Allan Carr
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Allan Carr (born Allan Soloman, May 27, 1937 – June 29, 1999) was an American producer and manager of stage for the screen.
Carr was nominated for numerous awards, winning a Tony Award and two People's Choice Awards, and was named Producer of the Year by the National Association of Theatre Owners.
Personal life and death
Carr died on June 29, 1999, in Beverly Hills, California from liver cancer. At the time of his death, he split his time between his homes in Beverly Hills and Palm Springs, and was working on bringing Ken Ludwig's Tony-winning comedy Lend Me a Tenor to Australia and the UK, and was preparing a new Broadway show, The New Musical Adventures of Tom Sawyer. His ashes were scattered at sea by Ann-Margret, Roger Smith, and Martin Menard in front of his former Diamond Head estate on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.
In 2017, a documentary about Carr's life was released entitled The Fabulous Allan Carr. The film's director, Jeffrey Schwarz, said, "Although it was no secret that Allan Carr was gay, he never formally acknowledged it publicly. The word 'flamboyant' was used to describe him, a code word."
Early career
Carr was born in Chicago, Illinois, to an American Jewish family. He attended Lake Forest College and Northwestern University, but his passion was always in show business. He invested $750 in the Broadway musical Ziegfeld Follies starring Tallulah Bankhead while at Northwestern University. Despite the fact that the show was not a hit, he had invested $1,250 in 1967's The Happiest Millionaire, which gave him the opportunity to leave school and pursue a career in entertainment.
He opened The World of Carl Sandburg in Chicago in the 1960s, as well as Eva Le Gallienne in Mary Stuart, directed by Sir Tyrone Guthrie, and Tennessee Williams' Garden District, which stars Cathleen Nesbitt and Diana Barrymore. Carr was a co-creator of the Playboy Penthouse television series, which in turn launched the Playboy Club.
He has developed a reputation as a top-notch promoter of corporate functions and parties through the years. Truman Capote's black-tie affair took place in an abandoned Los Angeles jail.
Management career
Carr founded Allan Carr Enterprises in 1966, assisting actors Tony Curtis, Peter Sellers, Rosalind Russell, Dyan Cannon, Melina Mercouri, and Marlo Thomas. Ann-Margret, a series of his television specials he also produced, Nancy Walker, Marvin Hamlisch, Joan Rivers, Peggy Lee, Cass Elliot, Paul Anka, Frankie Valli, George Maharis, and the Tijuana Brass were among the other entertainers whose careers he supervised: Nancy Walker, Marvin Hamlisch, Joan Rivers, Peggy Lee, Cass Elliot, Margaret Lee,
Carr is also known for finding numerous celebrities, including those who later became his clients, such as Mark Hamill, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steve Guttenberg, and Lisa Hartman.