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Richard Maltby, Jr. (born October 6, 1937, Ripon, Wisconsin
Ripon, Wisconsin

Ripon is a city in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 6,828. The city is surrounded by the Ripon , Wisconsin....
) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 theatre director and producer, lyricist
Lyricist

A lyricist is a writer who specializes in song lyrics, usually paid for by a band to write a custom song. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist....
, and screenwriter
Screenwriter

Screenwriters or scenarists are scriptwriters who write the screenplays from which films and television programs are made.Most screenwriters start their careers writing on speculation....
.

by has conceived and directed the only two musical revues to ever win "Best Musical". Tony Award
Tony Award

The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live United States theatre and are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City....
-winning musicals: Ain't Misbehavin'
Ain't Misbehavin'

Ain't Misbehavin' is a musical revue with a book by Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby, Jr., music by Fats Waller, and lyrics by various writers....
 (1978: Tony, N.Y. Drama Critics, Outer Critics, Drama Desk Awards, also Tony Award for Best Director) and Fosse
Fosse

Fosse is a Tony Award winning three-act musical theatre revue showcasing the choreography of Bob Fosse.After 21 previews, the original Broadway theatre production, conceived and directed by Richard Maltby, Jr....
 (1999: Tony, Outer Critics, Drama Desk Awards).

He was director/co-lyricist for the American version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Song and Dance
Song and Dance

Song and Dance is a Musical theater entertainment comprising two acts, one told entirely in "Song" and one entirely in "Dance", tied together by a love story....
, (1986) starring Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Peters

Bernadette Peters is an United States actress and singer from New York City. Over the course of a career that has already spanned five decades, she has starred in musical theatre, films and television, as well as performing in solo concerts and recordings....
.






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Richard Maltby, Jr. (born October 6, 1937, Ripon, Wisconsin
Ripon, Wisconsin

Ripon is a city in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 6,828. The city is surrounded by the Ripon , Wisconsin....
) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 theatre director and producer, lyricist
Lyricist

A lyricist is a writer who specializes in song lyrics, usually paid for by a band to write a custom song. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist....
, and screenwriter
Screenwriter

Screenwriters or scenarists are scriptwriters who write the screenplays from which films and television programs are made.Most screenwriters start their careers writing on speculation....
.

Biography

Maltby has conceived and directed the only two musical revues to ever win "Best Musical". Tony Award
Tony Award

The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live United States theatre and are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City....
-winning musicals: Ain't Misbehavin'
Ain't Misbehavin'

Ain't Misbehavin' is a musical revue with a book by Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby, Jr., music by Fats Waller, and lyrics by various writers....
 (1978: Tony, N.Y. Drama Critics, Outer Critics, Drama Desk Awards, also Tony Award for Best Director) and Fosse
Fosse

Fosse is a Tony Award winning three-act musical theatre revue showcasing the choreography of Bob Fosse.After 21 previews, the original Broadway theatre production, conceived and directed by Richard Maltby, Jr....
 (1999: Tony, Outer Critics, Drama Desk Awards).

He was director/co-lyricist for the American version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Song and Dance
Song and Dance

Song and Dance is a Musical theater entertainment comprising two acts, one told entirely in "Song" and one entirely in "Dance", tied together by a love story....
, (1986) starring Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Peters

Bernadette Peters is an United States actress and singer from New York City. Over the course of a career that has already spanned five decades, she has starred in musical theatre, films and television, as well as performing in solo concerts and recordings....
. He was co-lyricist for Miss Saigon
Miss Saigon

Miss Saigon is a West End theatre musical theatre by Claude-Michel Sch?nberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr....
 (Evening Standard Award 1990; Tony nomination: Best Score, 1991).

Maltby and David Shire
David Shire

David Lee Shire is an United States songwriter and the composer of stage Musical theatre and film and television film score....
 started working together as students at Yale University
Yale University

Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School, Yale is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher education in the United States and is a member of the Ivy League....
; their first Broadway credit was in 1968, when their song "The Girl of the Minute" was used in the revue New Faces of 1968. In 1977 the Manhattan Theatre Club
Manhattan Theatre Club

The Manhattan Theatre Club is a theater club in Manhattan, New York. MTC had its first performance at New York City Center in 1984....
 produced a review of their earlier songs, written for other works, finally titled Starting Here, Starting Now
Starting Here, Starting Now

Starting Here, Starting Now is a musical theatre revue with lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. and music by David Shire. With a cast of three and three musicians, the revue explores a variety of romantic relationships....
. With composer Shire, Maltby was the director and lyricist for Baby
Baby (musical)

Baby is a musical theatre with a book by Sybille Pearson, music by David Shire, and lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr.The plot focuses on three couples?each newly expecting a child, and each with different but familiar reactions....
, (1983, book by Sybille Pearson) and the lyricist for Big, (1996, book by John Weidman). Also with Shire, he conceived and wrote the lyrics for Take Flight (book by John Weidman
John Weidman

John Weidman is an United States libretto. He is the son of librettist and novelist Jerome Weidman.He has written the book for many stage musicals, starting with the musical Pacific Overtures, collaborating with Stephen Sondheim, Take Flight with David Shire, Richard Maltby,Jr., and currently for the musical Road Show, again wi...
), which had its world premiere in July 2007 at the Menier Chocolate Factory
Menier Chocolate Factory

The Menier Chocolate Factory is an award-winning 190 seat fringe theatre studio theatre, restaurant and gallery. It is located in a former 1870s chocolate factory in Southwark Street, a major street in the London Borough of Southwark, central south London, England....
 in London.

