On 30 Rock, a general spoof of Fey’s years working at Saturday Night Live, getting original songs into the show was almost a matter of course because of the show’s theatrical setting and overall heightened reality. This year, Richmond’s work has matched the show’s overall approach of cramming as many gags as possible into every minute: In short, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt might be TV’s first screwball musical. He was, of course, wrong: In its two seasons, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt has become a show that relies heavily on its eclectic musical landscape, from its barnstorming, Auto-Tuned opening theme to the increasingly elaborate parody numbers that litter almost every episode. Mean Girls the musical will open on Broadway in 2018, with book by Fey and music by Richmond.“I thought, ‘This will be a nice small show that we’ll score appropriately,’” Richmond told me. He was executive producer and composer for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, composed the score for the movie Baby Mama, co-starring Fey and Amy Poehler, and was an executive producer for the their 2015 film, Sisters. Richmond continues to write music, direct, and produce, often working with Fey. Aside from producing and composing the theme song and music for the Emmy-winning show, Richmond also appeared as the character “Alphonso Disperioso” and directed five episodes. He left SNL around the same time as Fey to start developing 30 Rock. Īfter Second City, Richmond and Fey went to New York, where he began composing musical pieces for Saturday Night Live. It was also at Second City that Richmond met his wife, Tina Fey. Richmond started directing for the company in 1998, helming several shows for both the e.t.c., including the 21st revue, History Repaints Itself with Jack McBrayer, and the Mainstage, starting with Promise Keepers, Losers Weepers, the 98th Mainstage production. productions, including River Ants with Horatio Sanz.

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Richmond started out as a Musical Director at The Second City e.t.c. He went on to graduate from Kent State University before coming to Chicago, where he began working with Child’s Play Touring Theater and then came to The Second City. Jeff Richmond grew up in Portage County, Ohio, where he helped form the Garrettsville Community Players.

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