Richard Stafford
Director/Choreographer
On Broadway, Mr. Stafford was the choreographer for In My Life (Music Box Theatre), the associate choreographer for Aspects Of Love (Broadhurst Theatre), and dance supervisor for CATS (Winter Garden Theatre)
Off-Broadway he was the associate director for Summer’69 (John Houseman Theatre) and associate choreographer for The Middle Of Nowhere (Astor Place Theatre)
In My Life
The Full Monty
Internationally he was director/choreographer for The Full Monty, Joseph…Dreamcoat (Mexico City), choreographer for Jesus Christ Superstar (Mexico City), Evita (Sydney), CATS (Mexico City, Buenos Aires) and director/choreographer for CATS (Copenhagen)
National Tours include CATS (director/ choreographer), My Fair Lady (choreographer), Joseph…Dreamcoat (choreographer, starring Debbie Gibson and Patrick Cassidy)—Troika Entertainment
Mr. Stafford’s Regional credits include: Director/Choreographer: Singin’ In The Rain, Crazy For You, Fame, Swing, Cats (North Shore Music Theatre), Disney’s Beauty And The Beast (Walnut Street Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse and Westchester Broadway Theatre), The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas (Ogunquit Playhouse starring Sally Struthers), Gypsy, The Full Monty, Cats (Westchester Broadway Theatre),
Cats (Pittsburgh CLO and Walnut Street Theatre), Sweeney Todd, Evita (Pennsylvania Center Stage), She Loves Me, Copacabana, Pirates Of Penzance, My Way (Mill Mountain Theatre), Annie Get Your Gun (North Carolina Theatre), Director: Dreamgirls (North Carolina Theatre)
Singin' In The Rain
Evita
Choreographer: at the Walnut Street Theatre--The Goodbye Girl (starring Donna Mckechnie), Camila (premier), La Vie En Bleu ( premier), Evita, Grand Hotel. At Pittsburgh CLO-- On the Town, Grand Hotel, Camelot, Yestin/Kopit’s Phantom. At Casa Manana-- My Fair Lady, Tommy, Camelot, Grossinger’s (premier, starring Gavin Macleod), Dodsworth (premier, starring Hal Linden), Sound Of Music, Evita. Song Of Singapore (Chicago company), Grand Hotel (TUTS, Fifth Avenue Theatre), Joseph…Dreamcoat (Paper Mill Playhouse), Victor/Victoria (Maine State Music Theatre), Oliver! (starring Davy Jones—Hirschfeld Theatre) among others.
Mr. Stafford won the Barrymore Award for outstanding choreography for La Cage Aux Folles at the Walnut Street Theatre.