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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Martin Charnin Biography (1934-)
Full name, Martin Jay Charnin; born November 24, 1934, in New York, NY; son of William (a Metropolitan opera singer) and Birdie (maiden name, Blakeman) Charnin; married Lynn Ross (a West Side Story dancer), March 2, 1958 (divorced, 1961); married Genii Prior (a West Side Story dancer), January8, 1962 (divorced); married Jade Hobson (a fashion director for Vogue,
Mirabella, and New York Magazine), December, 1984; children:(first marriage) Randy; (second marriage) Sasha (a daughter). Education: Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, B.A., 1956. Addresses:
Office-- c/o Richard Ticktin, Esq., 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10105-0302. Career: Director, lyricist, composer, writer, and producer. Began career as a "Jet" in the original production of West Side Story. Author and director of nightclub acts for various performers, including Diahann Carroll, Abbe Lane, Dionne Warwick, Nancy Wilson, Leslie Uggams, Jose Ferrer, Larry Kert, and Andrea McArdle. Member: American Guild of Authors and Composers, Directors Guild of America, Writers Guildof America, Dramatists Guild, Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (executive board member), National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, NewYork Theatre Actors Society, American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers. Awards, Honors: Emmy Award, outstanding variety or musical program, 1970, for Annie, the Woman in the Life of a Man; Emmy Awards, outstanding single program--variety or musical, and outstanding director--comedy, variety, or music special (with Walter C. Miller), and Emmy Award nomination, outstanding writing--comedy, variety, or music special, 1972, all for "Jack Lemmon in S'Wonderful, S'Marvelous, S'Gershwin," Bell System Family Theatre; gold record, Recording Industry Association of America, 1972, for "The Best Thing You've Ever Done"; Emmy Award nomination (with Dave Wilson), outstanding director--comedy, variety, or music special, 1973, for Jack Lemmon--Get Happy; Drama Desk Awards, best lyrics and bestdirector of a musical, 1977, Antoinette Perry Award, best score of a Broadwaymusical, Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best director of a Broadway musical, and New York Drama Critics Circle Award, best new musical, 1977, all forAnnie; Grammy Award, best cast show album (with Charles Strouse), 1977, for Annie; Antoinette Perry Award nominations, best book of a musical and best direction of a musical, 1981, both for The First; gold andplatinum records for stage and film albums of Annie; Standard Award,most performed song of the decade, American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, for "Tomorrow." Addresses: Office: c/o Richard Ticktin,Esq., 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10105-0302.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Director, lyricist, composer, writer, producer
- Birth Details
- November 24, 1934
- New York, New York, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Stage Director, Except Where Indicated
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Kaleidoscope Revue, Provincetown Playhouse, Boston, MA, 1957
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Ballad for a Firing Squad, Theatre de Lys, New York City, 1968
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Nash at Nine(adaptation of the work of Ogden Nash), Helen Hayes Theatre, New York City, 1973
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Music! Music!, City Center Theatre, New York City, 1974
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The National Lampoon Show, New Palladium, New York City, 1975
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Annie, Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1977-81 American National Theatre Academy, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, and Uris Theatre, all New York City, 1981 later Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1996
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Bar Mitzvah Boy, London, England, 1978
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The First, Martin Beck Theatre, 1981
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A Little Family Business, Ahmanson Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, then Martin Beck Theatre, both 1982
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Martin Charnin's Upstairs at O'Neal's(also known as Upstairs at O'Neal's and Upstairs), O'Neal's Forty-third Street Theatre, New York City, 1982
- Production supervisor, On the Swing Shift, Manhattan Theatre Club/Downstage, New York City, 1982
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A Backer's Audition, Manhattan Theatre Club/Upstage, New YorkCity, 1983-84 later American Jewish Theatre, New York City, 1992
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Jokers, Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, CT, 1986-87
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No Frills Revue, Musical Theatre Works, City Stage Company Theatre, New York City, 1987 then Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, 1987-88
- Production supervisor, Mike, Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia,PA, 1987-88
- (And adapter) Cafe Crown, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City,1989
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Laughing Matters, Arts Common at St. Peter's Church, New YorkCity, 1989
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Sid Caesar and Company: Does Anybody Know What I'm Talking About?, John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1989
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Annie Two: Miss Hannigan's Revenge, John F. Kennedy Center forthe Performing Arts, Washington, DC, 1989-90
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Annie Warbucks, Goodspeed Opera House, 1990 then Marriot Hotel Theatre, Lincolnshire, England, 1992 later Drury Lane Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1992then San Bernardino, CA, 1993 and Variety Arts Theatre, New York City, 1993-94
