Richard Frankel (producer)
| Richard Frankel | |
|---|---|
| Born | Brooklyn, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Brooklyn College |
| Occupation | Theatre producer and general manager, Nightclub owner |
| Known for | The Producers, Hairspray |
| Spouse(s) | Kathleen Clark |
Richard Frankel is a six-time Tony-winning Theatrical Producer and General Manager who has been producing and managing on and off-Broadway since 1970. He has been working in partnership with Tom Viertel, Steve Baruch, and Marc Routh since 1985.
Richard Frankel was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1947. His work in the theatre began at the age of 16 in a hotel nightclub, and he worked for The Barry Farber Show on WOR AM in New York while a student at Brooklyn College. After serving for two years in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia, he worked as a stage manager and technician in New York and Europe, including at La Mama Experimental Theatre Club and the Public Theater in New York and the Mickery Theatre in Amsterdam. Upon returning to the United States in 1973, he worked off-Broadway and in regional theaters as a stage manager, administrator, press agent and marketing director, and in 1981 became Managing Director of Circle Repertory Company.
In 1985, he formed Richard Frankel Productions and together with partners Tom Viertel and Steve Baruch produced Penn & Teller's first off-Broadway show, which first brought them to national attention. The show was critically acclaimed, and the new-formed producing partnership subsequently presented Penn & Teller on national tour and on Broadway.
In 1991 Marc Routh was added as a producing partner and they together produced a string of successful Off-Broadway shows including Driving Miss Daisy, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune and Love Letters. In 1994 Richard Frankel Productions and Marc Routh produced Stomp. The Viertel/Routh/Baruch/Frankel partnership's early Broadway projects included Angels in America Part One and Part Two, The Sound of Music, and Smokey Joe's Cafe, which would go on to become Broadway's longest-running revue.
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