Background
He was born in Portland, Oregon.
He was born in Portland, Oregon.
He graduated from the University of Oregon.
He wrote the one-man play Bully, about Theodore Roosevelt, and the book for the musical Teddy & Alice, which was also about the Roosevelt family. Both productions appeared on Broadway. Alden was married to a ballerina, Barbara Gaye, who danced in the original Broadway productions of Annie Get Your Gun and Our Town.
They were the parents of opera directors Christopher Alden and David Alden.