Produced by David Merrick, the show had a book by Leonard Gershe, music and lyrics by Harold Rome, and starred Andy Griffith as Destry and Dolores Gray as Frenchy.

Originally titled The Girls Upstairs, the musical was originally to be produced by David Merrick and Leland Hayward in late 1967, but the plans ultimately fell through, and Stuart Ostrow became the producer, with Joseph Hardy to direct.

** David Merrick, American theater producer ( d. 2000 )

* The David Merrick Arts Foundation

The original Broadway production premiered on 5 October 1960 at the St. James Theatre in a production by David Merrick, directed by Peter Glenville and starring Laurence Olivier as Thomas Becket and Anthony Quinn as King Henry II.

In 1964, producer David Merrick united Herman with Carol Channing for a project that was to become one of his more successful, Hello, Dolly !.

Producer David Merrick encouraged Jerry Herman to compose Hello, Dolly!

In 1964, the play enjoyed yet another incarnation when David Merrick, who had produced the 1955 Broadway production, mounted a hugely successful, Tony Award-winning musical version entitled Hello, Dolly !, with a score by Jerry Herman and starring Carol Channing.

A few of them were: Jedediah Knight, Joseph Nielson, Pleasant Minchey, Frank Foote, Charley and Ammon Foote, George Merrick, Oscar Beebe, Orson Davis, Heber C. K. Petty, Sr., Joseph Evans, Rasmus Johnson, Carl Magnus Olsen, Peter Nielson, Peter Hansen, Heber Broderick, Peter Christensen, George A. Whitlock, Peter Victor Bunderson, Rasmus Albrechtson, Christian A. Larsen, Lafe Allred, Hyrum Strong, Peter Jensen, Isaac Kimball, William George Petty, Niels Jensen, Wiley Payne Allred, Andrew C. Anderson, Stephen Williams and David Pratt.

In 1979, Bernard Pomerance's play about Merrick called The Elephant Man débuted, and David Lynch's film, also called The Elephant Man, was released the following year.

State Fair finally arrived on Broadway on March 27, 1996, with Donna McKechnie and Andrea McArdle, produced by David Merrick and received five Tony Award nominations.

Born David Lee Margulois to Jewish parents in St. Louis, Missouri, Merrick graduated from Washington University, then studied law at the Jesuit-run Saint Louis University School of Law.

In 1976, producer David Merrick hired LuPone as a replacement to play Genevieve, the title role of the troubled pre-Broadway production of The Baker's Wife.

David also appears in Merrick, where he contacts the title character, who also happens to be part of the Mayfairs.

At the end it is revealed that Merrick has been using voodoo to bring both David and Louis to her so she can attain eternal life.

David, Merrick, and Lestat find him and give him their blood to heal his burned form.

While putting together the Broadway musical Funny Girl-the highly fictionalized account of the life of his mother-in-law, Fanny Brice-its producer David Merrick took Stark and his wife to see an unknown singer perform at the Bon Soir in Greenwich Village.

In 1980 producer David Merrick and director Gower Champion adapted 42nd Street into a Broadway musical that won The Tony Award for Best Musical for 1981.

* The Elephant Man ( film ), 1980 David Lynch film, the story of Joseph Merrick, who was known as the Elephant Man

Producer David Merrick employed Merrill to write additional songs for the musical Hello, Dolly / Merrill contributed two songs, " Motherhood March " and " Elegance ", and some additional lyrics to Jerry Herman's It Takes a Woman.

At around the age of 16, he started up a band, John Merrick, named after the hero of the film The Elephant Man, a cult film from David Lynch.

Robert Moore directed, and David Merrick produced.

The producer was David Merrick.

The following year, the production moved to Broadway under producer David Merrick and director Tony Richardson.

Productions within the US have included those in November 1998 by the Lyric Opera of Chicago directed by David Alden.

In November 1993, David Hale, the source of criminal allegations against Bill Clinton in the Whitewater affair, alleged that Clinton, while governor of Arkansas, pressured him to provide an illegal $ 300, 000 loan to Susan McDougal, the partner of the Clintons in the Whitewater land deal.

from 30 July to 2 November 2008, featuring original artwork from all eight decades of both ' The Beano ' and ' The Dandy ', including work by Dudley D. Watkins, David Law, Leo Baxendale and Ken Reid as well as David Sutherland and many contemporary artists.

Janssen was born as David Harold Meyer in Naponee, Nebraska to Harold Edward Meyer, a banker ( May 12, 1906 – November 4, 1990 ) and Berniece Graf ( May 11, 1910 – November 26, 1995 ).

David Hayes Agnew ( November 24, 1818 – March 22, 1892 ) was an American surgeon.

In November 1798, David Brown led a group in Dedham protesting the federal government ; they set up a liberty pole, as people had before the American Revolution.

Bowie's second album, Space Oddity, followed in November ; originally issued in the UK as David Bowie, it caused some confusion with its predecessor of the same name, and the early US release was instead titled Man of Words / Man of Music.

* 1915 – 27 November 1916: Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty, KCB, KCVO, DSO

Lulu Roman was twice charged with drug possession in 1971, and David " Stringbean " Akeman and his wife were murdered in November 1973 during a robbery at their home.

Whale returned to California in November 1952 and advised David Lewis that he planned to bring Foegel over early the following year.

She and Jackie had three children: Jackie Robinson Jr. ( born November 18, 1946 ), Sharon Robinson ( born January 13, 1950 ), and David Robinson ( born May 14, 1952 ).

Jerome David Kern ( January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945 ) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music.

Admiral Jellicoe was appointed First Sea Lord in November 1916 and turned over command of the Grand Fleet to Admiral David Beatty.

* 1999 – Mayor David Hollister signs a 425 Agreement with Meridian Township in November to facilitate the development of the Governor's Collection / College Fields upscale housing development and golf course.

Louis David Riel (, ; 22 October 1844 – 16 November 1885 ) was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political and spiritual leader of the Métis people of the Canadian prairies.

Martin David Kahane (; 1 August 1932 – 5 November 1990 ), also known as Meir Kahane (), was an American-Israeli rabbi and ultra-nationalist writer and political figure.

In a move that apparently surprised many islanders the Chief Minister of Norfolk Island David Buffett announced on 6 November 2010 that the island would voluntarily surrender its self-governing status in return for a financial bailout from the federal government to cover significant debts.

On 10 November 2010, Crowe told David Letterman that he had been smoking more than 60 cigarettes a day for 36 years of his life, and that he had fallen off the wagon the previous night and smoked heavily.

Their last appearance together was on Late Night with David Letterman on November 13, 1987, when they sang " I Got You Babe ".

David Edward Sutch ( 10 November 1940 – 16 June 1999 ), also known as " Screaming Lord Sutch, 3rd Earl of Harrow ", or simply " Screaming Lord Sutch ", was a musician from the United Kingdom.

* November – ( 1st ) David Hamilton Jackson Day also known as Bull and Bread Day, ( 11th ) Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day

After hearing about the rigid airship constructed by David Schwarz and witnessing its trial flight at the Tempelhof Airfield near Berlin on 3 November 1897, he proceeded to buy the patent rights from the widow of the prematurely deceased Schwarz, in order to allow Carl Berg to supply aluminium.

* November 12 – David Ellefson, American rock bassist ( Megadeth )