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Born in Philadelphia, Rick is the winner of a Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Billy Elliot on Broadway and a Helpmann Award for Billy Elliot in Sydney, he also has won two Olivier Awards for Best Lighting Design and a Tony and Drama Desk Award for An Inspector Calls (Broadway).

Theatre work includes: Billy Elliot the Musical (worldwide); Merchant of Venice (RSC); Sweeney Todd (Paris); The Sound of Music (Buenos Aires); No Naughty Bits, Tiger Country (Hampstead); Tribes, A Number (Royal Court); Family Reunion, Betrayal, The Philanthropist, Old Times (Donmar); Rope (Almeida); Landscape With Weapon, Honour (National Theatre); Resurrection Blues (Old Vic); Jerry Springer the Opera (NT and West End); Far Away, (Royal Court); Blue/Orange (NT and West End); Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Berlin); Via Dolorosa (Royal Court, Broadway).

Recent opera productions include: Tsarina’s Slippers, Wozzek (Royal Opera House); Turandot (English National Opera); Betrothal in a Monastery (Glyndebourne & Valencia); seventeen operas for Santa Fe Opera; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (La Fenice); The Fiery Angel, Turandot (Bolshoi); Gloriana and La Bohème (Opera North) and The Little Prince (Houston, New York, San Francisco).

Dance: Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake (London, Los Angeles, Broadway and World Tour).

Rick Fisher STAGE CREDITS

[Off-Broadway]
1983
Performer

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[West End, 2018]
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[West End, 2017]
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[Off-Broadway, 2017]
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[West End, 2016] [Replacement]
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[Broadway, 2015]
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[West End, 2012]
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[US Tour, 2010]
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[Broadway, 2009]
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[West End, 2005]
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[West End, 2003]
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[Off-Broadway, 2002]
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[Broadway, 1999]
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[West End, 1997]
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[West End, 1994]
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[Off-Broadway, 1994]
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[Broadway, 1990]
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[Broadway, 1988]
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[Off-Broadway, 1987]
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BroadwayWorld Miami Metro Awards December 5th Standings; SPRING AWAKENING Leads Best Musical!

It's December, and the first standings of the month have been announced as of Tuesday, December 5th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Miami Metro Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Latest Standings Announced For The 2023 BroadwayWorld Miami Metro Awards; THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Leads Best Play!

Happy Holidays! The latest wave of standings have been announced as of Monday, November 27th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Miami Metro Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Shakespeare Theatre Company Reveals Full Details for MACBETH, Starring Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma

Shakespeare Theatre Company has announced the location, cast, and creative team for the highly-anticipated spring production of Macbeth. Directed by STC Artistic Director Simon Godwin, Macbeth stars Tony and BAFTA Award-winner Ralph Fiennes and Olivier Award-winner Indira Varma as the leading lord and lady. Learn more about the location, cast, and creative team here!

Florida Grand Opera Announces Casting For 2023�"24 Season

Florida Grand Opera announces an exciting mix of internationally acclaimed artists, South Florida favorites, and rising stars for its 82nd consecutive season featuring three of the lyric stage's most popular titles.

Review: AN INSPECTOR CALLS, Theatre Royal Glasgow

30 years on from Stephen Daldry’s National Theatre debut, an inspector has called in Glasgow. Thankfully, we are delighted he is here to present this timeless theatrical masterpiece.

Photos: First Look At The UK Tour Of AN INSPECTOR CALLS Coming To Theatre Royal Glasgow

The 30th Anniversary UK and Ireland tour of Stephen Daldry’s landmark production of JB Priestley’s classic thriller AN INSPECTOR CALLS comes to the Theatre Royal Glasgow from Tuesday 23 – Saturday 27 May 2023. See first look photos of the production!

Which Broadway Shows Have Received the Most Tony Nominations Ever?

While many stellar productions are poised to earn multiple nominations this season, it will take quite a few to stand up to the current record holders. Below, check out which Broadway shows hold the records for the most-Tony nominated productions of all time.

EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR Comes to Jamshed Bhabha Theatre

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour is a political satire by multi-award-winning playwright Sir Tom Stoppard and celebrated conductor/composer André Previn.

30th Anniversary Tour Of AN INSPECTOR CALLS Visits Brighton This November

The 30th Anniversary UK and Ireland Tour of Stephen Daldry's seminal production of JB Priestley's classic thriller AN INSPECTOR CALLS will visit Theatre Royal Brighton from Tuesday 15 to Saturday 19 November 2022. 

AN INSPECTOR CALLS Comes to Milton Keynes Theatre This Month

PW Productions have announced the full cast for the 30th Anniversary UK and Ireland Tour of Stephen Daldry's seminal production of JB Priestley's classic thriller AN INSPECTOR CALLS which will visit Milton Keynes Theatre 27 Sep - 01 Oct.

