Solomon "Solly" Pernick (August 22, 1898 – March 8, 1990) was an American stage technician who worked in theater for over 65 years, starting in 1914 with Cecil Spooner. He won the

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for Best Stage Technician in 1963 for his work on the musical '' Mr. President''. Pernick was business manager of the

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Local One, a union for

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s in

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, for 14 years, and later served as its president. In addition to ''Mr. President'', Pernick worked on shows including ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'', '' Ain't Misbehavin''', and the ''

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''.

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* 1898 births 1990 deaths American theatre people Tony Award winners Technicians American people of Belarusian-Jewish descent American Jews People from New York City {{theat-bio-stub