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Merrick, David, 189–207, 225, 352
ambition of, 190–91, 253
birth and early years of, 190
and Champion, 70, 193–94, 197–99, 200, 202–4
and curtain times, 102
and drugs, 195–96, 206–7
and 42nd Street, 196–206, 215, 292, 294–95
hard times for, 195–96
and Hello, Dolly!, 70, 189, 193, 194, 198
and ice, 13–14, 62–63, 191
and Kipness, 141–42
odd behavior of, 204–7
and Oh, Kay!, 370–72
as producer, 46, 68, 70, 71, 74, 75, 86, 159, 189
red as color of, 198, 205–6
and Rich/Witchel episode, 370–72
and Shubert investigation, 128, 129
and souvenir programs, 13
stroke of, 207, 370
stunts of, 14, 191–92, 198–99, 202, 372–73
wives of, 191, 193, 196, 207
Merrick, Etan, 193, 196, 207
Mertz, LuEsther, 152, 155
Metromedia, 129, 157, 280
Mickey Mouse, 384
Midler, Bette, 225
Midnight, Charlie, 385
Midnight Cowboy, 79
Midnight Frolics, 256
Midtown Community Court, 381–82
Midtown Enforcement Project, 80, 177, 182, 243
Miller, Ann, 77, 274
Miller, Arthur, 46, 99, 248, 250, 397
Miller, Gilbert, 5, 165
Miller, Henry, 5
Miller, Lawrence, 258
Miller, Mabel, 120–21, 125
Milliken & Company, 77
Milliken Breakfast Show, 77–78
Mills, Juliet, 111n
Minnelli, Liza, 69, 106–8, 153, 297, 360
Minskoff, Jerome, 29
Minskoff Theatre, 29, 243, 379, 399
Mirren, Helen, 103, 398
Miss Saigon, 294, 379, 400
Mr. President, 65
Mitchell, David, 222
Mokae, Zakes, 273
Monroe, Marilyn, 49, 66, 269, 299
Monsieur Beaucaire, 25
Montevecchi, Liliane, 257, 264, 269, 274
Montgomery, Robert, 170
Moonies, 292
Moore, Dickie, 5
Moore, Gary, 287–88
Mordden, Ethan, 256
More Than You Deserve, 146
Morgan Guaranty, 96, 100, 403
Morgenthau, Robert M., 95, 180, 181, 381–82
Moriarty, Bill, 396
Morley, Sheridan, 337
Morning’s at Seven, 209
Morosco Theatre, 248, 250, 251, 252, 261–63, 278, 359
Morris, Anita, 257, 259, 260, 263–64, 265, 266, 269, 274
Morris, Michelle, 236
Morrison, Jim, 74
Morse, Robert, 77
Mosher, Gregory, 359
Moss, Adam, 367
Moss, Bob, 380
Moss, Charles, 184
Mossman, James, 110
Most Happy Fella, The, 62, 66
Municipal Art Society, 249
Murdoch, Rupert, 212n, 214
Murger, Henri, 287
Music Box Theatre, 209
“Music of the Night, The,” 344
Musser, Tharon, 272
“My Coloring Book,” 69
My Fair Lady, 9, 10, 65, 101, 283
“My Mammy,” 30
My One and Only, 309–11
Nadjari, Maurice H., 127–28, 130–31, 181
Napier, John, 272, 286, 292–93, 319n
Nash, N. Richard, 68
Nathan, Fred, 202, 204, 294–96, 352, 364–66, 373–75
Nathan, George Jean, 22, 35
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), 5
National Theatre, London, 113, 114, 116
National Theatre, Washington, D.C., 216, 217
Nederlander, Charlene, 361
Nederlander, David T. (D. T.), 159–64
Nederlander, James L. Jr., xi, 399, 400
Nederlander, James M. Sr., 159–67
and Annie, 170–72
Army stint of, 162–63
author’s contact with, xi–xii
and Beauty and the Beast, 389, 399
and Bennett, 313–14, 315
birth and early years of, 160–63
and Cats, 291
competition with Disney, 390
competition with Shuberts, 164–67, 172, 216–22, 252, 314–15, 399
illness of, 362
joint ventures, 220–21, 273–74
in later years, 398–400
and Legs Diamond, 360–62
lessons from his father, 162, 164, 188
and Marriott, 315
and Nickleby, 187–88, 220–21, 273–74, 314
and Nine, 259
and Phantom, 347
