Roth, Daryl 1944–

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ROTH, Daryl 1944–

PERSONAL

Born December 22, 1944, in New Jersey; married Steven Roth (in real estate); children: Jordan (a producer), Amanda (a social worker). Education: New York University, graduated.

Addresses: Office— Daryl Roth Theatre, 20 Union Sq. East, New York, NY 10003.

Career: Producer. Daryl Roth Theatre and DR2 (theatre), both New York City, owner and producer. Daryl Roth Creative Spirit awards, creator, 1996; Camp Broadway, seminar presenter, 2000; public speaker. Dartmouth College, cofounder of Roth Center for Jewish Life, 1997; board member, LAByrinth Theatre Company, Lincoln Center Theatre, and Sundance Institute; former board member, Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University and National Foundation for Jewish Culture. Also worked as an interior designer.

Awards, Honors: Outer Critics Circle Award (with others), c. 1990, for Closer Than Ever; Lucille Lortel Award (with others), League of Off–Broadway Theatres and Producers, outstanding play, 1994, for Three Tall Women; Lucille Lortel Award (with others), outstanding play, 1995, for Camping with Henry and Tom; New York Drama Critics Award, Lucille Lortel Award, and Drama Desk Award, all outstanding play (with others), all 1997, for How I Learned to Drive; Tisch Award (with others), Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, 2000, for The Bomb–itty of Errors: An AddRAPtation of Willy Shakespeare's Comedy; Antoinette Perry Award (with others), best play, 2001, for Proof; Antoinette Perry Award nomination (with others), best play, 2001, for The Tale of the Allergist's Wife; Lucille Lortel Award nomination (with others), outstanding play, 2001, for The Play about the Baby; Antoinette Perry Award (with others), best play, 2002, for The Goat; or, Who Is Sylvia?; Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding movie made for television, 2002, for Dinner with Friends; Antoinette Perry Award nomination (with others), best special theatrical event, 2002, for Bea Arthur on Broadway; Louis Marshall Award, Jewish Theological Seminary, 2002; Lucille Lortel Award nomination, and Drama Desk Award nomination (with others), both outstanding play, 2003, for Our Lady of 121st Street; Drama Desk Award nomination (with others), outstanding play, 2003, for Talking Heads; Jewish Cultural Achievement Award, National Foundation for Jewish Culture, patron of the arts, 2004; Antoinette Perry Award nomination (with others), best play, 2004, for Anna in the Tropics; Antoinette Perry Award nomination (with others), best musical, 2004, for Caroline; or, Change; Spirit of Achievement Award, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University; Chairman's Award, National Corporate Theatre Fund.

CREDITS

Stage Producer; With Others:

Closer Than Ever (musical revue), Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, 1989–1990.

The Baby Dance, Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York City, 1991.

Nick & Nora (musical), Marquis Theatre, New York City, 1991.

The Root, Atlantic Theatre, New York City, 1993.

Tapestry: The Music of Carole King, Union Square Theatre, New York City, 1993.

Das Barbecu, Minetta Lane Theatre, New York City, 1994.

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (solo performance), New York Shakespeare Festival, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1994, and Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles.

Three Tall Women, Promenade Theatre, New York City, 1994–1995.

Camping with Henry and Tom, Wild Dancer Theatre Company, Lucille Lortel Theatre, 1995.

Old Wicked Songs, Jewish Repertory Theatre, Playhouse 91, New York City, 1995, then Promenade Theatre, 1996–1997.

Associate producer, How I Learned to Drive, Vineyard Theatre, Century Center for the Performing Arts, New York City, 1997–1998.

Defying Gravity, American Place Theatre, New York City, 1997–1998.

De La Guarda, Daryl Roth Theatre, New York City, 1998.

Wit, Manhattan Class Company, Union Square Theatre, 1998–2000.

Snakebit, Century Center for the Performing Arts, 1999.

The Bomb–itty of Errors: An AddRAPtation of Willy Shakespeare's Comedy, Culture Project, Forty–Five Bleecker Street Theatre, New York City, 1999–2000.

The Play about the Baby, Century Center for the Performing Arts, 2000.

The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, Manhattan Theatre Club, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 2000–2002.

Proof, Manhattan Theatre Club, Walter Kerr Theatre, New York City, 2000–2003.

Bea Arthur on Broadway, Booth Theatre, New York City, 2002.

The Goat; or, Who Is Sylvia?, John Golden Theatre, New York City, 2002.

Medea, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 2002–2003.

Our Lady of 121st Street, Union Square Theatre, 2003.

Salome (staged reading), Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 2003.

Talking Heads, Minetta Lane Theatre, 2003.

Tea at Five, Promenade Theatre, 2003.

Anna in the Tropics, Royale Theatre, New York City, 2003–2004.

Beckett/Albee, Century Center for the Performing Arts, 2003–2004.

Caroline; or, Change (musical), Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, 2004.

Ears on a Beatle, off–Broadway production, c. 2004.

(With Jordan Roth) The Mambo Kings (musical), Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco, CA, 2005, then Broadway production, beginning 2005 also produced in workshops.

Also the producer of Harlem Song and Names.