Book, Music and Lyrics by
Ed Dixon

An adaptation of the play by
A.R. Gurney

Presented by PREMIERES in May 2001
at the Clark Studio Theater in the Rose Building
at Lincoln Center

Directed by
Jack Cummings III

with music direction by
Constantine Kitsopoulos

and lighting design by
Neil Peter Jampolis

CAST
Stephen Bogardus, James Hindman, Kirk McDonald,
Maureen Moore, Mary Beth Peil, Charles Pistone,
Juliet Lambert Pratt, Anne Runolfsson, Lynne Winterstellar.

Casting Director: Alan Filderman

 
SYNOPSIS

Based on the famous poem of the same name by Edwin Arlington Robinson, the musical tells the story of the midlife disintegration of an impeccable, wealthy gentleman lawyer. Dixon places Richard within a thoroughly musical world, but he is relegated almost entirely to nonmusical speech, framing his incurable isolation.

RICHARD CORY was originally commissioned by Playwrights Horizons with a grant from Harold and Mimi Steinberg.  After its initial development in the 1997 National Music Theater Conference at the O’Neill Theater Center, it was produced by Lyric Stage in Irving, Texas prior to its New York debut with PREMIERES. In 2005 Richard Cory was subsequently produced by the 2005 New York Musical Theatre Festival.

 
BIOGRAPHIES
ED DIXON: His many Broadway credits include General Wetjoen in The Iceman Cometh, Senator Carlin in The Best Man, The Baker in Cyrano, Thenardier in Les Miserables, Cardinal Richelieu in The Three Musketeers and Ozzy in The Scarlet Pimpernel. On tour he was the Governor of Texas in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, with Ann-Margret, Charlemagne in Pippin with Ben Vereen and Max in Sunset Boulevard for which he was nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award.  Off-Broadway he played opposite Bebe Neuwirth in Here Lies Jenny, starred in Kathie Lee Gifford’s Under the Bridge, and wrote and played the title role in Shylock for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award.  In addition to Richard Cory, Ed is the author/composer of Cather County (Playwrights Horizons, Dallas Lyric Stage – Leon Rabin Award for best new work and Fanny Hill, which began at Goodspeed at Chester and later opened at the York Theater, winning two Drama Desk and one Dramalogue nominations.
 
CONTACT INFO
Ed Dixon is represented by Gary Epstein at Phoenix Artists. For more information, please visit  www.ed-dixon.com and www.fannyhillmusical.com