and Royal Shakespeare Company, 187–88, 220–21
theaters acquired by, 165–66
Nederlander, Joey, 160, 161
Nederlander, Margo, xi
Nederlander family, 159–61
and ABBA, 320–21
and Great Depression, 161–62
and Shuberts, 161, 162, 163–65, 172, 273
Nederlander Organization, 362, 400
Nederlander Theatre, 166, 291
Neeson, Liam, 398
Nelson, Richard, 353, 355
Nemy, Enid, 368
Neptune’s Daughter, 29
New Amsterdam Theatre:
Disney acquisition of, 389–91, 399
in disrepair, 256–57, 292, 347
and Nine, 255, 257–58, 259, 260
past history of, 256
restoration of, 383, 390–91
Roof, 256–58
and Syndicate, 24, 25, 383
and Times Square deterioration, 81, 292
New Deal, 76
Newfield, Jack, 127
New 42nd Street, Inc., 383–84
Newley, Anthony, 62
New London Theatre, 280, 288, 290
New York City:
air rights in, 359
community courts in, 382
corruption in, 179–80
crime in, 78, 79, 80, 175
Economic Development Corporation, 380
financial troubles of, 76–79, 84, 89, 96, 173–75, 244, 245, 247, 383
first nightclub in, 256
garment industry in, 77–78
gay culture in, 82
great white flight from, 78
Hell’s Kitchen, 83
jobs in, 402
Landmarks Commission, 249
power of eminent domain, 245
schools in, 79, 174
and September 11 attacks, 402
strikes in, 79, 174, 210
Tenderloin district, 81
Times Square, see Times Square
New York City Ballet, 70
New York City Opera, 332
New Yorker Hotel, 292
New Yorker profiles, 32
New York Jets, 396
New York magazine, 184, 249, 309
New York Native, 332
New York Post, 123–24
New York Shakespeare Festival, 146
New York Sportservice, Inc., 123
New York State:
financial problems of, 173
I Love New York, 183–87, 209
New York State Council on the Arts, 279
New York State Liquor Authority, 82
New York State Supreme Court, 384
New York Times:
and AIDS, 331–33, 334
and Bennett, 329–30, 332–33
and British backlash, 350–51
and “I Love New York,” 185, 187
influence of, 367–68
and investigations, 3–4, 122–23, 128
reviews in, 114, 116, 214–16, 234, 314; see also specific productions and critics
self-importance in, 372
on Shubert domination, 211
on Shubert finances, 99–100, 2
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and Times Square, 24, 80, 178, 381–82
New York Times Foundation, 381
Nicholas Nickleby:
and Chess, 326–27, 356
and Nederlander, 187–88, 220, 314
as Nederlander-Shubert joint venture, 220–21, 273–74
and Nunn, 187, 286, 326–27, 337, 343
and Tony Awards, 272, 273–74
Nichols, Mike, 156, 169–71, 226, 277, 278, 309, 310, 311
Nickerson, Helen, 204
’night, Mother, 212
Night of 100 Stars, 279–80
Nights of Cabiria, 70
Nine, 254–55, 257–76, 277, 308, 309–10, 314
Nirdlinger, Sam, 23
Niven, David, 195
Nixon, Richard M., 86, 168
Nixon, Samuel, 30
Norman, Marsha, 212
No Strings, 65
Now & Forever (CD), 282
Nugent, Nelle, 220–21
Nuisance Abatement Law, 178
Nunn, Trevor:
and Aspects of Love, 343, 379
and Cats, 286, 287, 288–89, 293, 297–99, 319n, 326, 337, 343
and Chess, 326–27, 328, 329, 353–57
and Evita, 343
and Les Miz, 337, 343
and Nickleby, 187, 286, 326–27, 337, 343
and Phantom, 343–44
and RSC, 187, 219–20
Oakes, Bill, 234
Ochs, Adolph, 80
Odd Couple, The, 71
Off-Broadway, 74, 91–92, 208, 303–4, 359, 380
Oh, Calcutta!, 75
Oh, Kay!, 370–72
O’Kane, Lawrence, 3–4
Oklahoma!, 7, 34, 64, 135
Old Heidelberg, 25
