Word: schlissel
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Dates: during 1966-1966
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Crafty Craftsman. In a matter of months he put together the slickest production company on Broadway. On Merrick's permanent staff today there are only two executives (General Manager Jack Schlissel, Production Manager Samuel "Biff" Liff), four assistants, five theatrical technicians. But Merrick has tuned this team to an excited pitch of efficiency that no other production office can approach...
Merrick works harder than anybody. He starts at 8 a.m. and goes full throttle until after midnight. All day long, he phones, phones, phones. No notes, no memos, no conferences. "He's got a memory like a Pentagon computer," says Schlissel. "Carries it all in his head. Twenty, 30 projects at once. Never forgets a fact, never misses a trick." With his office in his head, Merrick is totally mobile. On an after-dinner impulse, he may dart into the street, grab a cab, race to Kennedy Airport, jump on a jet to London, snap up a property in Manchester...
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