Richard Greenberg, the playwright behind Take Me Out, Three Days of Rain and Japanese Customary, has died. He was 67.
The Tony winner’s demise was introduced on social media, the place a number of individuals within the theater world have since reacted to his passing, together with Denis O’Hare, who gained a Tony for originating the function of homosexual accountant Mason Marzac in Take Me Out when it debuted in London again in 2002.
“Exhausting to imagine the genius that was Richard Greenberg is not any extra,” he captioned a picture of the 2 of them. “I owe him greater than I may probably say. He gave me the best present ever–an exquisite character to inhabit in an exquisite play.”
O’Hare continued, “He additionally gave me 2 of my greatest mates–Lisa Peterson and Linda Emond. All of us met and labored on Wealthy’s one act-The Writer’s Voice at Stays Theatre in 1987 in a competition of 1 acts known as ‘Sneaky Emotions’. I’ve a sneaky feeling of grief blended with gratitude for this man. RIP Wealthy.”
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who additionally gained a Tony when he performed Mason in Broadway‘s 2022 revival of the play, wrote on his Instagram Story, “Relaxation in peace Richard. You gave this world a lot.”
Theater director Robert Falls additionally reacted to Greenberg’s passing after they have been “deep in collaboration on his beautiful adaptation” of Philip Barry’s Vacation, which he known as a “profound loss mid-process” forward of its premiere at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre in February.
“Heartbroken by the information of playwright Richard Greenberg’s demise,” wrote Falls on Bluesky, including: “For over 30 years, it’s been one in all life’s nice pleasures to know Wealthy and his writing. Dazzling, humane, wildly humorous. … He was additionally one of many smartest individuals I’ve ever met. However he wore that brilliance evenly—typically cloaked in hilarity, or tossed off within the driest, most devastating line at dinner. His kindness was actual. His loss is big.”
Born Feb. 22, 1958 in New York Metropolis, Greenberg graduated magna cum laude from Princeton College, the place he studied inventive writing below Joyce Carol Oates.
Along with his Tony-winning work on Take Me Out, Greenberg was identified for penning such performs as The Dazzle, The American Plan, Life Below Water and The Writer’s Voice, in addition to the 2013 Broadway adaptation of Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the e-book for the musical Far From Heaven.
