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Richard Greenberg

October 22, 2023

For other people named Richard Greenberg, see Richard Greenberg (disambiguation).

Richard Greenberg (born February 22, 1958) is an American playwright and television writer known for his subversively humorous depictions of middle-class American life. He has had more than 25 plays premiere on and Off-Broadway in New York City and eight at the South Coast Repertory Theatre in Costa Mesa, California, including The Violet Hour, Everett Beekin, and Hurrah at Last.[1][2]

Greenberg is perhaps best known for his 2003 Tony Award winning play, Take Me Out, about the conflicts that arise after a Major League Baseball player nonchalantly announces to the media that he is gay. The play premiered in London and ran in New York as the first collaboration between England's Donmar Warehouse and New York's Public Theater.[3] After it transferred to Broadway in early 2003, Take Me Out won widespread critical acclaim for Greenberg and many prestigious awards.

Background and education Edit

Greenberg grew up in East Meadow, New York, a middle-class Long Island town in Nassau County, east of New York City. His father, Leon Greenberg, was an executive for New York's Century Theaters movie chain, and his mother Shirley was a homemaker.[4] Greenberg graduated from East Meadow High School in 1976 and went on to attend Princeton University, where he graduated magna cum laude with an A.B. in English.[5] As part of his degree, Greenberg completed a 438-page senior thesis titled "A Romantic Career - A Novel".[6] At Princeton, Greenberg studied creative writing under Joyce Carol Oates and roomed with future Harvard economics professor Greg Mankiw. Later he attended Harvard for graduate work in English and American literature, but dropped out of the program when he was accepted to the Yale School of Drama's playwriting program in 1985.[5]

Career Edit

Along with Take Me Out, Greenberg's plays include The Dazzle, The American Plan, Life Under Water, and The Author's Voice. His adaptation of August Strindberg's Dance of Death ran on Broadway in 2002, starring Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren, and David Strathairn.

He received the George Oppenheimer Award presented by Newsday in 1985 for The Bloodletters, produced off-off-Broadway while he was at Yale.[7][8][9] In 1998 he was the first winner of the PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award for a playwright in mid-career.[10][11]

In 2013, Greenberg worked on three shows: on Broadway, an adaptation of Breakfast at Tiffany's[12] and The Assembled Parties, and the book for the musical Far From Heaven, which opened in June 2013 at Playwrights Horizons.[13]

His play Our Mother's Brief Affair premiered at the South Coast Repertory Theatre in Costa Mesa in April 2009. Directed by Pam MacKinnon, the cast featured Jenny O'Hara, Matthew Arkin, Arye Gross and Marin Hinkle. This was a commission from the SCRT.[14][15] The play opened on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, produced by the Manhattan Theatre Club, on December 28, 2015 (previews), and officially on January 20, 2016, starring Linda Lavin.[16][17]

His play The Babylon Line premiered Off-Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater on November 10, 2016, in previews, and officially on December 5.[18] Directed by Terry Kinney, the cast features Josh Radnor as a writing teacher and Elizabeth Reaser as his student.[19] The play was first performed at New York Stage and Film & Vassar College's Powerhouse Theater in June and July 2014, starring Radnor.[20]

Style Edit

The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights describes Greenberg's "most prominent" interest as history "and (also) the past". He has a strong "tendency to draw on historical characters or events——the Lost Generation, the Collyer Brothers, the New York Yankees" as sources for his material. He is said to have a "witty use of language."[21]

Awards and nominations Edit

Works Edit

Theatre Edit

Television Edit

  • 1989: "Ask Me Again" (based on "An Old-Fashioned Story" by Laurie Colwin), American Playhouse, PBS.
  • 1989: "Life under Water" (based on his one-act play), PBS.
  • 1989: "The Sad Professor," Trying Times, PBS.
  • 1990: "The Sacrifice," Tales from the Crypt.
  • 1991: "Georgie through the Looking Glass," Sisters, NBC.
  • 1999: "The Time the Millennium Approached," Time of Your Life, Fox.

