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BIO

Broadway: Jersey Boys, Gypsy, Sweet Smell Of Success, Annie Get Your Gun, Patti LuPone's Matters Of The Heart, A Delicate Balance, The Old Neighborhood, Titanic, The Phantom Of The Opera, The Red Shoes, The Secret Garden. National Tours: Wicked, The Phantom Of The Opera, West Side Story. Regional: Jersey Boys (La Jolla Playhouse). Currently: Production Supervisor for Patti LuPone's national concert appearances. Co-Founder/Producer of "Broadway Barks" with Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore.

STAGE CREDITS

[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 1986
Puppeteer

Productions

 
[Off-Broadway, 2021]
Production Supervisor
 
[Las Vegas, 2008]
Production Supervisor
 
[West End, 2008]
Production Supervisor
 
[Broadway, 2005]
Production Stage Manager
Production Supervisor[Replacement]
 
[Broadway, 2002]
Stage Manager
 
[Broadway, 2000]
Production Supervisor
 
[Broadway, 1999] [Replacement]
Production Stage Manager[Replacement]
 
[Broadway, 1998] [Replacement]
Production Stage Manager[Replacement]
 
[Broadway, 1997]
Production Stage Manager
 
[Broadway, 1997]
Stage Manager
 
[Broadway, 1996]
Assistant Stage Manager
 
[Broadway, 1993]
Assistant Stage Manager

News


Patti LuPone Brings A LIFE IN NOTES to the Bushnell in May

The Bushnell announced that three-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone will bring her new concert Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes to The Bushnell for one performance on Sunday, May 19 at 3 PM.
Patti LuPone to Launch A LIFE IN NOTES Multi-City Tour This Spring

This spring three-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone will perform her new concert Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes on a multi-city tour.
Photos: Inside the 2023 American Theatre Wing Gala

The American Theatre Wing 2023 Gala Celebration was held next Monday, September 11, 2023 at Cipriani. BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out photos here!
Review: MANDY PATINKIN IN CONCERT: BEING ALIVE At Strathmore Music Center

The phrase “Mandy Patinkin in Concert” should always draw audiences, but this particular 'Being Alive' tour is just a lovely and loving performance, and it’s one well worth seeing. Patinkin is pure joy on the stage, and the feeling is catching.
Broadway Reads Presents Inaugural Reading At Lincoln Center

Broadway Reads presents an evening of Broadway theater veterans reading from their published works. Hosted by Julie Halston (You Can't Take it With You, Virtual Halston), the event will feature playwright Rick Elice (Peter and the Starcatchers, Jersey Boys), producer and actress Jenna Gavigan (A Strange Loop, Gypsy), stage manager Richard Hester (Jersey Boys), and former wigmaster Amy Neswald (Jersey Boys) reading from their published novels and memoirs in a celebration of the multi-talented landscape of Broadway's above and below-the-line talent.
Video: Broadway Stage Manager And Author Richard Hester Joins THE EARLY NIGHT SHOW With Joshua Turchin

Season eight, episode four (which is also available on the Broadway Podcast Network: http://bpn.fm/TENS) stars Broadway Stage Manager and Author Richard Hester (Broadway's Summer, Jersey Boys, Gypsy, Sweet Smell of Success, Matters of the Heart, Annie Get Your Gun, Cabaret, The Old Neighborhood, Titanic, A Delicate Balance, The Red Shoes). The episode can be streamed here:
Casting Announced For JERSEY BOYS Providence Engagement

Casting has been announced for the Providence return engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, playing the Providence Performing Arts Center for two performances.
JERSEY BOYS To Complete Its Run At New World Stages May 22

The current engagement of Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Jersey Boys at New World Stages will finish its run Sunday, May 22.
Read Excerpts from Stage Manager Richard Hester's HOLD, PLEASE: STAGE MANAGING A PANDEMIC

Veteran Broadway Stage Manager Richard Hester (Jersey Boys) has just release 'Hold, Please: Stage Managing A Pandemic,' a memoir of the year Broadway went dark.
28 Theater Books for Your Spring 2022 Reading List

Spring has sprung and the great weather calls for a great book to enjoy outdoors! You're in luck, because this year, Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind. From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theatre history; check out our collection of 28 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's spring reading list.
Photos: The Early Night Show with Josh Turchin at the Broadway Marketplace

The Early Night Show with Joshua Turchin announced that it is bringing back live performances for the first time since the start of the pandemic. The shows will begin taping starting in April from the Broadway Makers Marketplace, the new For Broadway Fans, By Broadway Fans Pop Up Shop located in the Turnstyle Underground Market at Columbus Circle (57th & 8th Ave Subway Station).
JERSEY BOYS Launches IPA With New Jersey Beer Company

Jersey Boys IPA will be available for purchase beginning April 2 exclusively at New Jersey Beer Company in North Bergen, NJ on April 2, and beginning April 7 in New Jersey and New York, including at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street), where Jersey Boys is playing.
VIDEO: Go Behind the Scenes With JERSEY BOYS' Return to Live Performances

JERSEY BOYS Off-Broadway released a behind-the-scenes video celebrating the show’s return to live performances. 
JERSEY BOYS is Coming to Popejoy Hall

The Albuquerque return engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, is playing the Popejoy Hall April 7 – 10, 2022. 
Memoir By Broadway Stage Manager Richard Hester 'Hold, Please' is Available for Pre-Sale

Veteran Broadway Stage Manager Richard Hester (Jersey Boys) releases “Hold, Please: Stage Managing A Pandemic,” a memoir of the year Broadway went dark.   
JERSEY BOYS to Offer Two Tickets for the Price of One Dring NYC Off-Broadway Week

The Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award winning musical Jersey Boys is now offering two tickets for the price of one during NYC Off-Broadway Week, February 14 through February 27, 2022. Jersey Boys is playing at New York City’s New World Stages (340 West 50th Street) Stage 1, where it recently celebrated its 1,000th performance. 
VIDEO: JERSEY BOYS Celebrates 1000 Performances in New York City

The Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award winning musical Jersey Boys celebrates its 1000th performance at New York City’s New World Stages today, Sunday, January 9, 2022.
JERSEY BOYS to Resume Performances Tonight at New World Stages

Performances of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award winning musical Jersey Boys will resume tonight, Monday, December 27 at New York City’s New World Stages (340 West 50th Street) Stage 1 following a ten-day hiatus.
Casting Announced For JERSEY BOYS at The 5th Avenue Theatre, February 2022

Casting has been announced for the Seattle return engagement of the Tony, Grammy, and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, playing The 5th Avenue Theatre for one week only, February 15 – 20, 2022.
Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, Sergio Trujillo & More Will Take Part in EPIC

The Entertainment and Performing Arts Industry Conference (EPIC) is thrilled to announce some of Broadway’s best to join a multi-national and highly regarded group of entertainment industry leaders to participate in the first-ever, 24-hour global online event for everyone working in, aspiring to work in, or wishing to explore the arts and entertainment sector.  

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