MICHAEL DIAMOND

After ten years of working in the professional theatre as an actor and director, Mr. Diamond co-produced and co-wrote the one man show Woody Guthrie; America's Dustbowl Rebel, based on the writings and songs of the folksinger Woody Guthrie. The show played the Cherry Lane theatre in New York for six months then toured the country for three years, including a performance in 1979 at the White House for President Carter. A year later, he co-produced his first show on Broadway, A Life, by Hugh Leonard, starring Roy Dotrice, Pat Hingle and introducing Dana Delaney.

A Life was nominated for four Tony awards. The next year he was an associate producer on both the twentieth anniversary Broadway production and tour of Camelot, starring Richard Burton, and the twenty-fifth anniversary Broadway production of My Fair Lady starring Rex Harrison. Mr. Diamond's next credit as associate
   
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producer, both on Broadway and in London, was Lillian Hellman's Little Foxes, starring Elizabeth Taylor. He was an associate producer of Baby, the Broadway musical with lyrics and direction by Richard Maltby, music by David Shire and book by Sybil Pierson.

In London he co-produced a musical starring Roger Reese at the Young Vic titled Masquerade, based on the best-selling book by Kitt Williams, with music and lyrics by Rod Argent, book by Frank Dunlop. And in Toronto, at the O'Keefe Center, he co-produced a drama both mysterious and murderous by Bernard Slade, before the movie, titled Fatal Attraction, which starred Ken Howard. Most recently he co-produced Lady Chatterly - The Play at the Cockpit theatre in London for a limited run. He is the screenwriter of A Piece of Eddie Rush and Dead Witness and has two plays; Seasons In Black & White and Bodies In Motion. Mr. Diamond is also currently working on Maine Tiger, a novel for young adults.




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