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Richard Greenberg Biography (1958?-)

Born February 22, 1958 (some sources say 1959), in East Meadow, NY; son of Leon (an executive) and Shirley (a homemaker) Greenberg. Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Writer

Birth Details

February 22, 1958?

East Meadow, New York, United States

Famous Works

• WRITINGS
• Plays
• The Bloodletters, produced at Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York City, 1984
• Life under Water (one-act), produced at Marathon '85 SeriesA, Ensemble Studio Theatre, 1985, published by Dramatists Play Service, 1985
• Vanishing Act (one-act), produced at Marathon '86 Series B,Ensemble Studio Theatre, 1986, published by Dramatists Play Service, 1987
• The Maderati, Off-Broadway production, 1987, published by Dramatists Play Service, 1987
• The Author's Voice (one-act), produced at Ensemble Studio Theatre,New York City, 1987, published by Dramatists Play Service, 1987
• Neptune's Hips (one-act), produced at Marathon '88 Series A, Ensemble Studio Theatre, 1988
• Eastern Standard, produced at Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1988, then John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1989, published by Grove, 1989
• The American Plan, produced at Manhattan Theatre Club, 1990-1991,published by Dramatists Play Service, 1991
• The Extra Man, produced at Stage I, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1992
• Adaptor, Pal Joey (based on the musical by John O'Hara), producedat Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, MA, 1992-1993
• Jenny Keeps Talking, produced at Stage II, Manhattan Theatre Club,1993, published by Dramatists Play Service, 1993
• Night and Her Stars, produced at American Place Theatre, ManhattanTheatre Club, 1995, published by Dramatist's Play Service, 1997
• Three Days of Rain, produced at Manhattan Theatre Club, 1997-1998,then Donmar Warehouse, London, 1999, published by Dramatist's Play Service,1998
• Hurrah at Last, produced at Gramercy Theatre, New York City, 1999
• Imagining Brad, produced at Greenwich House, New York City, 1999
• (Adaptor) Dance of Death, produced at Broadhurst Theatre, New YorkCity, 2001-2002
• Everett Beekin, produced at Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, New York City, 2001-2002, published by Dramatists Play Service
• The Dazzle, produced at South Coast Repertory Theatre, Costa Mesa,CA, 2002, then New York City, 2002
• The Violet Hour, produced at Biltmore Theatre, New York City, 2003
• Take Me Out, produced at Public Theater, New York City, 2002, thenWalter Kerr Theatre, New York City, 2003-2004
• Mixed Media Productions
• The Hunger Artist (based on stories and letters by Franz Kafka), 1987
• Television Specials
• "Ask Me Again" (based on "An Old-Fashioned Story" by Laurie Colwin), American Playhouse, PBS, 1989
• Life under Water (based on his one-act stage play), PBS, 1989
• Teleplays
• Episodic
• "The Sad Professor," Trying Times, PBS, 1989
• "The Sacrifice," Tales from the Crypt, 1990
• "Georgie through the Looking Glass," Sisters, NBC, 1991
• "The Time the Millennium Approached," Time of Your Life, Fox, 1999

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• Contemporary Literary Criticism, Volume 57, Gale, 1990

Periodicals

• American Theatre, January, 1993, p. 29; March, 1998, p. 19