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ "Richard Greenberg (1958-)". Doollee's Complete Guide to the Playwright, Plays, Theatres, and Agents. 2003. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Hernandez, Ernio (December 5, 2007). "South Coast Rep Nabs Another Greenberg World-Premiere Comedy, 'The Injured Party'". Playbill. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  3. ^ Brantley, Ben (February 28, 2003). "Theatre Review: Love Affair With Baseball And a Lot of Big Ideas". New York Times. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
  4. ^ "Richard Greenberg". Contemporary Authors Online. Gale Biography In Context. Detroit: Gale. 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
  5. ^ a b Witchel, Alex (March 26, 2006). "A Dramatic Shut-In". New York Times Magazine. p. 47. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
  6. ^ Greenberg, Richard. A Romantic Career - A Novel (Thesis). Princeton University. Department of English.
  7. ^ Bryer, Jackson R. and Hartig, Mary C. "Richard Greenberg" The Facts on File Companion to American Drama, Infobase Publishing, 2010, ISBN 1438129661, p.207
  8. ^ Rich, Frank. "Stage: 'The Bloodletters,' a Comedy" The New York Times, December 7, 1984
  9. ^ Guernsey, Otis L. and Sweet, Jeffrey. "Eastern Standard" The Best Plays of 1988-1989: The Complete Broadway and Off-Broadway Sourcebook Hal Leonard Corporation, 1989, ISBN 1557830568, p. 172
  10. ^ "Richard Greenberg". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. 2012. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
  11. ^ Lawrence Van Gelder (May 9, 1998). "Arthur Miller Gets Award From PEN". New York Times. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  12. ^ Gans, Andrew. "Broadway's Breakfast at Tiffany's Sets Closing Date" November 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Playbill.com, April 15, 2013
  13. ^ McNulty, Charles. "A rich season for playwright Richard Greenberg", Los Angeles Times, April 27, 2013
  14. ^ Jones, Kenneth. "Richard Greenberg's Our Mother's Brief Affair Opens April 10 at South Coast Rep" Playbill.com, April 10, 2009
  15. ^ McNulty, Charles. "Review. 'Our Mother's Brief Affair'" Los Angeles Times, April 12, 2009
  16. ^ Clement, Olivia. "'Our Mother's Brief Affair', with Linda Lavin, Begins Previews on Broadway Tonight" Playbill.com, December 28, 2015
  17. ^ Viagas, Robert. "Verdict: How Were the Reviews for 'Our Mother's Brief Affair'? Playbill.com, January 20, 2016
  18. ^ The Babylon Line lct.org, accessed November 21, 2016
  19. ^ Gordon, David. "Josh Radnor and Elizabeth Reaser to Lead Richard Greenberg's 'The Babylon Line'" TheaterMania, July 21, 2016.
  20. ^ "Powerhouse Season attracts theater, TV stars". Poughkeepsie Journal. May 22, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  21. ^ Innes, Christopher (and others) editor, "Richard Greenberg" The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights (no page number), A&C Black, 2013, ISBN 1408134810
  22. ^ Portantiere, Michael. "The 2001-2002 Outer Critics Circle Award Winners" theatermania.com, April 29, 2002
  23. ^ "1998 Literary Award Winners" pen.org, accessed March 6, 2016
  24. ^ Rich, Frank. "Theater Review. 'Hunger Artist, Kafka in Life and Work" New York Times, February 27, 1987
  25. ^ Rich, Frank. "Theater review. 'The maderati' by Richard Greenberg" New York Times, February 20, 1987
  26. ^ Goodman, Walter. "Theater Review. Of Baseball, the Infinite and Various Kinds of Curves" New York Times, June 16, 1988
  27. ^ Rich, Frank. "Review/Theater; Stylish and Affluent Extra Man With Dark Views and Dark Plot" New York Times, May 20, 1992
  28. ^ Brantley, Ben. "Theater Review. 'Night and Her Stars', A Different Take On Quiz Scandals" New York Times, April 27, 1995
  29. ^ Richards, David. "Review/Theater; White Knights and Villains In the Quiz-Show Scandals" New York Times, March 16, 1994
  30. ^ Everett Beekin lct.org, accessed December 28, 2015
  31. ^ Oxman, Steve. "Review. Everett Beekin Variety, September 20, 2000
  32. ^ The Dance of Death ibdb.com, accessed January 21, 2016
  33. ^ Simonson, Robert. Death, Where Is Thy Closing? Jan. 13, McKellen and Mirren Dance Away" playbill.com, January 13, 2002
  34. ^ Brantley, Ben. "Theater Review. At Home With the Collyer Brothers" New York Times, March 6, 2002
  35. ^ Jones, Kenneth. "Richard Greenberg Crashes Capote's Ball in World Premiere, 'Bal Masque', in Busy Season for D.C.'s Theater J" playbill.com, July 13, 2005
  36. ^ Abarbanel, Jonathan. "Review: 'The Well-Appointed Room' backstage.com, February 8, 2006
  37. ^ Columbus,Curt; Murray, Thomas; Nedved, William. "Richard Greenberg: The Mind Lighting 'The Well-Appointed Room'" steppenwolf.org, 2005-2006, Vol. 2
  38. ^ The House in Town lct.org, accessed December 30, 2015
  39. ^ Breakfast at Tiffany's ibdb.com, accessed December 15, 2016

