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

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