Richie Jackson

Richie Jackson is currently producing Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song on Broadway. He executive produced Showtime’s Nurse Jackie (Emmy and Golden Globe nominee for “Best Comedy Series”) for seven seasons and co-executive produced the film Shortbus, written and directed by John Cameron Mitchell. Other producing projects include the Broadway musical A Catered Affair. Previous to starting his own company, Richie was the head of the New York office of Innovative Artists Talent & Literary Agency. He began his career at Gatchell & Neufeld, a theatrical General Management firm where he was the assistant company manager of the Broadway productions of Chess, Starlight Express and Cats. As an alumnus of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, he most recently endowed a fellowship program at his alma mater to assist graduates in the transition from academia to a lifelong career in the arts called The Richie Jackson Artist Fellowship. He lives in New York City with his husband Jordan Roth and their two sons.