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For other people named Richard Greenberg see Richard Greenberg disambiguation Richard Greenberg born February 22 1958 is an American playwright and television writer known for his subversively humorous depictions of middle class American life He has had more than 25 plays premiere on and Off Broadway in New York City and eight at the South Coast Repertory Theatre in Costa Mesa California including The Violet Hour Everett Beekin and Hurrah at Last 1 2 Richard GreenbergBorn 1958 02 22 February 22 1958 age 65 East Meadow New York U S OccupationPlaywright television writerEducationPrinceton University BA Harvard UniversityYale University MFA Notable worksEastern Standard 1988 Three Days of Rain 1998 Take Me Out 2003 Notable awardsTony Award for Best PlayNew York Drama Critics Circle AwardDrama Desk AwardFinalist Pulitzer Prize for DramaOppenheimer AwardGreenberg is perhaps best known for his 2003 Tony Award winning play Take Me Out about the conflicts that arise after a Major League Baseball player nonchalantly announces to the media that he is gay The play premiered in London and ran in New York as the first collaboration between England s Donmar Warehouse and New York s Public Theater 3 After it transferred to Broadway in early 2003 Take Me Out won widespread critical acclaim for Greenberg and many prestigious awards Contents 1 Background and education 2 Career 2 1 Style 3 Awards and nominations 4 Works 4 1 Theatre 4 2 Television 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksBackground and education EditGreenberg grew up in East Meadow New York a middle class Long Island town in Nassau County east of New York City His father Leon Greenberg was an executive for New York s Century Theaters movie chain and his mother Shirley was a homemaker 4 Greenberg graduated from East Meadow High School in 1976 and went on to attend Princeton University where he graduated magna cum laude with an A B in English 5 As part of his degree Greenberg completed a 438 page senior thesis titled A Romantic Career A Novel 6 At Princeton Greenberg studied creative writing under Joyce Carol Oates and roomed with future Harvard economics professor Greg Mankiw Later he attended Harvard for graduate work in English and American literature but dropped out of the program when he was accepted to the Yale School of Drama s playwriting program in 1985 5 Career EditAlong with Take Me Out Greenberg s plays include The Dazzle The American Plan Life Under Water and The Author s Voice His adaptation of August Strindberg s Dance of Death ran on Broadway in 2002 starring Ian McKellen Helen Mirren and David Strathairn He received the George Oppenheimer Award presented by Newsday in 1985 for The Bloodletters produced off off Broadway while he was at Yale 7 8 9 In 1998 he was the first winner of the PEN Laura Pels Theater Award for a playwright in mid career 10 11 In 2013 Greenberg worked on three shows on Broadway an adaptation of Breakfast at Tiffany s 12 and The Assembled Parties and the book for the musical Far From Heaven which opened in June 2013 at Playwrights Horizons 13 His play Our Mother s Brief Affair premiered at the South Coast Repertory Theatre in Costa Mesa in April 2009 Directed by Pam MacKinnon the cast featured Jenny O Hara Matthew Arkin Arye Gross and Marin Hinkle This was a commission from the SCRT 14 15 The play opened on Broadway at the Samuel J Friedman Theatre produced by the Manhattan Theatre Club on December 28 2015 previews and officially on January 20 2016 starring Linda Lavin 16 17 His play The Babylon Line premiered Off Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater s Mitzi E Newhouse Theater on November 10 2016 in previews and officially on December 5 18 Directed by Terry Kinney the cast features Josh Radnor as a writing teacher and Elizabeth Reaser as his student 19 The play was first performed at New York Stage and Film amp Vassar College s Powerhouse Theater in June and July 2014 starring Radnor 20 Style Edit The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights describes Greenberg s most prominent interest as history and also the past He has a strong tendency to draw