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Winchell, Depot Theatre, Westport, NY, 1991 then Brooks Atkinson Theatre Workshop, New York City, 1991
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Carnal Knowledge, Kaufman Theatre, New York City, 1991
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In Persons, Kaufman Theatre, New York City, 1993
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The Flowering Peach, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1994
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Starcrossed: The Trial of Galileo, Goodspeed-at-Chester/Norma Terris Theatre, East Haddam, CT, 1994
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Loose Lips: A Dangerous Revue, Triad Theatre, New York City, 1995later at The Eighty Eights, New York City, 1998
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Mata Hari, York Theatre Company, New York City, 1995 later St. Peter's Church, 1996
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Annie Warbucks at Goodspeed, Mata Hari, NY, 1996
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Can-Can, Goodspeed Opera House, 1995
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Jeanne La Pucelle, Place des Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1997
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Annie, Netherlands production, 1997-98
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Josephine,1998-99
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Stage Appearances
- Big Deal, West Side Story, Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, 1957 later Winter Garden Theatre, 1960
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The Girls against the Boys, Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1959
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Television Work
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Specials
- Producer, Annie, the Woman in the Life of a Man, CBS, 1970
- Director (with Walter C. Miller) and producer, George M!, NBC, 1970
- Producer, Dames at Sea, NBC, 1972
- Director (with Walter C. Miller) and producer, "Jack Lemmon in 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin," Bell System Family Theatre, NBC, 1972
- Producer and creator, Cole Porter in Paris, NBC, 1973
- Director (with Dave Wilson) and producer, Jack Lemmon--Get Happy(also known as Get Happy: The Music of Harold Arlen), NBC, 1973
- Director and producer, Annie and the Hoods, ABC, 1974
- Producer, George M!, CBS, 1976
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The Annie Christmas Show,1977
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C'mon Saturday,1977
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Pilots
- Produced pilot for Children's Television Workshop, 1973.
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Television Appearances
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Specials
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Broadway Plays Washington, PBS, 1982
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Music by Richard Rodgers, PBS, 1990
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Turning Point, ABC, 1997
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The Finding of Annie,1997
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Pilots
- Judge, Opryland: Night of Stars and Future Stars, NBC, 1981
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WRITINGS
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Song Lyrics for the Stage
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Kaleidoscope Revue, Provincetown Playhouse, Boston, MA, 1957
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Fallout Revue, Renata Theatre, New York City, 1959
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Pieces of Eight, Upstairs at the Downstairs Theatre, New York City, 1959
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Hot Spot, Majestic Theatre, New York City, 1963
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Zenda, Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, Los Angeles, CA, 1963
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Mata Hari, National Theatre, Washington, DC, 1967 then York Theatre Company, New York City, 1995
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Ballad for a Firing Squad, Theatre de Lys, 1968
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Two by Two, Imperial Theatre, New York City, 1970-71
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Annie(includes song "Tomorrow"), Alvin Theatre, 1977-81 later American National Theatre Academy, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, and Uris Theatre,all New York City, 1981
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I Remember Mama, Majestic Theatre, 1979
- (With others) The Madwoman of Central Park West, Twenty-two StepsTheatre, New York City, 1979
- (With others) Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, Nederlander Theatre, New York City, 1980-81
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The First, Martin Beck Theatre, 1981
- (And composer) Sid Caesar and Company: Does Anybody Know What I'mTalking About?, John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1989
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Annie Two: Miss Hannigan's Revenge, John F. Kennedy Center forthe Performing Arts, 1989-90
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Annie Warbucks, Goodspeed Opera House, 1990 then Marriot Hotel Theatre, 1992 later Drury Lane Theatre, 1992 then San Bernardino, CA, 1993 and Variety Arts Theatre, 1993-94
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Winchell, Depot Theatre, then Brooks Atkinson Theatre Workshop, both 1991
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Hey, Love, The Eighty Eights, New York City, 1993
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Annie Warbucks at Goodspeed, Mata Hari, NY, 1996
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Annie: A Twentieth Anniversary Revival, Martin Beck Theatre, 1997
