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Nigel Richards is an actor and singer best known in England for his work in the field of new musical theatre. Whilst still training at The Guildhall School of Music & Drama he worked with Leonard Bernstein on the British stage premier of Bernstein's Mass at the Barbican. ==Career== He spent four years in the Bridewell Theatre Company in the premieres of ''Floyd Collins'' (playing Floyd),〔"Charismatic Nigel Richards triumphs"-The Times , Dennis Benedict〕 ''Hello Again'' (playing the Senator),〔"NR stands out for presence and charm"-Guardian, Rhoda Koenig〕 ''Songs for a New World'' (Man 2), ''La La LaChiusa'', the new Sondheim review, 'The Road You Didn't Take' & ''The Cutting Edge'' (which transferred to the Donmar Warehouse). Other premieres include ''Napoleon'' (Shaftesbury Theatre), ''Spend Spend Spend'' (West Yorkshire Playhouse), ''Charlotte Salomon:Life Or Theatre'' (Soho Theatre), ''Baby'' (Forum Theatre, Wythenshawe), 10 Plagues (Royal Court Theatre) by Mark Ravenhill & Conor Mitchell. He most recently premiered 'The Night Before My Wedding' at the Latitude Festival 2014, written by Neil Gaiman and Lance Horne. Other forays in the West End include The Phantom in Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty's Theatre), Father Dominic in Martin Guerre (Prince Edward Theatre), Grantaire and Enjolras in Les Miserables (Palace Theatre, London) & Dan in Kurt Weill's Songs From A Hotel Bedroom (Royal Opera House). For over two years he toured in Bob Wilson's production of Tom Waits' ''The Black Rider'', taking over the lead role when Marianne Faithfull became indisposed. Work since then has included playing Sienna Miller's father in ''As You Like It'' (Wyndhams Theatre), and the long awaited revival of Kurt Weill's 1933 ''Der Silbersee (Silverlake)'' at the Wexford Festival Opera. Other theatre work has included: Ghosts (as Oswald opposite Sue Johnson), Macbeth, and Chris Monks' revisionist Mikardo(New Vic, Stoke), Blood Brothers (Olympia, Dublin), The Caucasian Chalk Circle & Cyclops (The Scoop), The Glass Menagerie (Oxford Touring Company- European Tour), Hair (National Tour), Ayckbourne's Me, Myself & I (Orange Tree, Richmond) and MTL's The Marriage of Figaro (Drill Hall, Vienna & Stuttgart). Nigel's occasional TV work includes Holby City, Doctors, Judge John Deed, Moon & Sun (BBC),Virgin Birth (Granada), Sparkle Baby Sparkle (ITV). Nigel co-wrote the award-winning short film 'The Crouch End Negotiator' (48 Hour Smoke & Screen Challenge) in 2007 and co-starred in 'Lucky old Bag' the following year. His newest short, Crime Central, is due for release in 2014. He was most recently seen in London at the Barbican performing with Jarvis Cocker and Damon Albarn in Drifting and Tilting: The Songs of Scott Walker in the songs Clara, Jolson and Jones, and Farmer in the City. He recorded his debut album in 2009, called 'A Shining Truth', a collection of previously unrecorded songs by Adam Guettel, Michael John LaChiusa, Conor Mitchell & Others. Due for release on 3 August 2009. This recording has been reviewed as 'this wonderful collection of songs..diverse..interesting...not so much a cd as a manifesto'(The Independent) and 'truly authentic and triumphantly realised ... the best CD of Musical Theatre songs I have heard in a long while...a profoundly refreshing and uplifting experience on every level'(Musical Stages). Prior to the launch Nigel played Stryver in the HBO version of A Tale Of Two Cities. Nigel also teaches at the Arts Educational School in Chiswick, the leading conservatoire in Britain for student artists who can sing, dance and act. Future projects include Tim Connor's The Stationmaster, a new musical based on the play of the same name by Václav Havel. Nigel is currently planning his 2nd cd of new writing, called 'Short Stories', due for release in 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nigel Richards (actor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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