Richard Nelson - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	17-October-1950
Place of Birth	Chicago (Illinois, United States of America, Chicago metropolitan area, Area code 872)
Nationality	United States of America
Also know as	Richard John Nelson
Profession	Playwright, Librettist, Screenwriter, Writer
Richard John Nelson is an American playwright and librettist. He wrote the books for the Tony Award-winning musicals James Joyce's The Dead, the Broadway version of Chess, as well as the critically acclaimed play cycle The Apple Family Plays.

Awards by Richard Nelson

Check all the awards nominated and won by Richard Nelson.

2014

Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play	Regular Singing

2013

Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play	Sorry

2002

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play	Franny's Way

2000

Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical

Honored for : James Joyce's The Dead

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Original Score	James Joyce's The Dead
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical	James Joyce's The Dead

1992

Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play	Two Shakespearean Actors

1990

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy	Some Americans Abroad

1983

Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada	(Drama & Performance Art)

1980

Obie Award for Special Citations	(For innovative programming at the BAM Theatre Company)

1979

Obie Award for Playwriting	Honored for : Vienna Notes

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