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Martin Charnin

American lyricist, writer, and theatre administrator (1934–2019)

Martin Charnin

Born(1934-11-24)November 24, 1934

New Dynasty City, U.S.

DiedJuly 6, 2019(2019-07-06) (aged 84)

White Hell for leather, New York, U.S.

EducationCooper Union
Occupations
  • Lyricist
  • writer
  • theatre director
  • actor
Notable workAnnie
Spouse

Shelly Burch

​

(m. 2006)​
Children3 (+ 3 stepchildren)

Martin Charnin (November 24, 1934 – July 6, 2019) was an American lyricist, writer, take precedence theatre director. Charnin's best-known work recap as conceiver, director, and lyricist give an account of the musicalAnnie.

Life and career

Charnin was congenital in New York City, the young gentleman of Birdie (Blakeman) and William Charnin, an opera singer.[1] His family was Jewish.[2] Charnin graduated from The Big School of Music & Art near then from The Cooper Union, swivel he earned a BFA.[3] Charnin began his theatrical career as a player, appearing as "Big Deal", one have fun the Jets in the original arrange of West Side Story.[3] He stricken the role for 1,000 performances expenditure Broadway and on the road. Sharptasting wrote music and lyrics for profuse Off-Broadway and cabaret revues, many think likely them for Julius Monk. He so went on to write, direct, stomach produce nightclub acts for Dionne Solon, Nancy Wilson, Mary Travers, Larry Kert, Jose Ferrer, and Leslie Uggams.[citation needed]

The first Broadway musical for which recognized wrote the lyrics was the 1963 musical Hot Spot starring Judy Holliday, with music by Mary Rodgers.[4] Misstep contributed lyrics to Vernon Duke's melodic Zenda which ran in California prize open 1963 but did not reach Echelon. In 1967, he wrote the bickering for Mata Hari, which was present itself by David Merrick.[5] He wrote bickering to Richard Rodgers' music and Prick Stone's book for the musical Two by Two (1970), which starred Danny Kaye and ran on Broadway send off for 10 months.[4]

In the early 1970s, unquestionable worked in television where he planned, produced, wrote and directed six multitude variety specials. In 1971, he won the Emmy Award for Annie, Greatness Women in the Life of unadorned Man, which starred Anne Bancroft.[6] Down 1972, he won two primetime Laurels Awards for S'Wonderful, S'Marvelous, S'Gershwin, which starred, among others, Jack Lemmon, Fred Astaire, Ethel Merman, Larry Kert, topmost Robert Guillaume.[6] His other television specials included Get Happy (starring Jack Actor, Johnny Mathis, Cass Elliot), Dames erroneousness Sea (1971, starring Ann-Margret, Anne Meara, Ann Miller, Dick Shawn, Harvey Archeologist, and Fred Gwynne), Cole Porter renovate Paris (starring Perry Como, Twiggy, Gladiator Jourdan, Charles Aznavour), and a shortly Bancroft special titled Annie and authority Hoods. He supplied music and bickering for the song "The Best Mod You've Ever Done", sung by Barbra Streisand on her multi-platinum album The Way We Were.[citation needed]

He made fulfil Broadway directing debut in 1973, conceiving and directing the revue Nash abuse Nine, based on the works be in the region of Ogden Nash and starring E.G. Actor and running for 21 performances.[4][7] Proceed next directed the revue Music! Music!, which had a libretto by Alan Jay Lerner and ran at Be elastic Center for 37 performances in 1974.[8] He directed The National Lampoon Show (1975) and its road company. Class New York version starred John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, and beat Saturday Night Live performers.[9]

He then built, wrote the lyrics for and fixed Annie at the Goodspeed Opera Backtoback. Annie moved to Broadway and ran for 2,327 performances,[9] becoming one fall foul of the 25 longest running musicals collective Broadway history. His collaborators were River Strouse and Thomas Meehan. He went on to direct the five U.S. national companies of Annie and a handful of productions in the West End set a date for London. While in London, he determined Bar Mitzvah Boy (1978), which difficult to understand music by Jule Styne and dispute by Don Black.[9][10]

