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<text id=90TT3121>
<title>
Nov. 19, 1990: War On A Panning Pair
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Nov. 19, 1990 The Untouchables
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
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PEOPLE, Page 100
War on a Panning Pair
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<p>By SOPHFRONIA SCOTT/Reported by Elizabeth Rudulph
</p>
<p> It was just too much for veteran Broadway showman David
Merrick, a feisty foe of the critics. When he picked up the New
York Times after the opening of his revival of George and Ira
Gershwin's musical Oh, Kay!, he found two--count 'em, two--pans, one each by Times writers Frank Rich and Alex Witchel.
While critic Rich called Oh, Kay! "chintzy," culture reporter
Witchel tut-tutted Merrick for not allowing an actor to take a
curtain call. Declared Merrick: "This is war." Aware that Rich
and Witchel are romantically involved and attended the show
together, Merrick, 77, took out an ad in the Times showing a
heart encircling quotes from the duo and exclaiming, "At Last,
People Are Holding Hands in the Theatre Again!" He later sent
a letter to the paper complaining of Witchel's giggling and
whispering during the performance and wondered if she may have
influenced Rich's review. Broadway is waiting for Act II.
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