Richard Lee Peng Boon[1] (born 24 August 1956) is a Singaporean singer-songwriter, playwright and film director.

But the album that achieved regional prominence for him was The Mad Chinaman, released in 1989, Lee won several awards in Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan for these early artistic efforts.

In addition to his recordings, in 1983, he co-produced and contributed keyboards to Zircon Lounge's debut album Regal Vigour.

Lee has written many staged musicals including Beauty World (1988), Fried Rice Paradise (1991), Kampong Amber (1994), Sing to the Dawn (1996), Hotpants (1997), Jacky Cheung's acclaimed Snow.Wolf.Lake (1997), Nagraland (1992), Puteri Gunung Ledang (2006) and P. Ramlee (2007).

In 2002, he wrote and co-directed his first dance musical re:MIX for the Singapore Repertory Theatre Young Company (SRT Young Company), and that same year wrote a commissioned work, Forbidden City: Portrait of An Empress, one of the highlights of the October opening festival of Singapore's prestigious new cultural centre, The Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay.

In 2003, he penned the English lyrics of "Treasure The World", the image song of J-ASEAN campaign by The Japan Foundation.

Artistes from Japan and 10 ASEAN countries recorded this song for the campaign in English and their respective native languages.

In 2004, he appeared on Singapore Idol as a judge alongside fellow Singaporeans Florence Lian and Ken Lim.

On 17 and 18 December 2004, Lee held a 30th anniversary concert, titled Life Stories at the Kallang Theatre.

Guest stars included Singapore Idol winner Taufik Batisah and runner up Sylvester Sim, Kumar, ex-wife Jacintha, Koh Chieng Mun, Hossan Leong, and others.

In 2011, Lee returned with The Adventures of the Mad China man, a concert, and Beauty Kings, an original comedy play.

[7] In 2012, Lee also performed — and was a character — in TheatreWorks’ National Broadway Company production for the Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay's 10th anniversary celebrations.

It is a 5-way partnership with 4 other homegrown local companies namely Tung Lok group, Bakerzin, Bar Stories and Top Wines at The Grandstand located at Bukit Timah, Singapore.