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Daryl Roth (born 1944) is a prominent Broadway theatrical producer. She has produced three plays that have won the Tony Award for Best Play (these are: Proof (2001 winner), The Goat (2003 winner) and August: Osage County (2008 winner)). She has produced six plays that have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. She started as a theatrical producer at age 44 after being a suburban mother and an interior designer. She started as a producer in 1988 and has since produced or co-produced over 50 shows. Ian Parker, Annals of Theatre, “How to Be a Producer,” The New Yorker, November 4, 2002, p. 60 [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2002/11/04/021104fa_fact_parker abstract] (subscription required for full text online).

=Background and Family=

She grew up in Wayne, New Jersey, her mother was a homemaker and her father, Jerry Atkins, was the owner of a Chevrolet car dealership in Wayne. She has one sibling, her sister Dale Atkins, who is now a well known psychologist and media personality who has written a book about relationships between sisters Sisters, A Practical, Helpful Exploration of the Intimate and Complete Bond between Female Siblings, Dale V. Atkins, 1984

Published by Arbor House [http://www.drdaleatkins.com/extras/WESTA0416_012.pdf article about Dr. Dale Atkins] Westport News, April 16, 2004. As a child Roth and her family were always interested in Broadway theatre and other cultural events in New York City.

She attended Wayne High School, Syracuse University and New York University, graduating in 1966 with a degree in art history. She worked as an editor and writer for Seventeen magazine and married Steven Roth, a real-estate developer, in 1969. He attended Dartmouth ('62) and had also received an MBA from Dartmouth. [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/12/lead_bestbosses08_Steven-Roth_54EX.html Forbes.com] capsule biography of Steven Roth They have two children, Amanda and Jordan. Jordan Roth is a theatrical producer and executive; he is the CEO and half-owner of Jujamcyn Amusement Corporation, one of the three principal owners and operators of New York's Broadway theatres.

Daryl Roth's husband, Steven Roth, is a successful real estate executive and developer. He started as a developer of strip malls and is now the Chairman of Vornado Realty Trust, one of the largest institutional investors in commercial real estate in New York and the United States. [http://obsessedtv.com/2009/05/samantha-ettus-interviews-tony-winning-broadway-producer-daryl-roth/ Interview with Daryl Roth] - video interview, on "Obsessed" with Samantha Ettus

==Daryl Roth Theatre==

They bought the Union Square Savings Bank building in 1996 and converted it into a theatre. Started with De La Guarda which lasted seven years. Gutted the garage of the bank and made it into DR2 (DR=Daryl Roth), a 99-seat theatre.

[http://www.filmreference.com/film/2/Daryl-Roth.html Film Reference.com] listing for Daryl Roth