Oliver!, 189
Oliver & Company, 385–86
Olivier, Laurence, 114, 116
Olympia Theatre, 80
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, 66
“One,” 133, 151–52, 185, 311
One Astor Plaza, 29, 243, 262
110 in the Shade, 68, 86
O’Neill, Eugene, 46, 248, 262
On the Town, 64, 66, 377
Orbach, Jerry, 202, 203, 204
Orpheum Theatre, 302, 306
Osborne, John, 191
Osterman, Lester, 251
Ostrow, Stuart, 100–101, 102
Othello, 114
Pacific Overtures, 154, 184
Page, Ken, 208
Paige, Elaine, 288–89, 290, 319–21, 323–25, 328, 353–54
Pajama Game, The, 70
Palace Theatre, 61–62, 165, 166, 314, 388, 389
Palace Theatre, London, 340
Paley, William S., 59
Palladium Theatre, London, 400
Palmer, Leland, 135, 137
Paltrow, Bruce, 90
Papert, Fred, 244, 245, 249, 380
Papp, Joseph, 108, 367
and AIDS, 331, 332
and Bennett, 133, 146–47, 232, 236
and cancer, 369
and Chorus Line, 147, 149, 151–53, 155–58, 210
and Hair, 74
and New York Shakespeare Festival, 52
and Save the Theatres, 250–51, 252, 253, 261–62
Paramount Pictures, 255, 258, 309, 310
Paris Opéra, 343
Parks, Hildy, 153, 252, 278
Park Tower Realty, 246
Parsons, Estelle, 262
Parton, Dolly, 109
Passing Show, The, 29–30, 34
Passing Strange, 397
Passion, 32n, 377, 389
Pataki, George, 389
Patriarca, Raymond, 123–24
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, 48, 128, 146, 147, 170
Peacock, Michon, 148
Pearlman, Gary, 105
Perkins, Anthony, 116–17, 118, 119, 334
Pernick, Solly, 59, 128
Peters, Bernadette, 169, 195, 297
Peters, Michael, 274, 334
Phantom of the Opera, The, 341–53
and Brightman, 341, 342, 344, 349, 350
and Jacobs, 342, 345, 346–48, 350
and Leroux’s book, 341, 343
and Lloyd Webber, 341–43, 344–45, 348–52, 379, 400
and Mackintosh, 294, 341, 344–45, 346–49, 351–52
and Prince, 341–43, 344, 347, 348, 352, 391
and Shuberts, 344, 345, 353
and Smith, 342, 345, 346–49
success of, 351, 352, 353, 358, 364, 378, 379, 388, 400, 401, 403
Philadelphia, musicians’ union, 90–91
Philips, 323
Phillips, Stevie, 106
Pickwick Papers, The, 219
Pinero, Arthur Wing, 285
Pinter, Harold, 224
Pippin, 100–102, 274
Pitchford, Dean, 385
Playbill, 91, 157, 279
Play It Again, Sam, 189
Playwrights Horizons, 359, 380
Plaza Suite, 71
Plumeri, Jimmy, 124
Plummer, Amanda, 273
Plummer, Charles, 21
Plymouth Theatre, 12, 32n, 33, 115, 119, 132, 220, 397
Poland, Albert, 55, 204n
and Jacobs, 224, 235, 271, 302, 303–4, 393–94
and Little Shop, 302–4, 385
and Nathan, 373–74, 375
and Schoenfeld, 90–92, 212, 213–14
and unions, 90–92
Pollack, Sydney, 226
Pomeroy, Lee Harris, 251
Porter, Cole, 48, 64, 66, 351
Portman, John, 246–47, 261, 315
Portman Hotel, 246–47, 249, 251–52
Presley, Elvis, 65, 66
Preston, Robert, 68, 195
Previn, André, 132
Price, Michael, 168
Prince, Harold (Hal), 75, 108, 125, 154, 197, 282, 296, 312
and Company, 69, 139, 168
as director, 68, 69, 70, 140
and Follies, 69, 92, 139, 140, 168, 214
and “I Love New York,” 184
and Phantom, 341–43, 344, 347, 348, 352, 391
and Shuberts, 128, 212
at the top of his game, 46, 71
Princess Theatre, 25
Prisoner of Second Avenue, The, 99
Producers, The, 170, 379, 402
Prohibition, 81, 82, 256
Promises, Promises, 75, 138–39, 140, 189
Prunczik, Karen, 207
Public Theater, 217, 232
and Akalaitis, 369
and Chorus Line, 133, 149, 150, 152–53, 155, 157–58, 232, 359
