Richard Todd Adams has had a long history with 2 Pianos 4 Hands, having first appeared as Ted in 2001.  He’s thrilled to make his Pioneer Theatre Company debut after performing the show throughout the United States and Canada. He was last seen on Broadway in the 2016 revival of Cats, where he was the standby for Old Deuteronomy and Gus/Bustopher Jones. Richard is one of a handful of actors around the world to have portrayed both the Phantom and Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera, and Jean Valjean and Javert in Les Misérables. He made his Broadway debut in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Woman in White and a year later appeared in Boublil and Schoenberg’s The Pirate Queen. He won the Jeff Award for his portrayal of Javert in Chicago’s Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre production of Les Misérables.  Regionally, he has starred in Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Ragtime, Showboat, 1776, Man of La Mancha, and Billy Bishop Goes to War. Richard received his Bachelors of Music from Trinity University in San Antonio, TX, and his Masters in Music from The Juilliard School. He has sung with symphonies in Cleveland, Naples, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Ottawa, Edmonton, Vancouver, and Raleigh.  For more, please visit www.RichardToddAdams.com.

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States