Richard Nelson

Richard Nelson has written 15 shows including Chess (Bookwriter), Some Americans Abroad (Playwright), Some Americans Abroad (Playwright), Two Shakespearean Actors (Playwright), James Joyce's The Dead (Lyricist), My Life With Albertine (Bookwriter), Rodney's Wife (Playwright), Frank's Home (Playwright), Conversations in Tusculum (Playwright), Paradise Found (Bookwriter), Sorry (Playwright), Hungry (Playwright), What Did You Expect? (Writer), Women Of a Certain Age (Writer), The Michaels (Playwright).

Richard Nelson has received numerous nominations and awards throughout his career. He was honored with a Special Citation from the Obie Awards for The Rhinebeck Panorama. Additionally, he received another Special Citation from the Obie Awards for The Rhinebeck Panorama. He was nominated for Outstanding Director of a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for What Did You Expect?/Women of a Certain Age and for Outstanding Play for Regular Singing. Nelson also earned a Special Citation from the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for the Apple Family Plays. He is a Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee at The Lortels and was nominated for Outstanding Play at the Drama Desk Awards for Sorry and Franny's Way. His work on James Joyce's The Dead garnered him several nominations, including Best Musical from the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards, Outstanding Director of a Musical from the Outer Critics Circle Awards, Best Book of a Musical from the Tony Awards, and Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre from the Tony Awards. He was also nominated for Best Play at the Tony Awards for Two Shakespearean Actors and received the Comedy of the Year award from the Olivier Awards for Some Americans Abroad. In terms of lighting design, Nelson was nominated for Outstanding Lighting Design at the Drama Desk Awards for Sunday in the Park with George, as well as for Death of Von Richtofen as Witnessed from Earth and Morning's at Seven. He also received a Lighting Design nomination from The Hewes Awards for Sunday in the Park with George and a Best Lighting Design nomination from the Tony Awards for the same production.

Richard Nelson has received several prestigious awards throughout his career. He won a Special Citation from the Obie Awards for The Rhinebeck Panorama and another Special Citation from the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for the Apple Family Plays. He is also a Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee at The Lortels. His play Franny's Way earned him the Outstanding Play award from the Drama Desk Awards. Additionally, he received the Best Musical award from the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for James Joyce's The Dead. Nelson was honored with the BBC Award for Play of the Year (Olivier Awards) for Goodnight Children Everywhere and won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for James Joyce's The Dead. He also received the Outstanding Lighting Design award from the Drama Desk Awards for Sunday in the Park with George, as well as the Lighting Design award from The Hewes Awards and the Best Lighting Design award from the Tony Awards for the same production.