on historical characters or events the Lost Generation the Collyer Brothers the New York Yankees as sources for his material He is said to have a witty use of language 21 Awards and nominations EditTony Award Best PlayThe Assembled Parties 2013 nominee Take Me Out 2003 winner dd New York Drama Critics Circle Award Best American PlayTake Me Out 2003 Three Days of Rain 1998 Runner up dd Drama Desk Award Outstanding PlayThe Assembled Parties 2013 nominee Take Me Out 2003 winner dd Lucille Lortel Award Outstanding PlayTake Me Out 2003 winner The Dazzle 2002 nominee dd Drama League Award Best Play Take Me Out 2003 Outer Critics Circle Award 22 The Dazzle 2002 Outstanding Off Broadway Play winner John Gassner Award The Dazzle 2002 nominee dd Oppenheimer Award Best New Playwright The Bloodletters 1985 Molly Kazan Playwriting Award PEN Laura Pels Theater Award for an American Playwright in Mid Career 1998 23 Pulitzer Prize for DramaThree Days of Rain 1998 Finalist Take Me Out 2003 Finalist dd Works EditTheatre Edit 1984 The Bloodletters Ensemble Studio Theatre New York NY 1984 1985 Life Under Water Marathon 85 Series Ensemble Studio Theatre New York NY 1985 1986 Vanishing Act Marathon 86 Series Ensemble Studio Theatre New York NY 1986 1987 The Author s Voice amp Imagining Brad Greenwich House New York NY 1999 1987 The Hunger Artist based on stories and letters by Franz Kafka St Clement s New York NY 24 1987 The Maderati Playwrights Horizons February 19 1987 25 1987 Eastern Standard John Golden Theatre Broadway January 5 1989 1988 Neptune s Hips Marathon 88 Series Ensemble Studio Theatre New York NY 1988 26 1990 The American Plan Manhattan Theatre Club New York City Center Stage I December 4 1990 1992 The Extra Man Manhattan Theatre Club New York City Center Stage II April 28 1992 27 1992 Jenny Keeps Talking Manhattan Theatre Club New York City Center Stage II New York NY March 22 1993 1992 Pal Joey based on the musical by John O Hara revised book Huntington Theatre Company Boston MA 1992 1993 1994 Night And Her Stars Manhattan Theatre Club New York City Center Stage II March 29 1995 South Coast Repertory March 1994 28 29 1998 Three Days of Rain Manhattan Theatre Club New York City Center Stage II November 12 1997 1998 Hurrah at Last Roundabout Theatre Company Gramercy Theater New York NY June 3 1999 2000 Everett Beekin Lincoln Center Mitzi E Newhouse Theater November 14 2001 30 South Coast Repertory September 2000 31 2001 The Dance of Death Broadway 32 33 2002 The Dazzle Gramercy Theater New York NY March 5 2002 34 2002 Take Me Out Joseph Papp Public Theater New York NY September 5 2002 2003 The Violet Hour Steppenwolf Theater Company Chicago IL 2003 Manhattan Theatre Club Biltmore Theatre New York NY 2003 2005 A Naked Girl on the Appian Way 2006 Bal Masque Theatre J Washington D C 35 2006 The Well Appointed Room Steppenwolf Theater Company Chicago 36 37 2006 The House in Town Lincoln Center Mitzi E Newhouse Theater 38 2008 The Injured Party South Coast Repertory Theater Costa Mesa CA 2 2009 The American Plan revival Broadway 2009 Our Mother s Brief Affair South Coast Repertory Theater Costa Mesa CA 2013 Breakfast at Tiffany s Broadway Cort Theatre 39 2013 The Assembled Parties Broadway Manhattan Theatre Club 2015 Our Mother s Brief Affair Broadway Manhattan Theatre Club 2016 The Babylon Line Off Broadway Lincoln Center 2022 Take Me Out revival Broadway 2nd Stage Theater Television Edit 1989 Ask Me Again based on An Old Fashioned Story by Laurie Colwin American Playhouse PBS 1989 Life under Water based on his one act play PBS 1989 The Sad Professor Trying Times PBS 1990 The Sacrifice Tales from the Crypt 1991 Georgie through the Looking Glass Sisters NBC 1999 The Time the Millennium Approached Time of Your Life Fox See also EditLGBT culture in New York City List of LGBT people from New York CityReferences Edit Richard Greenberg 1958 Doollee s Complete Guide to the Playwright Plays Theatres and Agents 2003 Retrieved May 10 2012 a b Hernandez Ernio December 5 2007 South Coast Rep Nabs Another Greenberg World Premiere Comedy The Injured Party Playbill Retrieved May 30 2021 Brantley Ben February 28 2003 Theatre Review Love Affair With Baseball