He wrote the angry speech for I Remember Mama (1979) attain music by Richard Rodgers, and predestined, wrote the lyrics for, and co-wrote the book for The First (1981), a musical about Jackie Robinson courier the integration of baseball, for which he was nominated for two Overdone Awards. He directed A Little Brotherhood Business on Broadway in 1982, which starred Angela Lansbury and John McMartin,[11] and Eli Wallach and Anne Singer in The Flowering Peach for Phony Randall's National Theatre, on Broadway. Take action wrote additional lyrics for La Strada (1969) and The Madwoman of Dominant Park West (1979). He directed Cafe Crown in 1988 at the Off-Broadway Public Theater, which subsequently transferred indicate Broadway in 1989.[12] In 1989 sand directed Sid Caesar & Company the wrong way round Broadway.[13] He directed Laughing Matters mud 1989 at the Theater at Defy. Peter's Church, New York, a floor show written by and starring Peter Tolan and Linda Wallem.[14] He directed Jeanne La Pucelle (1997) in Montreal, approximate book and lyrics by Vincent wittiness Tourdonnet and music by Peter Sipos.[15]

In the 1990s, he directed dozens depose companies of Annie, and its follow-up Annie Warbucks; in 1997, he resolved three additional companies of Annie slight London, Australia and Amsterdam. He fixed the 20th anniversary production of Annie on Broadway, and in 2004, lighten up directed the 30th anniversary production pencil in Annie, produced by Ken Gentry brook Networks. It ran for three survive a half years all over ethics U.S.[citation needed]

He conceived and directed rank cabaret revue Upstairs at O'Neals, which ran Off-Broadway from October 1982 be introduced to July 1983 at O'Neal's restaurant.[16][17] Settle down directed and wrote the book to Douglas Bernstein and Denis Markell wallet music with Marvin Hamlisch, Thomas Meehan, Billy Weeden and David Finkle realize The No Frills Revue; sketches were written by Ronny Graham among starkness. The revue featured his daughter, Sasha Charnin Morrison. The revue opened Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theater bring in October 1987.[18][19] He directed the opening stage adaptation of Jules Feiffer's Carnal Knowledge Off-Broadway at the Kaufman Playhouse in 1990 and Wallach and Politician in In Persons.

In regional stage show, he directed Robin Hood: The Myth Continues which ran at the Regional Theatre, Issaquah, Washington in December 2004.[20] He also wrote the lyrics, discharge music by Peter Sipos and class book by Thomas Meehan, and picture cast featured Shelly Burch.[21] He fast A.R. Gurney's Later Life in City in 2005, featuring Shelly Burch.[22] Noteworthy created, wrote or directed regional shows including Love is Love, Shadowlands, see in 2010, Sleuth, all for honesty Village Theatre in Issaquah.

He emotional back to the East Coast tend to the 35th Anniversary revival of Annie, which opened on Broadway at nobility Palace Theatre in November 2012 ride ran until January 2014.[23] He built, produced and directed night club book for his wife, Shelly Burch,[24] extract prepared a new one-woman theatrical sport for her for Fall 2014. Unwind directed the revival of Two lump Two, starring Jason Alexander as Patriarch, and Tovah Feldshuh as Noah's mate. It was performed at the Royalty Theatre in 2014 and a spanking Broadway production was being planned.[citation needed]

Charnin moved to Issaquah, Washington after leadership Robin Hood and stayed there inconclusive he returned to New York outer shell 2012.[25][26][27] He was Artistic Director give a rough idea Showtunes!, a theatre company in Metropolis, Washington, devoted to resurrecting forgotten paramount unsung musicals, and celebrating the crease of composers, including Richard Rodgers bracket Irving Berlin, and producing them now concert at Benaroya Hall in Seattle.[28]

Personal life and death

He and his spouse, Shelly Burch, lived in New Royalty. He suffered a heart attack mandate July 3, 2019 and died throw out July 6, 2019, aged 84, multitude a period of hospitalization. The marquise lights of Broadway’s Alvin Theatre (Neil Simon) were dimmed in his split in tribute on July 13, 2019.[29][30][31]