Credits

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!Show!!Authors

Theatre!!Year!!holdbhold
Nick & Nora (musical)Arthur Laurents (book), Charles Strouse (music)Marquis Theatre, NYC1991
The Baby DanceJane AndersonLucille Lortel Theatre, NYC1991
Three Tall WomenEdward AlbeePromenade Theatre, New York City1994|
|Pulitzer
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992Anna Deavere Smith(solo performance)
Das BarbecuJim Luigs and Scott WarrenderMinetta Lane Theatre, NYC1994
Camping with Henry and TomMark St. GermainWild Dancer Theatre Company, Lucille Lortel Theatre1995
How I Learned to Drive*Paula VogelVineyard Theatre, Century Center for the Performing Arts, New York City1997|
|Pulitzer
Old Wicked SongsJon Marans|Jewish Repertory Theatre, Playhouse 91, New YorkCity, 1995, then Promenade Theatre1996
Defying GravityJane AndersonAmerican Place Theatre, New York City1997
SnakebitDavid Marshall GrantCentury Center for the Performing Arts1999
De La GuardaPichon Baldinu, Digui JamesDaryl Roth Theatre, New York City1998
WitMargaret EdsonManhattan Class Company, Union Square Theatre1998|
|Pulitzer
The Bomb-itty of ErrorsJordan Allen-Dutton, Jason Catalano, G.Q., Erik WeinerCulture Project, Forty-Five Bleecker Street Theatre, New York City1999
The Play About the BabyEdward AlbeeCentury Center for the Performing Arts2000
ProofDavid AuburnManhattan Theatre Club, Walter Kerr Theatre, New York City2000Tony-Best Play-2001Pulitzer
The Tale of the Allergist's Wife{{Charles Busch]]Manhattan Theatre Club, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City2000
Bea Arthur on Broadway|
|Booth Theatre, New York City2002
The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?Edward AlbeeJohn Golden Theatre, New York City2002Tony-Best Play-2002
Talking HeadsAlan BennettMinetta Lane Theatre2003
Our Lady of 121st StreetStephen Adly GuirgisUnion Square Theatre2003
Harlem Song
MedeaEuripidesBrooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City2002
Salome (staged reading)Oscar WildeEthel Barrymore Theatre2003
Tea at FiveMatthew LombardoPromenade Theatre2003
Anna in the TropicsNilo CruzRoyale Theatre, New York City2003|
|Pulitzer
Beckett/AlbeeSamuel Beckett, Edward AlbeeCentury Center for the Performing Arts2003
Caroline, or Change (musical)Tony Kushner and Jeanine TesoriEugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City2004
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Edward AlbeeBroadway2005
Thom Paine
Manuscript
Sandra Bernhardt
Coram BoyHelen EdmundsonBroadway2007
Curtains (musical)Rupert Holmes, Fred Ebb and John Kander,Broadway and Los Angeles2007
DeuceTerrence McNallyBroadway2007
Inherit the WindBroadway2007
The Year of Magical ThinkingJoan DidionBroadway2007
Assisted Loving
Not a Genuine Black Man
Indoor Outdoor
Esoterica
August: Osage CountyTracy Lettsbb|
|Tony-Best Play-2008Pulitzer
A Catered AffairHarvey Fierstein & John BucchinoBroadway2008
The Country GirlClifford OdetsBroadway2008
Is He Dead?Mark TwainBroadway2007
ThurgoodGeorge Stevens, Jr.Broadway2008
Die, Mommie, Die!Charles BuschOff-Broadway2007
Irena's VowDan GordonBroadway2009
Desire Under the ElmsEugene O'NeillBroadway2009
What's That Smell?David Pittu
Mary StuartPeter OswaldBroadhurst Theatre2009
The TemperamentalsJon Marans
Vigil
A Little Night MusicSteven Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler
FelaBill T. Jones and Jim LewisEugene O'Neill Theatre2009
Love, Loss, and What I WoreNora Ephron & Delia EphronOff-Broadway2009
Closer Than Ever (musical revue)Richard Maltby, Jr. and David ShireCherry Lane Theatre, NYC1989
The Root|
|Atlantic Theatre, NYC1993
Tapestry: The Music of Carole King|
|Union Square Theatre, NYC1993
Ears on a BeatleDR2, off-Broadway production2004
The Mambo Kings (musical)Carlos Franzetti musicGolden Gate Theatre,San Francisco, CA2005
Accent On YouthSamson RaphaelsonBroadway2009

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|Film Executive Producer

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|I Think I Do, Strand Releasing||1997

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|Waking Dreams (short film), Big Film Shorts||2004

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|Television Executive Producer

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|Movies

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|(With others) Dinner with Friends, HBO||2001

The Daryl Roth Creative Spirit Award

Dedicated to nurturing and supporting theatre artists, is given annually to an artist who has demonstrated exceptional talent and promise in his or her field. Recent recipients include:

  • Directors: Michael Wilson, Michael Mayer, Mark Brokaw, Steven Williford;
  • Playwrights: Sinan Ünel, Sybille Pearson, Edwin Sanchez, Kia Corthron, Karen Hartman;
  • Designer G.W. Mercier;
  • Actor Debra Monk;
  • Muscial Theater Works: organization devoted to creating and developing new musicals, 1983 to 2004 (closed)
  • The New Dramatists, a center for the support of playwrights [http://newdramatists.org/ New Dramatists website]

Factoids

  • Daryl and Steven Roth purchased the Montauk home of convicted Wall Street felon, Bernie Madoff in October, 2009. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704597704574487291407502778.html "Vornado Realty's Roth Buys Madoff's Montauk Estate"] Wall Street Journal, October 23, 2009.

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References

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[http://americantheatrewing.org/downstagecenter/detail/daryl_roth Video interview] American Theatre Wing

http://www.celebrityparentsmag.com/magazine/

Great Producers: Visionaries of American Theater, by Iris Dorbian, Allworth Press, 2008, {{ISBN|978-1581156461}}