Saint Subber
Arnold Saint-Subber (February 18, 1918[1] – April 19, 1994), usually known as Saint Subber,[1][2] was an American theatrical producer.[3]
Early life
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Producing career
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Subber also received Tony nominations for Best Play as producer of both William Inge's The Dark at the Top of the Stairs and Paddy Chayefsky's The Tenth Man, each of which also ran for more than a year on Broadway.[9] He eventually became associated with Neil Simon and produced seven of his plays on Broadway: Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, The Star-Spangled Girl, Plaza Suite, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, The Gingerbread Lady, and The Prisoner of Second Avenue.[9] Of these seven plays, five resulted in Tony nominations for Subber as producer of a Best Play nominee (Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, Plaza Suite, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, and The Prisoner of Second Avenue), and Barefoot in the Park also earned Subber a nomination as Best Producer (Dramatic).[10]
After Subber's run of Neil Simon plays ended, he produced two more musicals on Broadway: Gigi by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe in 1973, and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue by Lerner and Leonard Bernstein in 1976.[9] Regarding the latter show, Subber said in a 1980 interview, "I loathed it. It wasn't working out well. I tried desperately to get everyone to abandon it. After many fights, I left the production."[11] Subber moved to Mendocino, California.[1][11] His next return to New York was to sign contracts for his last production, Patrick Meyers' play K2, which was originally scheduled to run on Broadway in 1981[11] but finally arrived on Broadway in 1983.[1][9]
Subber died in 1994 of heart failure at his home “The John Howard Galen House”, a Berkeley landmark, built in 1912, LeRoy Avenue, Berkeley, California.[3]
Name
The producer's name was variously punctuated as "Saint-Subber" and "Saint Subber", with and without a hyphen.[12] He was known to those who called him by name as "Saint".[13][14]
References
- ^ a b c d Jones, Welton (1984-01-15). "A Broadway legend with a loving link to 'Kate': O'Brien's new book stirs Saint-Subber". San Diego Union. p. E1.
- ^ Barron, Mark (1949-01-10). "Ex-Office Boy with 50 Friends with $7,000 Hits the Jackpot". The Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. p. 1, § Green Sheet.
- ^ a b Holden, Stephen (1994-04-21). "Saint Subber, Theater Producer and a Neil Simon Partner, 76". The New York Times.
- ^ a b c "Broadway Impresario Arnold Saint-Subber, 76". Chicago Tribune. New York Times News Service. 1994-04-24. p. 6, § Chicagoland.
- ISBN 0-306-80113-2. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
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- ISBN 1-4208-5470-4. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
- ^ Kowinski, William (2007-06-07). "Prime Cole Porter". North Coast Journal. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
- ^ Kenneth Jones (1999-10-08). "So in Love: Kiss Me, Kate Company Meets the Press in Open Rehearsal". Playbill.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
- ^ a b c d Saint Subber at the Internet Broadway Database
- ^ "IBDB Person Awards". Archived from the original on 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
- ^ a b c Lawson, Carol (1980-10-03). "Saint Subber coming back with Himalayas play starring Sheen". The New York Times. p. C2.
- ISBN 0-87910-023-0.
- ISBN 0-87910-023-0.
- ^ Merryman, Richard (1971-05-07). "When the Funniest Writer in America Tried to Be Serious". Life. p. 75.