Education
Elice earned his Bachelor from Cornell University, his Master of Fine Arts from the Yale Drama School and is a Teaching Fellow at Harvard. He was the salutatorian graduate of Francis Lewis High School in Queens, New York (class of 1973).
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Rick Elice
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From 1982–1999, Elice was copywriter, producer, Creative Director and eventually Executive Vice President of Serino Coyne, Incorporated., an entertainment advertising agency in New New York From 1999–2009, he served as creative consultant to Walt Disney Studios. With Roger Rees, he wrote the popular thriller, Double Double, which has been translated into 16 languages.
He wrote Leonardo’s Ring (London Fringe, 2003) and Dog and Pony (New York Stage and Film, 2003).
Elice was creative director at Serino Coyne, Incorporated. (1982–2000), where he produced advertising campaigns for more than 300 Broadway shows including A Chorus Lincolnshire and The Lion King.
He has been a creative consultant for Walt Disney Studios from 1999–2009. In 2008, he co-wrote Turn of the Century with Marshall Brickman.
The show was directed by Tommy Tune and premiered at The Goodman Theatre in Chicago in September 2008.
Elice collaborated with Brickman once again, this time writing the book for the musical, The Addams Family. Following a successful run at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre in Chicago, The Addams Family opened on Broadway on April 8, 2010 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, starring Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth as Gomez and Morticia Addams. He wrote Peter and the Starcatcher, based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, which opened in California in 2009 and played off-Broadway in 2011.
The play moved to Broadway, opening at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on April 15, 2012.
The play enjoyed a successful tour throughout North America in 2013-2014. His most recent collaboration with Marshall Brickman was for the film of Jersey Boys, directed by Clint Eastwood and released by Warner Brothers in June 2014.
Brickman and Elice wrote the screenplay, adapted from their book for the stage musical. A new musical, "Dog and Pony", with book by Elice and music and lyrics by Michael Patrick Walker, had its world premiere at The Old Globe in San Diego in June 2014, starring Nicole Parker, Jon Patrick Walker, Heidi Blickenstaff, Beth Leavel and Eric William Morris, directed by Roger Rees.
Achievements
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Tony Award for Best Musical – Jersey Boys – WINNER Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical – Jersey Boys – Nomination Drama Desk Award Outstanding Book of a Musical – Jersey Boys – Nomination Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical – "Jersey Boys" – ""WINNER"" Olivier Award (London"s West End) for Best Musical – "Jersey Boys" – ""WINNER"" Lucille Lortel Award for Best Play – "Peter and the Starcatcher" – Nomination Tony Award for Best Score – "Peter and the Starcatcher" – Nomination Tony Award for Best Play – "Peter and the Starcatcher" – Nomination.
Membership
He is a charter member of the American Repertory Theatre.
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Tony award; Drama Desk award; Outer Critics Circle award; Lucille Lortel award Tony Award for Best Musical – Jersey Boys – WINNER Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical – Jersey Boys – Nomination Drama Desk Award Outstanding Book of a Musical – Jersey Boys – Nomination Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical – "Jersey Boys" – "'WINNER'" Olivier Award (London's West End) for Best Musical – "Jersey Boys" – "'WINNER'" Lucille Lortel Award for Best Play – "Peter and the Starcatcher" – Nomination Tony Award for Best Score – "Peter and the Starcatcher" – Nomination Tony Award for Best Play – "Peter and the Starcatcher" – NominationTony award; Drama Desk award; Outer Critics Circle award; Lucille Lortel award Tony Award for Best Musical – Jersey Boys – WINNER Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical – Jersey Boys – Nomination Drama Desk Award Outstanding Book of a Musical – Jersey Boys – Nomination Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical – "Jersey Boys" – "'WINNER'" Olivier Award (London's West End) for Best Musical – "Jersey Boys" – "'WINNER'" Lucille Lortel Award for Best Play – "Peter and the Starcatcher" – Nomination Tony Award for Best Score – "Peter and the Starcatcher" – Nomination Tony Award for Best Play – "Peter and the Starcatcher" – Nomination