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David Merrick Biography (1912-2000)

Born David Margulois, November 27, 1912, in St. Louis, MO; son of Samuel andCelia Margulois; married Etan Aronson. Addresses: PUBLICIST--Jackie Green, The Joshua Ellis Office, 240 W. 44th Street, Suite Eight, New York, NY 10036.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

November 27, 1912

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Death Details

April 25, 2000

London, England

Famous Works

• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK; ALL AS PRODUCER IN NEW YORK CITY
• Fanny, Majestic Theatre, 1954.
• The Matchmaker, Royale Theatre, 1955.
• Look Back in Anger, Lyceum Theatre, 1957.
• Romanoff and Juliet, Plymouth Theatre, 1957.
• Jamaica, Imperial Theatre, 1957.
• The Entertainer, The World of Suzie Wong, and La Plume de Ma Tante, all Royale Theatre, 1958.
• Epitaph for George Dillon, John Golden Theatre, 1958.
• Destry Rides Again, Imperial Theatre, 1958.
• Gypsy, Broadway Theatre, 1958.
• Take Me Along, Shubert Theatre, 1958.
• Maria Golovin, Martin Beck Theatre, 1958.
• The Good Soup and Irma La Douce, both Plymouth Theatre, 1960.
• Vintage '60, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 1960.
• A Taste of Honey, Lyceum Theatre, 1960.
• Becket and Do Re Mi, both St. James Theatre, 1960.
• Carnival!, Imperial Theatre, 1961.
• Sunday in New York, Cort Theatre, 1961.
• Ross, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 1961.
• Subways Are for Sleeping, St. James Theatre, 1961.
• I Can Get It for You Wholesale and Stop the World--I Want to Get Off, both Shubert Theatre, 1962.
• Tchin Tchin, Plymouth Theatre, 1962.
• Oliver!, Imperial Theatre, 1962.
• Rehearsal, Royale Theatre, 1963.
• Luther, St. James Theatre, 1963.
• 110 in the Shade, Broadhurst Theatre, 1963.
• Arturo Ui, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 1963.
• Hello, Dolly!, St. James Theatre, 1964.
• Oh, What a Lovely War, Broadhurst Theatre, 1964.
• Pickwick, 46th Street Theatre, 1965.
• The Roar of the Greasepaint--The Smell of the Crowd, Shubert Theatre, 1965.
• Inadmissible Evidence, Belasco Theatre, 1965.
• Cactus Flower, Royale Theatre, 1965.
• The Persecution and Assassination of Jean Paul Marat as Performed by theInmates of the Asylum of Charenton under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade(also known as Marat/Sade), Martin Beck Theatre, 1965, then Majestic Theatre, 1967.
• Philadelphia, Here I Come!, Helen Hayes Theatre, 1966.
• Don't Drink the Water, Morosco Theatre, 1966.
• I Do! I Do!, 46th Street Theatre, 1966.
• How Now, Dow Jones, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 1967.
• The Happy Time, Broadway Theatre, 1967.
• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Alvin Theatre, 1967.
• Forty Carats, Morosco Theatre, 1968.
• Promises, Promises, Shubert Theatre, 1969.
• Play It Again, Sam, Broadhurst Theatre, 1969.
• Private Lives, Billy Rose Theatre, 1969.
• Child's Play, Royale Theatre, 1970.
• Four in a Garden, Broadhurst Theatre, 1971.
• A Midsummer Night's Dream, Billy Rose Theatre, 1971.
• The Philanthropist, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1971.
• There's One in Every Marriage and Moonchildren, both Royale Theatre, 1972.
• Sugar, Majestic Theatre, 1972.
• Vivat! Vivat Regina!, Broadhurst Theatre, 1972.
• Out Cry, Lyceum Theatre, 1973.
• Mack and Mabel, Majestic Theatre, 1974.
• Dreyfus in Rehearsal, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1974.
• Very Good Eddy, Booth Theatre, 1975.
• Travesties, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1975.
• The Misanthrope, St. James Theatre, 1975.
• Forty-Second Street, Winter Garden Theatre, 1980, then Majestic Theatre,1981, later St. James Theatre, 1987.
• I Won't Dance, Helen Hayes Theatre, 1981.
• Also produced The Red Devil Battery Sign.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Forty-Second Street, U.S. and Canadian cities, 1983.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK; PRODUCER
• Child's Play, Paramount, 1972.
• The Great Gatsby, Paramount, 1974.
• Semi-Tough, United Artists, 1977.
• Rough Cut, Paramount, 1980.