Possessing a true boy soprano voice, he was in great demand appearing in more than twenty plays, concerts and musicals before the age of twelve, including a co-star role as "Patrick Dennis" with Broadway actress Denise Lor in "Mame".
Following his lifelong friend and mentor Keith Keen to New York City, Richard made his Broadway debut (cast by writer Rupert Holmes and director Wilford Leach) in the New York Shakespeare Festival's Tony Award winning production of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood"[1] at the Imperial Theatre where he was placed into the show by Rob Marshall, assistant to show choreographer Graciela Daniele.
[2] Other credits include: "Windy City" at the Paper Mill Playhouse, a new musical workshop recording for Sheldon Harnick, and appearing as Billy Bigelow (opposite Rebecca Luker as "Julie) in the Lake George Opera Festival production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Carousel".
This project led Richard to perform and direct "A Musical Performance Animation" with composer Steven Bowen, an accomplished musician and arranger for the creation of a seven-minute singing musical story giving life to three computer generated characters; Pirate King, Reggae Man and the Sunny Boy, featured on CNN and in Computer Graphics World Magazine.
Richard most recently performed in the Maui Academy of Performing Arts (MAPA) 2024 production of Man of La Mancha in the lead role as "Don Quixote / Miguel de Cervantes" opposite Amy Hānaialiʻi Gilliom as Aldonza / Dulcinea, directed by David C. Johnston at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center Castle Theater.