Alan Eichler has been a longtime publicist, talent manager and producer, representing plays by Terrence McNally, Tom Eyen, Charles Ludlam, Paul Zindel, and many others, as well as such musicals as "Hello, Dolly!", "George M!", "Barnum," and "Seven Brides For Seven Brothers." His management and publicity clients have included Patti Page, Anita O'Day, Yma Sumac, Johnnie Ray, Maxene Andrews of the Andrews Sisters, Nellie Lutcher, Hadda Brooks, Ruth Brown, LaVern Baker, Monica Lewis, and Ella Mae Morse. He co-produced the original productions of Tom Eyen's "Women Behind Bars" and Geraldine Fitzgerald's "Streetsongs" and is executive producer of the Jeffrey Schwarz documentary, "Swanson on Sunset."