And a Lot of Big Ideas New York Times Retrieved May 10 2012 Richard Greenberg Contemporary Authors Online Gale Biography In Context Detroit Gale 2006 Retrieved May 5 2012 a b Witchel Alex March 26 2006 A Dramatic Shut In New York Times Magazine p 47 Retrieved May 5 2012 Greenberg Richard A Romantic Career A Novel Thesis Princeton University Department of English Bryer Jackson R and Hartig Mary C Richard Greenberg The Facts on File Companion to American Drama Infobase Publishing 2010 ISBN 1438129661 p 207 Rich Frank Stage The Bloodletters a Comedy The New York Times December 7 1984 Guernsey Otis L and Sweet Jeffrey Eastern Standard The Best Plays of 1988 1989 The Complete Broadway and Off Broadway Sourcebook Hal Leonard Corporation 1989 ISBN 1557830568 p 172 Richard Greenberg Internet Broadway Database The Broadway League 2012 Retrieved May 10 2012 Lawrence Van Gelder May 9 1998 Arthur Miller Gets Award From PEN New York Times Retrieved March 6 2016 Gans Andrew Broadway s Breakfast at Tiffany s Sets Closing Date Archived November 2 2013 at the Wayback Machine Playbill com April 15 2013 McNulty Charles A rich season for playwright Richard Greenberg Los Angeles Times April 27 2013 Jones Kenneth Richard Greenberg s Our Mother s Brief Affair Opens April 10 at South Coast Rep Playbill com April 10 2009 McNulty Charles Review Our Mother s Brief Affair Los Angeles Times April 12 2009 Clement Olivia Our Mother s Brief Affair with Linda Lavin Begins Previews on Broadway Tonight Playbill com December 28 2015 Viagas Robert Verdict How Were the Reviews for Our Mother s Brief Affair Playbill com January 20 2016 The Babylon Line lct org accessed November 21 2016 Gordon David Josh Radnor and Elizabeth Reaser to Lead Richard Greenberg s The Babylon Line TheaterMania July 21 2016 Powerhouse Season attracts theater TV stars Poughkeepsie Journal May 22 2014 Retrieved May 30 2021 Innes Christopher and others editor Richard Greenberg The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights no page number A amp C Black 2013 ISBN 1408134810 Portantiere Michael The 2001 2002 Outer Critics Circle Award Winners theatermania com April 29 2002 1998 Literary Award Winners pen org accessed March 6 2016 Rich Frank Theater Review Hunger Artist Kafka in Life and Work New York Times February 27 1987 Rich Frank Theater review The maderati by Richard Greenberg New York Times February 20 1987 Goodman Walter Theater Review Of Baseball the Infinite and Various Kinds of Curves New York Times June 16 1988 Rich Frank Review Theater Stylish and Affluent Extra Man With Dark Views and Dark Plot New York Times May 20 1992 Brantley Ben Theater Review Night and Her Stars A Different Take On Quiz Scandals New York Times April 27 1995 Richards David Review Theater White Knights and Villains In the Quiz Show Scandals New York Times March 16 1994 Everett Beekin lct org accessed December 28 2015 Oxman Steve Review Everett Beekin Variety September 20 2000 The Dance of Death ibdb com accessed January 21 2016 Simonson Robert Death Where Is Thy Closing Jan 13 McKellen and Mirren Dance Away playbill com January 13 2002 Brantley Ben Theater Review At Home With the Collyer Brothers New York Times March 6 2002 Jones Kenneth Richard Greenberg Crashes Capote s Ball in World Premiere Bal Masque in Busy Season for D C s Theater J playbill com July 13 2005 Abarbanel Jonathan Review The Well Appointed Room backstage com February 8 2006 Columbus Curt Murray Thomas Nedved William Richard Greenberg The Mind Lighting The Well Appointed Room steppenwolf org 2005 2006 Vol 2 The House in Town lct org accessed December 30 2015 Breakfast at Tiffany s ibdb com accessed December 15 2016External links EditRichard Greenberg Downstage Center interview at American Theatre Wing Everett Beekin at South Coast Repertory Playbill com on The Violet Hour The Old Globe San Diego Culturevulture net review of Take Me Out Richard Greenberg at the Internet Broadway Database Richard Greenberg at the Internet Off Broadway Database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Richard Greenberg amp oldid 1171914798, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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