Awards & Winners

Martin Richards

Date of Birth 11-March-1932
Place of Birth The Bronx
(United States of America, New York City, New York)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Marty Richards, Martin Klein, Morton Richard Klein
Profession Film Producer, Theatrical producer
Martin Richards was a film producer. He won the Best Picture Academy Award for the production of Chicago. As a Broadway producer, he won three Tony Awards for Best Musical and one Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, out of 10 nominations. Richards and his late wife Mary Lea Johnson Richards helped with the founding of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Meals on Wheels. Richards also created the New York Center for Children to care for abused children and their families. Richards most recently produced the new musical "Big Maybelle: Soul of the Blues" starring Lillias White at The Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, New York, in the summer of 2012. Richards died on November 26, 2012 from cancer at the age of 80. The marquees of Broadway theatres were dimmed in his memory the night of November 27, 2012 at 7 p.m.

Awards by Martin Richards

Check all the awards nominated and won by Martin Richards.

2005


Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical
Honored for : La Cage aux Folles
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Honored for : La Cage aux Folles

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical La Cage aux Folles
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical La Cage aux Folles

2003


Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Honored for : Chicago

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Film Chicago
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Chicago

2002


Academy Award for Best Picture
Honored for : Chicago
PGA Producer of the Year Award for Motion Picture Producer of the Year
Honored for : Chicago

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
PGA Producer of the Year Award for Motion Picture Producer of the Year Chicago
Academy Award for Best Picture Chicago
Tony Award for Best Musical Sweet Smell of Success
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical Sweet Smell of Success

1997


Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical
Honored for : The Life

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Musical The Life
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical The Life

1991


Tony Award for Best Musical
Honored for : Will Rogers Follies
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical
Honored for : Will Rogers Follies

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Musical Will Rogers Follies
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical Will Rogers Follies

1990


Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Musical Grand Hotel
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical Grand Hotel

1985


Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Musical Grind

1984


Tony Award for Best Musical
Honored for : La Cage aux Folles

Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Musical La Cage aux Folles
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical La Cage aux Folles
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical La Cage aux Folles

1982


Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play Crimes of the Heart

1979


Tony Award for Best Musical
Honored for : Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical
Honored for : Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Musical Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street

1978


Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Musical On the Twentieth Century

1976


Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience
Honored for : The Norman Conquests: Table Manners
Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience
Honored for : The Norman Conquests: Living Together
Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience
Honored for : The Norman Conquests: Round and Round the Garden

Nominations 1976 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience The Norman Conquests: Round and Round the Garden
Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience The Norman Conquests: Living Together
Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience The Norman Conquests: Table Manners