Richard (Eldridge) Maltby, Jr. Biography (1937-)

Full name, Richard Eldridge Maltby, Jr.; born October 6, 1937, in Ripon, WI;son of Richard Eldridge, Sr., and Virginia (Hosegood) Maltby; married BarbaraBlack Sudler (a script consultant), June 5, 1965 (marriage ended); married Janet Brenner, 1987; children: (first marriage) Nicholas Avery, David Stevenson, Jordan Brenner; (second marriage) Emily Celia, Charlotte Perry. Career: Director, writer, and lyricist. FWM Producing Group, partner. Member: Dramatists Guild, Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). Awards, Honors: Antoinette Perry Award, best direction of a musical, Obie Award, best musical, and Drama Desk Award, all 1978, and New York Drama Critics Circle Award,best new musical, and Outer Critics Circle Award, all for Ain't Misbehavin; Antoinette Perry Award nominations, best original score, best directionof a musical, and best musical, all 1984, for Baby; Antoinette PerryAward nominations, best original score and best direction of a musical, both1986, for Song and Dance; London Evening Standard Award, best musical, and London Drama Critics Award, and Outer Critics Circle Awards, bestoff-Broadway musical and best score, all for Closer Than Ever; Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best original score, 1991, for Miss Saigon; Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best original score, 1992, for Nickand Nora. Addresses: Agent: Flora Roberts, Inc., 157 West 57th St., New York, NY 10019-2210.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: director, writer, lyricist
Birth Details: October 6, 1937; Ripon, Wisconsin, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Work
Director
The Glass Menagerie, Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, 1975
Long Day's Journey into Night, Walnut Street Theatre, 1976
Starting Here, Starting Now, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1977
Ain't Misbehavin, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1978
Livin' Dolls, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1982
An Evening of Sholom Aleichem, Ballroom Theatre, New York City, 1983
Baby, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1983
Hang On to the Good Times, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1985
Song and Dance, Royale Theatre, New York City, 1985
(With John Tillinger) Urban Blight, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1988
(With Steven Scott Smith) Closer Than Ever, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, 1989
Miss Saigon, London, England, 1989
Major Tours
Streetsongs, U.S. cities, 1975-79
RECORDINGS

Albums
Soundtracks for Maltby's productions include Ain't Misbehavin', Baby, Closer Than Ever, and Miss Saigon.
WRITINGS
Writings for the Stage
Lyricist (with others) and adaptor, Darlin' Juno, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1976
Lyricist (with others) and adaptor, Starting Here, Starting Now, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1977
Creator, Ain't Misbehavin, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1978
Lyricist, Baby, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1983
Librettist (with others), Hang on to the Good Times, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1985
Lyricist (with Don Black), Song and Dance, Royale Theatre, 1985
Lyricist, Urban Blight, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1988
Lyricist, Closer Than Ever, Cherry Lane Theatre, 1989
Lyricist (with Alain Boublil) and author of additional material, MissSaigon, London, England, 1989
Lyricist, Nick and Nora, Marriott Marquis Theatre, New York City,1991
Lyricist (with David Shire) Big, Detroit, MI, 1995
Major Tours
Big, U.S. cities, 1997-98
Lyricist for Films
Only When I Laugh (also known as It Hurts Only When I Laughand Neil Simon's Only When I Laugh), Columbia, 1981
Composer of Music and Songs for Television
Specials
Songs, The Rita Rudner Comedy Specials, Arts and Entertainment, 1991
Special musical material, Kathie Lee Gifford's Celebration of Motherhood, ABC, 1993
Composer of Songs for Television
Pilots
"Another Way," McCloud: Who Killed Miss U.S.A.?, NBC, 1970

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Newsmakers, 1996 Cumulation, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1997.

Periodicals:

Newsweek, November 3, 1997, p. 84N.*

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