Richard Nelson
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About
Author of the Tony Award-winning musical adaptations of James Joyce's The Dead and the Broadway version of Chess.
Before Fame
He grew up watching musical theater in Detroit and claims to have seen roughly twenty five musicals before seeing his first "straight" play.
Trivia
He was the chair of the playwriting department at the Yale School of Drama from 2005 to 2008.
Family Life
He has daughters named Zoe and Jocelyn.
Associated With
His 2007 play Frank's Home chronicled two days in the life of architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