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Josephine,1998-99
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Major Tours
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Little Revue,1960
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Zenda, California cities, 1963
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Annie, U.S. cities and London, England, beginning in 1978
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Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, U.S. cities, beginning in 1982
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Librettos for the Stage
- (With others) Kaleidoscope Revue, Provincetown Playhouse, 1957
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Fallout Revue, Renata Theatre, 1959
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Wet Paint, Renata Theatre, 1965
- (With Joel Siegel) The First, Martin Beck Theatre, 1981
- (With Keith Levinson) Winchell, Depot Theatre and Brooks AtkinsonTheatre Workshop, both 1991
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CanCan(revision of Abe Burrows original), Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, CT, 1995
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Story Ideas for the Stage
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Nash at Nine(adaptation of the work of Ogden Nash), Helen Hayes Theatre, 1973
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Upstairs, O'Neal's Forty-third Street Theatre, 1982
- (With Douglas Bernstein and Denis Markell) A Backer's Audition, Manhattan Theatre Club/Upstage, 1983-84 later American Jewish Theatre, 1992
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No Frills Revue, Musical Theatre Works, City Stage Company Theatre, 1987 then Cherry Lane Theatre, 1987-88
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Josephine,1998-99
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Television Songs Lyrics
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Specials
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Feathertop, ABC, 1961
- (With others) Annie, the Woman in the Life of a Man, CBS, 1970
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Televison Song Lyrics
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Episodic
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The Jackie Gleason Show, CBS, 1961
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That's Life, ABC, 1965
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Movies
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Annie: A Royal Adventure(also known as Annie II and Little Orphan Annie), ABC, 1995
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Annie, ABC, 1999
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Teleplays
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Specials
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George M!, NBC, 1970
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Dames at Sea, NBC, 1972
- "Jack Lemmon in 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin," Bell System Family Theatre, NBC, 1972
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Jack Lemmon--Get Happy(also known as Get Happy: The Music of Harold Arlen, NBC, 1973
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Cole Porter in Paris, NBC, 1973
- (With others) Annie and the Hoods, ABC, 1974
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The Annie Christmas Show,1977
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C'mon Saturday,1977
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Film Songs
- Songs, Annie, Columbia, 1982
- "Tomorrow," Ishtar, Columbia, 1987
- "Tomorrow," Dave, Warner Bros., 1993
- "Tomorrow," Serial Mom, Savoy Pictures, 1994
- "Tomorrow," Pushing Tin, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
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Film Scores
- (With others), He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin', Direct Cinema Limited, Inc./Edgar J. Scherick Associates, 1983
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Song Lyrics
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Cast Albums
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Two by Two, Columbia, 1970
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Annie(stage show cast album), Columbia, 1977
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I Remember Mama, Columbia, 1978
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The First, S. French, 1983
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I Remember Mama, Rogers and Hammerstein Theatre Library, 1984
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Martin Charnin's Upstairs at O'Neal's(also known as Upstairs at O'Neal's and Upstairs), Painted Smiles Records, 1983
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You're Never Fully Dressed without a Smile: From the Musical Production Annie,1996
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Incurably Romantic(original cast album), 1997
- Work also included on the Annie film soundtrack album.
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Singles
- Lyricist for songs, including "The Best Thing You've Ever Done," 1972, "Maman," "Arianne," and "That's a Fine Kind of Freedom."
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Juvenile Fiction
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The Giraffe Who Sounded Like Ol' Blue Eyes, illustrated by Kate Draper, Dutton (New York City), 1976
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Nonfiction
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Annie: A Theatre Memoir, Dutton, 1977
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals:
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Back Stage, November 30, 1990 , p. 13; December 21, 1990, p. 24; January 3, 1992, p. 3; January 26, 1996, p. 17.
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The Economist, February 10, 1990 , p. 93.
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People Weekly, January 29, 1990 , p. 79.
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