Lamar Richardson joins ‘The Fabulous Four’ producing team
Lamar Richardson, who was nominated for a Tony Award this year as a Co-Producer of New York, New York, has joined the producing team as a "Co-Producer" of The Fabulous Four, a SAG-waiver approved feature starring Bette Midler, Susan Sarandon, Megan Mullally, and Sheryl Lee Ralph. The film is scheduled to be distributed theatrically in 2024.
Written and directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, the Cannes prize-winner best known for her Kate Winslet pic The Dressmaker, the film follows three life-long friends (Sarandon, Mullally, and Ralph) who travel to Key West, Florida to be bridesmaids in a surprise wedding of their college girlfriend Marilyn (Midler). Once there, sisterhoods are rekindled, the past rises up again in all its glory, and there are enough sparks, drinks and romance to change all their lives in ways they never expected.
Richard Barton Lewis’ Southpaw Entertainment is producing alongside Lauren Hantz of Hantz Motion Pictures. Richardson comes in through his production company, Ivy Lion Productions.
Richardson made his Broadway debut as a Co-Producer of the Death of a Salesman revival last fall starring Wendell Pierce, Sharon D. Clarke, and Andre de Shields. His current show on Broadway as a Co-Producer is Merrily We Roll Along starring Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez and recently joined the producing team of the upcoming The Wiz revival starring Deborah Cox and Wayne Brady.
As an award-winning actor, Phylicia Rashad directed Richardson in his regional stage debut as Sylvester in August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom in 2016 at the Mark Taper Forum starring Lillias White, Glynn Turman, Keith David, Jason Dirden, and others. The play received Best Ensemble awards at the LA Drama Critics Circle Awards and the LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards. His TV credits include appearances on Blue Bloods, FBI, New Amsterdam, and Weird City. He will also be seen in Richard Lawson’s upcoming feature adaptation of Richard Wesley’s Black Terror.