and Hair, 74
and Nine, 257
and Papp, see Papp, Joseph
Pump Boys and Dinettes, 276
Pye-Jeary, Anthony, 363
Quadrille Productions, 229
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom, 228
Quinn, Anthony, 76
Rabe, David, 91
Raitt, John, 135
Raitt, Kathleen, 362
Ralph, Sheryl Lee, 236
Randall, Tony, 250, 272
Rappleyea, Rev. Robert, 177
Rattigan, Terence, 46
Ravitch, Richard, 174
Reagan, Ronald, 171, 261
Really Useful Group, The (RUG), 282, 348, 400
Real Thing, The, 278
Redford, Robert, 71, 73, 194
Redgrave, Vanessa, 119, 225, 328, 398
Rees, Roger, 220
Reeve, Christopher, 250, 262
Reinking, Ann, 209
Renick, Kyle, 303
Rent, 75
Republic Theatre, 81
Rex, 65
Reynolds, Burt, 195, 198
Rice, Jane, 319
Rice, Tim:
and Bennett, 321–23, 325–26
and Cats, 289, 291
and Chess, 319–23, 325, 326, 354, 356
and King David, 390
and Lloyd Webber, 75, 273, 281, 282, 320, 351
Rich, Frank:
and Amadeus, 215–16
and Bennett, 240–41, 253
and British invasion, 350–51
and 42nd Street, 201, 202–3, 204, 215
and Nathan, 364–66, 373
and Nine, 266, 267–68
Opening Night (screenplay) by, 366
power and influence of, 214, 216, 350, 351, 364, 366, 367–68
reviews by, 214, 240, 301, 311, 312, 314, 352, 356–57, 378, 388
and Times, 201, 214, 314
and Witchel, 366–73
Richard Rodgers Theatre, 166
Richards, David, 389
Richards, Jeffrey, 369
Richards, Lloyd, 128
Richardson, Natasha, 328
Richardson, Ralph, 46
Richardson, Tony, 334
Richert, Wanda, 200, 203, 204
Richman, Saul, 296
Ride Down Mt. Morgan, The, 397
Ridiculous Theatrical Company, 331
Rigg, Diana, 113
Ritter, Father Bruce, 242–43
Rivera, Chita, 378
RKO Orpheum Theatre, Brooklyn, 60–61
Robards, Jason, 248, 250
Robbins, Jerome, 64, 144
and ballet, 70, 335
as Bennett’s idol, 134, 135, 240, 253
Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, 376–77
at the top of his game, 71, 351
and West Side Story, 135, 335, 376
Robertson, Rebecca, 383–84
Roberts, Tony, 250
Roche, Kevin, 245
rock and roll, 74–75
Rockefeller, Nelson A., 66
Rodgers, Richard, 167, 283, 351
and Annie Get Your Gun (producer), 8
and Do I Hear a Waltz?, 65
and Hammerstein, 8, 46, 64, 74
and ice, 7–8, 35
and No Strings, 65
and Sound of Music, 46, 65, 146
and South Pacific, 35, 64, 349
and TV, 74
Rogers, Will, 256
Romberg, Sigmund, 30, 33, 321
Rome, Harold, 191
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 4, 168
Ropes, Bradford, 196
Roseland, 292
Rosenthal, Abe, 212n, 215
Ross, Diana, 153, 186, 187
Roth, Lillian, 160
Rothschild, Baron de, 302
Rothschilds, The, 76
Rough Cut, 195, 198
Roveta, Dandy, 135
Rowland, Toby, 285
Rowling, J. K., 402
Royale Theatre, 33, 397
Royal Hunt of the Sun, The, 111, 112, 114
Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), 52, 187–88, 219–21, 286, 337, 353
Rubin, Arthur, 10, 222
Rudin, Scott, 115, 192–93n
Runyan, Damon, 65
Russell, Lillian, 26
Sabinson, Harvey, 51–52, 93, 94, 167, 175–76, 192, 277–80
Sagalyn, Lynne B., Times Square Roulette, 81–82
St. James Theatre, 31, 33, 34, 44, 63, 310, 311, 345
Saint Subber, 71
Salad Days, 283
Sales, Soupy, 295
Salomon Brothers, 244
Sam S. Shubert Foundation, see Shubert Foundation
Sam S. Shubert Theatre, see Shubert Theatre
Sarandon, Susan, 262
Sardi, Vincent Jr., 80, 108, 177, 269
Sardi Building, 10–11, 18