Awards & Winners

Richard Pike Bissell

Date of Birth 27-June-1913
Place of Birth Dubuque
(Dubuque County, Iowa, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Richard Bissell
Profession Writer, Novelist, Author
Richard Pike Bissell was an American author of short stories and novels. One of which, 7½ Cents, was turned into the Broadway musical The Pajama Game. This won him the 1955 Tony Award for Best Musical. He wrote a book about the experience called Say, Darling, which chronicled the ins and outs of a broadway musical production and featured characters based on those he worked with; this book was also turned into a musical, also called Say, Darling, in 1958.

Awards by Richard Pike Bissell

Check all the awards nominated and won by Richard Pike Bissell.

1958


Nominations 1958 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Musical The Pajama Game

1955


Tony Award for Best Musical
Honored for : The Pajama Game