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Richard Adler Biography (1921-)

Born August 3, 1921, in New York, NY; son of Clarence and Elsa Adrienne (Richard) Adler; married Marion Hart (divorced); married Sally Ann Howes (divorced); children: (first marriage) Andrew H., Christopher E. (deceased). Addresses: Office--8 East 83rd St., New York, NY 10028.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

August 3, 1921

New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; Stage Work
• Producer and director, New York's Broadway Salute for President Kennedy,National Guard Armory, Washington, DC, then Madison Square Garden, New York City, both 1962.
• Producer and director, Inaugural Anniversary Salute for President Kennedy, National Guard Armory, then Madison Square Garden, both 1963.
• Producer and director, Washington Salutes President Johnson, National Guard Armory, 1964, produced as New York Salutes President Johnson, Madison Square Garden, 1964.
• Coproducer, Music Is, St. James Theatre, New York City, 1976.
• Also coproducer, The Sin of Pat Muldoon, New York City, 1957; director, Inaugural Gala for President Lyndon B. Johnson, Washington, DC, 1965; coproducer, The Pajama Game, New York City, 1973; producer, Rex, New York City, 1976;jazz ballets include Eight by Adler, 1984, and Chicago, 1987.
• Credits; Television Work; Episodic
• Producer, "Olympus 7-0000," Stage 67, ABC, 1966.
• Credits; Other Television Work
• Coproducer of Little Women and Gift of the Magi, both 1959.
• Credits; Albums
• Damn Yankees, RCA, 1955, Polygram, 1994.
• The Pajama Game, Columbia, 1959.
• (With the Utah Symphony Orchestra) Wilderness Suite, RCA Red Seal, 1983.
• (With the Detroit Symphony Orchestra) Wilderness Suite, RCA Red Seal, 1983.
• The Lady Remembers, the Statue of Liberty Suite, RCA Red Seal, 1986.
• Also recorded Little Women and Gift of the Magi, both 1959.
• Writings;For Stage
• Composer, Music Is, St. James Theatre, 1976.
• Composer and lyricist (with Jerry Ross), John Murray Anderson's Almanac,New York City, 1953; The Pajama Game, New York City, 1954, then London, 1955;and Damn Yankees, New York City, 1955, then London, 1957. Sole composer andlyricist, Kwamina, New York City, 1961; and A Mother's Kisses, New York City,1968.
• Writings; For Films
• Composer and lyricist (with Ross), The Pajama Game, Warner Bros., 1957.
• Composer and lyricist (with Ross), Damn Yankees, Warner Bros., 1958.
• Writings; For Television
• Composer and lyricist, "Olympus 7-0000," Stage 67, ABC, 1966.
• Composer and lyricist for Little Women and Gift of the Magi, both 1957. The jazz ballet Eight by Adler was broadcast in 1984.
• Writings; Other Compositions
• Memory of a Childhood, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Detroit, MI, 1978.
• Retrospectrum, Soviet Emigre Chamber Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 1979.
• Yellowstone Overture, American Philharmonic Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, 1980.
• Wilderness Suite, Symphony Hall, Salt Lake City, UT, 1983.
• The Lady Remembers, the Statue of Liberty Suite, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, 1985.
• Other compositions include Yellowstone (a brass quartet), 1981.
• Writings; Books
• You Gotta Have Heart (autobiography), Donald I. Fine (New York City), 1990.