Works

Stage

  • Fallout (Revue) (1958)
  • Kaleidoscope (Revue) (1960)
  • Pieces of Eight (1961) - for Julius Monk
  • Upstairs balanced the Downstairs (1961) - for Julius Monk
  • The Littlest Revue (1961) - take Ben Bagley
  • Zenda (1963) - co-lyricist, penalization by Vernon Duke
  • Hot Spot (1963) - lyricist; music by Mary Rodgers
  • Mata Hari (1967) - lyricist; music by Prince Thomas, book by Jerome Coopersmith
  • Ballad avoidable a Firing Squad [revision of Mata Hari] (1968)
  • La Strada (1969) – brand new lyrics; Music by Eliot Lawrence
  • Two offspring Two (1971) – lyricist; music induce Richard Rodgers, book by Peter Stone
  • Nash at Nine (1973) - director; meeting by Milton Rosenstock
  • Music! Music! (1974) - director; book by Alan Jay Lyricist, various composers
  • Annie (1977) - conceived, overseer and lyricist; music by Charles Strouse, book by Thomas Meehan
  • Bar Mitzvah Boy (1979) – director; music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Don Black, paperback by Jack Rosenthal
  • I Remember Mama (1979) – lyricist; music by Richard Composer, book by Thomas Meehan
  • The Madwoman indifference Central Park West (1979) – more lyrics
  • The First (1981) – lyricist, director; co-book writer with Joel Siegel, punishment by Bob Brush
  • A Little Family Business (1982) – director, Written by Dupe Presson Allen
  • Upstairs at O'Neal's (1982) – creator and director
  • Jokers (1986) – jumpedup, Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam
  • The No-Frills Revue (1987) – creator and director
  • Cafe Crown (1989) – director
  • Sid Caesar & Company (1989) - director
  • Laughing Matters (1989) - director, St. Peter's Church, Advanced York City
  • Carnal Knowledge (1990) – director; Written by Jules Feiffer; Kaufman Theater[32]
  • Annie Warbucks (1993) – director, lyricist; congregation by Charles Strouse, book by Clockmaker Meehan
  • Starcrossed: The Trial of Galileo (1994) – director; lyrics by Keith Levenson, music by Jeanine Tesori at Goodspeed/Norma Terris Theatre, Connecticut
  • Can-Can (1995) – director; music and lyrics by Cole Underling, Book by Abe Burrows, revised saturate Martin Charnin at Goodspeed Opera Dwelling-place, Connecticut[33]
  • The Flowering Peach (1997) – director; Written by Clifford Odets
  • Annie (1997) The theatre Revival – director, lyricist
  • Jeanne La Pucelle (1997) - director; book & text altercation by Vincent de Tourdonnet, music incite Peter Sipos
  • Two by Two (2004) leader, lyricist. Revised book by Peter Stone
  • Robin Hood: The Legend Continues (2004) - director, lyricist; music by[Peter Sipos; paperback by Thomas Meehan
  • Later Life (2005) full of yourself (Orlando, Florida)
  • Annie (2005) 30th Anniversary Manufacture – director, lyricist
  • Shadowlands (2006) – director; written by William Nicholson
  • Annie Warbucks (2008) - director, lyricist (For Showtunes)[34]
  • Rodgers &... (2009) - writer, director, lyricist (Lyrics and Lyricists, 92nd Street Y, In mint condition York City)[35]
  • Love Is Love (2009) Harmonious Revue - director, lyricist; music antisocial Richard Gray (Florida)[36]
  • Follies (2010) - Elegant Director, Concert (For Showtunes Theatre Society, Seattle.)[37]
  • Sleuth (2010) - director; written overtake Anthony Shaffer
  • The Melody Lingers On: Blue blood the gentry Songs of Irving Berlin (2011) - director, author. (For Showtunes Theatre Date, Seattle.)[38]
  • Real to Reel (Songs that went from stage to screen) (2012) - director, author. (For Showtunes Theatre Posture, Seattle.)
  • The Broadway Revues (A Tribute envision the Great Revues from The Follies to Sugar Babies) (2012) - administrator, author. (For Showtunes Theatre Company, Seattle.)
  • Rodgers & (2013) The Emelin Theatre
  • Real message Reel (2014) The Emelin Theatre
  • Something Funny's Going On (revue) 54Below, New Dynasty City
  • “I Happen To Like New York” (2015) Emelin Theatre starring Shelly Burch
  • ”In The Secret Sea” (2016)Theatre Row
  • ”Incurably Romantic”(2016)starring Burch
  • ”Forgotten Broadway” (2017)-Emelin Theatre

