Michael Ritchie

Quick Facts

Full Name	Michael Ritchie
Occupation	Artistic Director
Date Of Birth	Oct 17, 1957(1957-10-17)
Age	67
Birthplace	Worcester
Country	United States
Horoscope	Libra

Michael Ritchie Biography

Michael Ritchie is one of the most popular and richest Artistic Director who was born on October 17, 1957 in Worcester, United States. Michael Ritchie, born October 17, 1957, in Worcester, Massachusetts, is an American artist director of Center Theatre Group. He oversees the Ahmanson Theatre, the Mark Taper Forum and the Kirk Douglas Theatre.

The 2002 Regional Theatre Tony Award was presented to the Williamstown Theatre Festival.

On January 1, 2005 Ritchie joined Center Theatre Group as artistic director. In his first four seasons at CTG, he premiered the musicals The Drowsy Chaperone, Curtains, 13 and 9 to 5: The Musical (all of which moved to Broadway and received a combined 25 Tony Award nominations). He has produced 40 world premieres including the musicals Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and Sleeping Beauty Wakes, and the plays Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Water & Power and Yellow Face; and he presented a broad range of plays and musicals ranging from Dead End to Romance to The Black Rider to blockbusters such as Jersey Boys, Edward Scissorhands, God of Carnage, August: Osage County, Matilda, The Trip to Bountiful and Mary Poppins.

In addition, Michael inaugurated CTG’s New Play Production Program, designed to foster the development and production of new work.

Ritchie was named producer of the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 1996. Corners by David Rabe and Far East by A.R. are two examples of new plays that were born in Williamstown. Gurney, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told By Paul Rudnick, Chaucer In Rome by John Guare, The Glimmer Brothers, Glimmer, Glimmer and Shine by Warren Leight and The Waverly Gallery, Kenneth Lonergan.

Michael Ritchie Net Worth

Michael Ritchie is one of the richest Artistic Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michael Ritchie 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ritchie started his career in theatre as a New York City stage manager. He stage-managed over 50 shows both on- and off-Broadway during the next 15-years, including those at the Lincoln Center Theater, Circle in the Square and Circle Rep.

Ritchie met Kate Burton in 1982 while managing a revival Noel Coward’s Present Laughter. They were married in 1985, and had two children: Morgan Ivor, an actor (born May 14, 1988), Charlotte Frances (born January 19,1998).

Rediscovered American classics include Dead End, Johnny on the Spot, Street Scene and, 50 years after it was first presented on Broadway — The Man Who Had All the Luck by Arthur Miller, a production that moved to Broadway and was chosen by Time magazine as one of the year’s 10 Best Productions in 2002.

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According to our records, Michael Ritchie married to Jimmie B. Ritchie (m. ?–2001). As of December 1, 2023, Michael Ritchie’s is not dating anyone.

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Michael Ranked on the list of most popular Artistic Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Michael Ritchie celebrates birthday on October 17 of every year.