Judd Woldin
| Judd Woldin | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Edwin Judd Woldin |
| Born |
May 30, 1925 Somerville, New Jersey |
| Died | November 27, 2011 (aged 86) Manhattan, New York |
| Genres | Musical theatre |
| Occupation(s) | Composer |
Edwin Judd Woldin (May 30, 1925 – November 27, 2011) was an American composer, most notable for his musical Raisin.
Edwin Judd Woldin was born in Somerville, New Jersey. At the age of eight, he began taking piano lessons. In high school, he was attracted to Jazz, and was even working professionally at the time.
He attended Rutgers University, and received his B.A. in 1958 and his M.A. in 1960. He had started a doctoral program at Columbia University, but left to write the dance music for a Broadway musical based on James Thurber's Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated. After being on the road with Don Elliott and Lionel Hampton, he attended Black Mountain College along with Josef Albers and Heinrich Jalowetz, and would later go to University of New Mexico along with Ernst Krenek.
He also joined BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop, and while paired with Robert Brittan, they would begin work on Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin In The Sun. The result was Raisin. It premiered May 30, 1973 at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. and would move to Broadway at the 46th Street Theatre on October 18, 1973, transferred to the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on January 13, 1975, and closed on December 8, 1975 after 847 performances. The show won a Tony and a Grammy for Best Musical and Best Original Score From a Musical.
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