He also conceived and directed Ring Of Fire, The Johnny Cash Musical Show, (2006). He is co-bookwriter/lyricist for The Pirate Queen
The Pirate Queen

The Pirate Queen is a musical theater written by Claude-Michel Sch?nberg and Alain Boublil, best known for their adaptation of Les Mis?rables ....
 (2007). He was most recently represented on Broadway as the director of the new, original musical The Story of My Life
The Story of My Life (musical)

The Story of My Life is a musical theatre with music and lyrics by Neil Bartram, and a book by Brian Hill. The show follows two childhood friends from age six to 35 and has only two characters....
 by composer/lyricist Neil Bartram
Neil Bartram

Neil Bartram is a Composer/lyricist and the recipient of a Dramatists Guild Jonathan Larson Fellowship, a 2005 Jonathan Larson Foundation Award, and was a finalist for the 2007 Fred Ebb Award....
 and book writer Brian Hill. That musical had a brief run at the Booth Theatre in February 2009.

He is the son of the well-known orchestra leader Richard Maltby, Sr.
Richard Maltby, Sr.

Richard Maltby, Sr. was an United States musician, conductor , arranger and bandleader, most notable for his 1956 recording The Man With the Golden Arm"....
, and his wife, formerly Virginia Hosegood. He married twice: first to Barbara Black Sudler on June 5, 1965 (they had two children, Nicholas and David), and second, in 1987, to Janet Brenner (they had three children, Jordan, Emily and Charlotte).

Work

Broadway
  • Bea Arthur on Broadway, 2002 (Production Consultant)
  • Nick & Nora
    Nick & Nora

    Nick & Nora is a musical theatre with a book by Arthur Laurents, lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr., and music by Charles Strouse.At its core are witty and urbane upper class couple Nick and Nora Charles, characters created by Dashiell Hammett in his novel The Thin Man, which inspired six films, a radio show, and a television series....
    , 1991 (Lyricist)
  • Blood Knot
    Blood knot

    A blood knot is most usefully employed for joining sections of monofilament line while maintaining a high portion of the line's inherent strength....
    , 1985 (Producer)
Off-Broadway
  • Starting Here, Starting Now
    Starting Here, Starting Now

    Starting Here, Starting Now is a musical theatre revue with lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. and music by David Shire. With a cast of three and three musicians, the revue explores a variety of romantic relationships....
    , director/lyricist (1977 Grammy nomination) with David Shire
  • Closer Than Ever
    Closer Than Ever

    Closer Than Ever is a musical theatre revue with words by Richard Maltby, Jr. and music by David Shire.Conceived by Steven Scott Smith, the dialogue-free two-acter features songs that are stories unto themselves dealing with such diverse topics as security, aging, mid-life crisis, second marriages, working couples, and unrequited love....
    , (1989, two Outer Critics Circle Awards: Best Musical, Best Score) with David Shire
Regional
  • The 60'S Project, director, (2006, Goodspeed Opera House)
Film
  • Miss Potter, (2007), Screenplay, starring Renee Zellweger
    Renée Zellweger

    Ren?e Kathleen Zellweger is an Academy Awards-, BAFTA Award-, SAG Award-, and Golden Globe-winning United States actress and producer, who has established herself as one of the highest-paid Hollywood actresses in recent years....
     and Ewan McGregor
    Ewan McGregor

    Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish people actor, singer, and adventurer who has had success in mainstream, independent film and Art film films....
     (Christopher Award, best screenplay)


Awards and nominations

Awards
  • 1978 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical - Ain't Misbehavin
  • 1990 Outer Critics Circle Award
    Outer Critics Circle Award

    The Outer Critics Circle Awards are presented annually for theatrical achievements both Broadway theatre and Off-Broadway and were begun during the 1949-1950 theater season....
     for Best Score - Closer Than Ever
  • 2001 Laurence Olivier Award - Fosse


Nominations
  • 1977 Grammy Award
    Grammy Award

    The Grammy Awards ?or Grammys?are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry....
     for Best Original Cast Recording - Starting Here, Starting Now
  • 1984 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics - Baby
  • 1984 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical - Baby
  • 1984 Tony Award for Best Original Score - Baby
  • 1986 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical - Song and Dance
  • 1986 Tony Award for Best Musical - Song and Dance
  • 1986 Tony Award for Best Original Score - Song and Dance
  • 1986 Tony Award for Best Play - Blood Knot
  • 1990 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics - Closer Than Ever
  • 1991 Tony Award for Best Original Score - Miss Saigon
  • 1992 Tony Award for Best Original Score - Nick & Nora
  • 1996 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics - Big
  • 1996 Tony Award for Best Original Score - Big
  • 1999 Drama Desk Award
    Drama Desk Award

    The Drama Desk Award, created in 1955, is an award which recognizes theatres produced on Broadway theatre, off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway, and for legitimate not-for-profit theaters....
     for Outstanding Director of a Musical - Fosse
  • 1999 Tony Award
    Tony Award

    The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live United States theatre and are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City....
     for Best Direction of a Musical - Fosse


External links

  • - Downstage Center interview at American Theatre Wing.org
    American Theatre Wing

    The American Theatre Wing is a New York City-based organization "dedicated to supporting excellence and education in theatre," according to its mission statement....