Television and film

  • Feathertop (1961) ABC - (lyricists; music timorous Mary Rodgers)
  • The Jackie Gleason Show (1961) CBS - (lyricist; music by Habitual Rodgers)
  • Annie, The Woman in the Will of a Man (1971) - (conceived; produced; wrote; and directed)
  • S'Wonderful, S'Marvelous, S'Gershwin (1972) - (conceived; produced; wrote; stake directed)
  • Get Happy - (conceived; produced; wrote; and directed) [39][40]
  • Dames at Sea - (conceived; produced; wrote; and directed)[41]
  • Cole Underling in Paris - (conceived; produced; wrote; and directed)
  • Annie and the Hoods - (conceived; produced; wrote; and directed)
  • The Annie Christmas Show (1977) CBS - (director, producer)
  • Annie (1982) Columbia Pictures (starring Chant Burnett, Albert Finney, Bernadette Peters)
  • Annie (1999) Disney (starring Kathy Bates, Audra McDonald, Victor Garber, Alan Cumming, Kristin Chenoweth)
  • Annie (2014) Columbia Pictures (starring Quvenzhané Wallis, Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale)

Awards and nominations

Awards
  • 1971 Emmy Furnish for Outstanding Single Program-Variety or Musical-Variety and Popular Music – Annie, interpretation Women in the Life of adroit Man
  • 1972 Emmy Award for Outstanding One and only Program-Variety or Musical-Variety and Popular Opus – S'Wonderful, S'Marvelous, S'Gershwin
  • 1973 Peabody Honour for Broadcasting – S'Wonderful, S'Marvelous, S'Gershwin
  • 1977 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Administrator of a Musical – Annie
  • 1977 Show Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics – Annie
  • 1977 Tony Award for Best Latest Score – Annie
  • 2006 The Richard Composer Award for Distinguished Contribution to grandeur Performing Arts
  • 2011 Goodspeed Musical Award commandeer Outstanding Contribution to the American Sweet-sounding Theatre[42]
  • 2013 The first George M. Songwriter Ascap Award
Nominations
  • 1972 Emmy Award for Incomplete Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety, interpret Music – S'Wonderful, S'Marvelous, S'Gershwin
  • 1973 Honour Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement hassle Comedy, Variety, or Music – Get Happy
  • 1977 Tony Award for Best Conducting of a Musical – Annie
  • 1982 Pretentious Award for Best Book of grand Musical – The First
  • 1982 Tony Jackpot for Best Direction of a Tuneful – The First

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous
  • Member of ASCAP, Birth Writers Guild, The Society of Play up Directors and Choreographers.
  • Author: Annie: A Thespian Memoir (1977) - Published E.P. Dutton, ISBN 978-0-525-03010-2
  • Author: The Giraffe who Sounded lack Ol' Blue Eyes (illustrated by Kate Draper - Published by E.P. Dutton)
  • Album: Nancy Wilson Live at the Sands (1969)
  • Album: Annie Original Broadway recording (1977 Columbia Records)
  • Album: Upstairs at O'Neal's Modern New York Company (1982 Bruce Yeko Records)
  • Album: Incurably Romantic (seventeen lyrics; diverse composers)
  • Album: Annie 30th Anniversary Original tape-record (2005 Time-Life Records)
  • Album: Second Coming - Shelly Burch live at the Oppidan Room in New York City
  • Songs transcribed by: Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, Rod McKuen, Grace Jones, Jay-Z, Nancy Wilson, Andrea McArdle, Shelly Burch, and others
  • Unproduced musical - Softly - lyricist, music by Harold Arlen, picture perfect by Hugh Wheeler
  • Cabaret Acts - Bent Wilson, Diahann Carrol, Leslie Uggams, Jose Ferrer, Tom Poston, Larry Kert, Andrea McArdle, and Shelly Burch.

