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
- Newsmakers, 1996 Cumulation, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1997.
- Newsweek, November 3, 1997, p. 84N.*