In New York City, Richard directed Wonderful Town (New York State Theatre), The Cocoanuts (American Place Theatre), A Majority of One (Drama Desk Nomination), The Home Of The Brave, (Playhouse 91), I Can Get It For You Wholesale (Drama Desk Award), Rags, Milk and Honey (American Jewish Theatre), Leonard Bernstein; A Helluva Town (Rainbow and Stars) and was associate director to Arthur Laurents on the Broadway revival of Gypsy starring Tyne Daly.
National Tours include State Fair w/John Davidson, The Music Man (35th Anniversary Tour) and Dial M for Murder with Juliet Mills and Maxwell Caulfield.
Richard has worked at most major theatres throughout the country with a host of extremely talented and interesting actors. In addition, he has written and/or doctored a sizable amount of produced properties as well as teaching a long running class; “Audition Therapy for the Musical Theatre.” Additionally, Richard has written the musical play Merman based on the career of Ethel Merman.
As an actor, Richard appeared in 7 Broadway shows; most notably as Rooster Hannigan in Annie, Pastey in Angela Lansbury’s Gypsy, Manny in The Magic Show, Capt./ Hennessy in Dames At Sea as well as 3 flops.