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...stage producer, Alex Cohen has some prestigious credits (Home, The Homecoming) and some egregious flops (the most recent, the musical Prettybelle, closed in Boston this month). But, as the Tony show producer for the past four years, Cohen has achieved such éclat that Archrival David Merrick mischievously made a bid to take over the assignment-without a fee. The group that administers the awards rejected Merrick's offer and gave Cohen a new five-year contract...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Winner Is... | 3/29/1971 | See Source »

Strangely enough, the children are all learning to read at a public school in Merrick, N.Y., on Long Island's South Shore. The rattles are supposed to enhance "reading readiness" by sharpening a child's hearing discrimination; the dictated stories enable the teacher to show students how their spoken words actually look in print. Moreover, when the children seem ready to decipher print, Merrick teachers can match each one to any of 14 reading curriculums put out by ten different publishers. "Most kids can learn with any of several methods," says Primary Coordinator Karlyn Wood. "But they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: New Readings on Reading | 3/29/1971 | See Source »

...event, the ultimate fate of a play depends on the producer. David Merrick has proved that conclusively by keeping plays alive that every critic has panned. As co-producers of the smash musical Applause, Kipness and Kasha are rolling in money. Kipness is also a restaurant tycoon who owns Pier 52, Hawaii Kai and Dinty Moore's. Yet he and Kasha cravenly folded their theatrical tents in a single night and silently skulked away. Following is an account of the play they killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Laughs That Bleed Truth | 3/29/1971 | See Source »

...Channing, currently starring on Broadway in David Merrick's "Four on a Garden," accepted a golden replica of the original Hasty Pudding Pot "in recognition of great acting skills and feminine qualities...

Author: By Joyce Heard, | Title: Channing is 'Woman of Year | 2/24/1971 | See Source »

...same poll, the freshman class elected representatives to other University committees. Kevin O'Prien and Mare Pembroke were chosen to serve on the Committee on Students and Community Relations, and Merrick Garland will serve on the Committee on Housing and Undergraduate Life...

Author: By Mark C. Frazier, | Title: Class of '74 Rejects CRR Participation | 2/24/1971 | See Source »

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