Alan Eichler

Alan Eichler (born July 17, 1944) is an American theatrical producer, talent manager and press agent who has represented numerous stage productions, produced Grammy-winning record albums and managed such singers as Anita O'Day,Hadda Brooks,Nellie Lutcher,Ruth Brown,Johnnie Ray and Yma Sumac.

Born in Elmhurst, Queens, New York, United States, he began his career in the mailroom as an apprentice to the publicist Lee Solters in 1963, and worked his way up to account executive at Solters' firm Solters, O'Rourke and Sabinson. His clients during that time included the Rolling Stones, Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, the Hollywood Palace TV show, Dorothy Lamour (for her tour in Hello, Dolly!), and singers Paul Anka, Bobby Vinton, Edie Adams, Jane Morgan and Peggy Lee. Following admission to the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers union in 1969, he worked as publicist on numerous Broadway hits including the original productions of Hello, Dolly! (musical),George M! and Hair (musical). He also promoted several major off-Broadway hits including Paul Zindel's The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, the Elaine May-Terrence McNally double-bill adaptation "Adaptation/Next (play)" with James Coco, Harold Pinter's The Tea Party and The Basement, the long-running rock musical Your Own Thing, Andre Gregory's experimental adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, and Tom Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound. McNally also retained him as personal publicist for his plays Bad Habits, Whiskey, Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone? and The Ritz, and Zindel retained him to promote his books as well as the play And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little with Estelle Parsons and Julie Harris. Other shows included the long-running improvisational revue The Proposition, which helped launch the careers of Jane Curtin, Fred Grandy and Paul Kreppel. Eichler also represented several noteworthy "flops" during this period including Shelley Winters' only attempt at playwrighting, One Night Stands of a Noisy Passenger with Robert De Niro, Sally Kirkland and Diane Ladd; Tina Howe's The Nest with Jill Clayburgh; Leland Hayward's last production The Mother Lover with Eileen Heckart; Larry Kramer's Four Friends with Brad Davis (actor), and the nude exploitation show Score with Sylvester Stallone and Oscar-winner Claire Wilbur.

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