Martin Richards Biography (1932-)

Original name, Morton Richard Klein; born March 11, 1932; son of Sidney (a stockbroker) and Shirley (maiden name, Mandel) Klein; married Mary Lea Johnson(a producer), August 11, 1978 (died). Addresses: Office: c/o ProducerCircle Company, 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019; 9200 SunsetBlvd., Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Gender
Male
Occupation
Producer

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Stage Producer
  • Dylan, New York City, 1972
  • (With others) Chicago, Forty-Sixth Street Theatre, New York City,1975-1978
  • (With others) The Norman Conquests, Morosco Theatre, New York City, 1975-1976
  • (With others) Rockabye Hamlet, Minskoff Theatre, New York City, 1976
  • (With others) On the Twentieth Century, St. James Theatre, New York City, 1978, then Fisher Theatre, Detroit, MI, 1979, later Orpheum Theatre,San Francisco, CA, 1979
  • (With others) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, UrisTheatre, New York City, 1979-1980
  • (With others) Goodbye Fidel, New Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 1980
  • (With others) Crimes of the Heart, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1980, then John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1981-1982
  • (With Mary Lea Johnson and Francine LeFrak) March of the Falsettos, Playwrights Horizons Theatre, New York City, 1981, then Westside Arts/Cheryl Crawford Theatre, New York City, 1981-1982
  • (With others) A Dolls Life, Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City,1982
  • (With others) La cage aux folles, Palace Theatre, New York City, 1983-1987
  • (With others) Mayor, Latin Quarter Theatre, New York City, 1985, then Top of the Gate Theatre, New York City, 1985-1986
  • (With others) Grind, Mark Hellinger Theatre, 1985
  • (With the Schubert Organization) Roza, Royale Theatre, New York City, 1987
  • (With others) Grand Hotel: The Musical, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1989-1992
  • (With others) The Will Rogers Follies, Palace Theatre, 1991-1993
  • (With others) Sally Marr ... and Her Escorts, Helen Hayes Theatre,New York City, 1994
  • (With others) The Life, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1997-1998
  • (With others) Sweet Smell of Success, Martin Beck Theatre, 2002
  • Film Producer
  • (With John Lauricella) Some of My Best Friends Are ... (also knownas The Bar), American International, 1971
  • Fun and Games, 1973
  • L'image, 1976
  • (With Stanley O'Toole) The Boys from Brazil, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1978
  • The Shining (also known as Stanley Kubrick's The Shining),Warner Bros., 1980
  • (With Tom Fiorello) Fort Apache, the Bronx, Twentieth Century-Fox,1981
  • Chicago, Miramax, 2002
  • Television Appearances
  • Episodic
  • Interviewee, Behind the Movie (documentary), VH1, 2003