Photos: Inside Rehearsal For the UK Tour of AN INSPECTOR CALLS

All new rehearsal photos have been released for the 30th Anniversary UK and Ireland Tour of Stephen Daldry’s seminal production of JB Priestley’s classic thriller AN INSPECTOR CALLS which opens at the New Wimbledon Theatre on Friday 9 September.

Cast Announced For AN INSPECTOR CALLS 30th Anniversary UK and Ireland Tour

The full cast has been announced for the 30th Anniversary UK and Ireland Tour of Stephen Daldry's seminal production of JB Priestley's classic thriller AN INSPECTOR CALLS which opens at the New Wimbledon Theatre on Friday 9 September.

Strauss's THE SILENT WOMAN Opens At Bard SummerScape

Opening Friday, July 22, Richard Strauss's comic opera, The Silent Woman (“Die Schweigsame Frau”), receives a rare American presentation at Bard SummerScape. Harold Wilson, “a stentorian bass … with impressive focus, carrying power and quiet charisma” (New York Times), heads a strong cast in a new production by Christian Räth, whose SummerScape staging of Das Wunder der Heliane prompted Musical America to declare: “Opera productions don't get much better than this.”

BWW Review: THE BREACH, Hampstead Theatre

Naomi Wallace’s The Breach is the first in a trilogy of plays about different communities in Kentucky. Receiving its UK premiere at the Hampstead Theatre, Wallace’s play focuses on four teenagers who live in Louisville, Kentucky – siblings Jude (Shannon Tarbet) and Acton (Stanley Morgan) and Acton’s friends Hoke (Alfie Jones) and Frayne (Charlie Beck).

Photos: First Look at THE BREACH at Hampstead Theatre

Production images have been released for Naomi Wallace’s absorbing, coming-of-age drama, The Breach ahead of its UK premiere on Thursday 12 May.  Directed by Sarah Frankcom, The Breach will run until 4 June 2022. 

Heartland Men's Chorus Celebrates The Retirement Of Executive Director

After 25 years of dedicated service to HMCKC, Executive Director Rick Fisher will retire on June 30, 2022. In Heartland Men's Chorus Kansas City  history, only one individual has served as Executive Director.  

Photos: Inside Rehearsal For THE BREACH at Hampstead Theatre

Rehearsal images have been released for the UK premiere of Naomi Wallace’s new play, The Breach. The cast includes Charlie Beck (Masters Of The Air, Apple TV); Jasmine Blackborow (Shadow and Bone, Netflix); Alfie Jones (Teenage Dick, Donmar Warehouse; Richard III, RSC); and more!

Hampstead Theatre Announces Full Cast and Creative Team For THE BREACH

Hampstead Theatre has announced the full cast and creative team for the UK premiere of Naomi Wallace's new play, The Breach.

New David Eldridge Play MIDDLE to Open in April at the National Theatre

Following their five-star production of Beginning, which played to sold-out runs at the National Theatre and in the West End, writer David Eldridge and director Polly Findlay reunite with new play Middle, a raw, touching and funny portrait of a 21st-century marriage. Learn all about the production and how to get tickets.

Bard SummerScape Presents THE SILENT WOMAN in July

Since its inception, the annual Bard SummerScape festival has presented a series of stellar revivals of important but neglected operas. This year's immersion in “Rachmaninoff and His World” features The Silent Woman (“Die Schweigsame Frau”), the only true comic opera by Rachmaninoff's close contemporary Richard Strauss.

Rick Fisher FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Rick Fisher has been nominated for several awards throughout his career. Some of his notable nominations include Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Judas Kiss," Outstanding Lighting Design at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "The Audience" and "Billy Elliot the Musical," Best Lighting Design of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Billy Elliot, The Musical," Outstanding Lighting Design in a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "Billy Elliot," Best Lighting Design at the Olivier Awards for "Billy Elliot," Best Lighting Designer at the Olivier Awards for "Chips With Everything" and "Lady In The Dark," Outstanding Lighting Design at the Drama Desk Awards for "An Inspector Calls," and Best Lighting Designer at the Olivier Awards for "Hysteria" and "An Inspector Calls."

Rick Fisher has won several awards for his outstanding lighting designs in various Broadway shows. Some of his notable awards include: - Outer Critics Circle Awards: Outstanding Lighting Design for "Billy Elliot the Musical" - Tony Awards: Best Lighting Design of a Musical for "Billy Elliot, The Musical" and Best Lighting Design for "An Inspector Calls" - Drama Desk Awards: Outstanding Lighting Design in a Musical for "Billy Elliot" and Outstanding Lighting Design for "An Inspector Calls" - Olivier Awards: Best Lighting Designer for "Hysteria" These awards recognize Fisher's exceptional talent and contribution to the world of Broadway lighting design.

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