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Infobox musical artist| name = Judd Woldin| image =| alt =| caption =| image_size =| background = non_performing_personnel| birth_name = Edwin Judd Woldin| alias =| birth_date = Birth date|1925|05|30| birth_place = Somerville, New Jersey | death_date = Death date and age|2011|11|27|1925|5|30| death_place = Manhattan, New York | origin =| instrument =| genre = Musical theatre| occupation = Composer| years_active = | label =| associated_acts =| website =| notable_instruments =Edwin Judd Woldin (May 30, 1925 – November 27, 2011) was an American composer, most notable for his musical Raisin (musical)|Raisin .
Biography
Edwin Judd Woldin was born in Somerville, New Jersey|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. http://www.juddwoldin.com/biography.shtml
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 . http://www.juddwoldin.com/biography.shtml
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 (musical)|Raisin . It premiered May 30, 1973 at the Arena Stage (Washington, D.C.)|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. http://www.juddwoldin.com/biography.shtml
His other work includes Petticoat Lane , loosely based on the novella King of Schnorrers by Israel Zangwill , which premiered at the George Street Playhouse in October 1978, and would move to the Harold Clurman Theatre on October 4, 1979. http://www.juddwoldin.com/biography.shtml
Lorenzo , a musical based on Mozart librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte , premiered at the George Street Playhouse in 1982. It was co-written by Richard Engquist. http://www.juddwoldin.com/biography.shtml
Little Ham was written with Engquist as well, and is based on Langston Hughes ' play of the same name, and would be premiered at the George Street Playhouse in 1987 and would also play at the Westport Country Playhouse . It also was produced by Amas Musical Theatre at the Hudson Guild in 2002. http://www.juddwoldin.com/biography.shtml
In 1992, a concert version of Jonah , about the Jonah from the Old Testament , was presented at the Merkin Concert Hall and part of a festival of Jewish music presented by Jack Gottlieb. It would also be produced at the York Theatre in 2004. http://www.juddwoldin.com/biography.shtml
The Prince and The Pauper , written with Marc Elliot, was based on Mark Twain 's The Prince and the Pauper|novel of the same name , and it ran at the Broadway by the Bay|Peninsula Civic Light Opera in San Mateo, California|San Mateo , California . It has also been produced at the Starlight Theatre (Kansas City)|Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City , Missouri , the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle , Washington (U.S. state)|Washington , and at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul, Minnesota|Saint Paul , Minnesota .
He died of cancer on November 27, 2011. cite web|url= http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/05/theater/judd-woldin-pianist-and-composer-of-raisin-score-dies-at-86.html? _r=2& ref=obituaries|title=Judd Woldin, ‘Raisin’ Score Composer, Dies at 86
Works
Musicals
1962 - Railway with a Heart of Gold
1973 - Raisin (musical)|Raisin (lyrics by Robert Brittan, book by Robert B. Nemiroff and Charlotte Zaltzberg)
Persondata | NAME = Woldin, Judd | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = American composer | DATE OF BIRTH = May 30, 1925 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Somerville, New Jersey|Somerville , New Jersey | DATE OF DEATH = November 27, 2011 | PLACE OF DEATH = Manhattan, New York DEFAULTSORT:Woldin, Judd Category:1925 births Category:American musical theatre composers Category:Grammy Award winners Category:2011 deaths Category:Rutgers University alumni Category:Tony Award winners
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