Awards & Winners

Richard Nelson

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

1980


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

1979


Obie Award for Playwriting
Honored for : Vienna Notes