the End. During the Backstreet Boys' hiatus in 2003, Richardson went into acting. He played the role of smooth-talking lawyer Billy Flynn in the Broadway production of "Chicago." He was a part of the show in New York City (January 20 – March 9), Pittsburgh (July 26–27), San Francisco (August 6–24), and the West End of London (September 22 – November 1). In 2003, he made an appearance on Punk'd where he got punk'd by Ashton Kutcher. Richardson, along with Howie D., appeared in Krystal Harris 's music video "Supergirl!", from "The Princess Diaries" soundtrack. After leaving the group, he returned to performing in "Chicago." On November 14, 2006, he returned to New York City with many "Chicago" alumni for the 10th anniversary of the show. From late November to December 3, 2006, Richardson played the role of Billy Flynn in Toronto, and in Japan in February 2007. He returned to Japan with the show in September 2009 through early October and then in Louisville, Kentucky, from October 29 to November 1, 2009. Richardson also filmed some movies during his time away from the group. His first film was the 2009 Christian drama Love Takes Wing, based on a book by Janette Oke, playing the part of Cyrus in 2009. Richardson filmed some small independent movies in 2010. He starred in The Bloody Indulgent, a vampire-themed musical film, also starred opposite Susan Traylor, Daniela Sea, Pleasant Gehman, Garrett Swann and Michael Maize in Steve Balderson's feature film drama The Casserole Club. Richardson had won an Independent Vision Award for Best Actor in the film at Vision Fest in New York City in 2011. and a short film Unwound in 2011. It is an entry for Producers Guild of America premiere Weekend Shorts Event contest to benefit the Debra Hill Foundation. The short film only took 51 hours from script to final cut. In 2013, Richardson and the other Backstreet Boys appeared as fictional versions of themselves in the comedy film "This Is the End." In 2015, Richardson filmed an independent film called "If I Could Tell You," a short movie about infertility, which was released in 2016, where he also talked about his struggle with having children. Charity Just Within Reach (JWR) was formed by Richardson and started in honor of his father, Jerald Wayne Richardson. Richardson wanted to name the foundation after his father, whom he lost to cancer.