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Richard Nelson

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Book Writer b. 1950

Richard John Nelson (born October 17, 1950) is an American playwright and librettist. He wrote the book for the 2000 Broadway musical James Joyce's The Dead, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, as well as the book for the 1988 Broadway production of Chess. He is also the writer of the critically acclaimed play cycle The Rhinebeck Panorama.

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Chess

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In the literature8 passages

  • Chess went into rehearsal in early 1988. We had a wonderful cast but an incomplete book. Richard Nelson and Trevor rewrote nightly after every rehearsal, although none of us were supposed to know this. Tim, Robert, Benny, and Björn were not in New York during rehearsals. By the time the show moved into our Imperial Theatre for technical r…ebooks/Schoenfeld, Gerald/Mr. Broadway_ The Inside Story of the Shuberts, the Shows, and the Stars - Gerald Schoenfeld.txt
  • James Joyce's The Dead had arrived first, in October, an adaptation of the James Joyce novella by playwright Richard Nelson, with music by the Irish composer Shaun Davie. The show, essentially, had come to Playwrights via the Broadway producers Gregory Mosher and Arielle Tepper, who'd been seeking an Off-Broadway partner for their latest…ebooks/Singer, Barry/Ever After_ The Last Years of Musical Theater and Beyond - Barry Singer.txt
  • Tony Awards: Best Scenic Design (Tony Straiges) and Best Lighting (Richard Nelson). Also received Tony nominations for Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical (James Lapine), Best Music and Lyrics (Stephen Sondheim), Best Direction of a Musical (James Lapine), Best Actor in a Musical (Mandy Patinkin), Best Actress in a Musical (Bernadette Pe…ebooks/Unknown/Four by Sondheim (Applause Musical Library) - Unknown.txt
  • 56. Lyrics transcribed from Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, Cinderella, teleplay, dir. Richard Nelson, 1957.ebooks/Wolf, Stacy/Changed for Good_A Feminist History of the Broadway Musical - Stacy Wolf.txt
  • Rhoda Levine; Scenery, William Ritman; Costumes, Theoni V. Aldredge; Liehtmg, Richard Nelson; Musical Director, Mack Schlefer; Nlusic Orchestrated and Arranged by Gary W.theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1971-72 Season, v. 28 (Willis).txt
  • DRAT! Book and Lyrics, Fred Bluth; Music, Steven Metcalf; Conceived and Directed by Fred Bluth; Design Supervision, Christian Thee; Lighting, Richard Nelson; Costume Supervision, Tomianne Wiley; Musical Director, Steven Metcalf; Musical Arrangements, Don Pippin; Assistant to Producers, David Zimmerman: Production Supervisor, Peter Forwardtheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1971-72 Season, v. 28 (Willis).txt

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