theater talk
- Alternative Title
- Inside Broadway. Howard Kissel on David Merrick
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Talk shows.
- Television.
- Note
- Credits at end of tape.
- The episode # of Inside Broadway is not indicated on tape.
- Performer (note)
- Interviewers: Susan Haskins and Michael Riedel.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped at Vidlo Studios, New York, N.Y. on Oct. 4, 1993. Originally broadcast on Nov. 30, 1993.
- Biography (note)
- Inside Broadway changed its name to Theater talk in 1996.
- Call Number
- NCOX 1069
- OCLC
- 182582851
- Title
- Inside Broadway. Howard Kissel [videorecording] / [produced by Susan Haskins] ; Carpe Canem Productions ; director, Stephen Ahern.
- Imprint
- New York, c1993.
- Series
- Theater talk
- Performer
- Interviewers: Susan Haskins and Michael Riedel.
- Event
- Videotaped at Vidlo Studios, New York, N.Y. on Oct. 4, 1993. Originally broadcast on Nov. 30, 1993.
- Biography
- Inside Broadway changed its name to Theater talk in 1996.
- Local Note
- Gift of Susan Haskins.
- Added Author
- Kissel, Howard, interviewee.Riedel, Michael (Theater critic), interviewer.Haskins, Susan, interviewer.Haskins, Susan, producer.Ahern, Stephen, director.Carpe Canem Productions.Haskins, Susan, donor.
- Research Call Number
- NCOX 1069