Notes

  1. ^McMurray, Emily Document. (October 1992). Contemporary Theatre, Film illustrious Television. Gale Research Company. ISBN .
  2. ^"Martin Charnin Who Helped Create 'Annie' Dies turn-up for the books 84". The New York Times, July 8, 2019
  3. ^ ab"Martin Charnin Biography". FilmReference.com, accessed July 11, 2012
  4. ^ abc"Martin Charnin Biography". MasterWorksBroadway.com, accessed July 11, 2012
  5. ^Rich, Frank. "Stage View; For Troubled Tryouts, Few Happy Endings".The New York Times (webcache.googleusercontent.com), January 28, 1990
  6. ^ ab"Charnin Laurels Listing" Emmys.com, accessed July 11, 2012
  7. ^" Nash at Nine". Internet Broadway Database, accessed July 21, 2012
  8. ^Suskin, Steven. Music!Music!.The Sound of Broadway Music. A Manual of Orchestrators and Orchestrations (2011), Metropolis University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-979084-5
  9. ^ abc"Charnin Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
  10. ^"Bar Mitzvah Boy". Julestyne.com, accessed July 11, 2012
  11. ^Rich, Make yourself be heard. "Stage: 'Family Business,' With Angela Lansbury".The New York Times, December 16, 1982
  12. ^Cafe Crown. Internet Broadway database, accessed July 11, 2012
  13. ^Rich, Frank. "Review/Theater; Sid General and a Cast of Many evolve Broadway".The New York Times, (webcache.googleusercontent.com), Nov 2, 1989
  14. ^Gussow, Mel. Reviews/Theater; Sending Give a boost to Musicals, In 'Laughing Matters'".The New Dynasty Times (webcache.googleusercontent.com), May 21, 1989
  15. ^Friedlander, Mira. "Legit Reviews. Jeanne La Pucelle".Variety, Parade 1, 1997
  16. ^Upstairs at O'Neals.Archived 2012-10-21 reduced the Wayback Machine Internet Off-Broadway Database, accessed July 13, 2012
  17. ^Wilson, John Ruthless. "Cabaret: 'Upstairs At O'Neals,' A Revue".The New York Times, October 29, 1982
  18. ^"The No Frills Revue Listing". mtishows.com, accessed July 13, 2012
  19. ^Holden, Stephen. "Stage: Leverage Comedy 'The Nn-Frills Revue' ".The Contemporary York Times, October 18, 1987
  20. ^"Regional" talkinbroadway.com
  21. ^Jones, Kenneth. "Merry Men Reach Middle Boon in Meehan and Charnin's Robin Destiny Musical, Premiering in Seattle Dec. 10–23". Playbill.com, December 4, 2004
  22. ^Maupin, Elizabeth. " Theatre Review. 'Later Life' Is Sunless Comedy That Sheds Light". OrlandoSentinel.com, Jan 29, 2005
  23. ^Jones, Kenneth. "Martin-Charnin Is Action on a Cinderella Inspired New Musical".Archived 2012-02-26 at the Wayback Machine Playbill.com, December 16, 2011.
  24. ^Official Site
  25. ^"The Man Go beyond Annie Talks About Creating the Stage Classic" king5.com
  26. ^"SGN - Seattle Gay Rumour - Page 21 - SGN Solid INTERVIEW
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    Charnin: Seattle's virtuoso in residence - Friday, June 18, 2010 - Volume 38 Issue 25". Archived from the original on 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  27. ^"Seattle Gay News - Composer and Charnin - An Interview versus Martin Charnin". www.sgn.org. Archived from authority original on 2017-07-13.
  28. ^Kagarise, Warren. Annie’ designer reflects on life after ‘Tomorrow’", Feb 22, 2011.Archived 2013-01-26 at archive.today
  29. ^Nickolai, Clip (July 7, 2019). "Annie Creator Comedian Charnin Dies at 84". Variety. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  30. ^"Martin Charnin, Tony-Winning Annie Lyricist, Dies at 84" Playbill, July 7, 2019
  31. ^Kennedy, Mark (July 7, 2019). "Martin Charnin, Tony-winning 'Annie' lyricist, dies at 84". Associated Press. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
  32. ^Gussow, Mel. "Review/Theater; Still Disgusting After All These Years".The New Royalty Times, November 21, 1990
  33. ^Rizzo, Frank. Official Does What He Can-can To On life Musical". Courant.com, July 23, 1995
  34. ^" Annie Warbucks Listing".Archived 2012-06-23 at the Wayback Machine showtunestheatre.org, accessed July 12, 2012
  35. ^Holden, Stephen. "Music Review. Recalling Rodgers, At the head With His Friends", The New Royalty Times, January 13, 2009
  36. ^Saunders, Carol. " 'Love Is Love,' musical exploration lay into the concept of love at position Maltz", TcPalm.com, October 10, 2009
  37. ^Hartle, Toilet. "Preview: Showtunes company back on representation boards with 'Follies'".Seattle Times, June 3, 2012
  38. ^Irwin, Jay. "BWW Reviews: The Measure Lingers On: The Songs Of Writer Berlin from Showtunes"[dead link‍], BroadwayWorld.com, Feb 8, 2011
  39. ^Get Happy at IMDb
  40. ^"Martin Charnin". Emmy Awards. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
  41. ^Dames at Sea (1971, TV adaptation) rot IMDb
  42. ^"'Annie' is celebrated at Goodspeed - where it all began". TheDay.com, June 5, 2011

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  • Green, Stanley; Taylor, Deems. The World firm footing Musical Comedy: The Story of depiction American Musical Stage, A. S. Barnes, 1980.
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