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Richard Hester

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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

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News


Photos: GENE & GILDA Opens Off-Broadway at 59E59 Theaters
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Jul 28, 2025

Penguin Rep Theatre is presenting the Off-Broadway premiere of Gene & Gilda, a new play by Cary Gitter, directed by Joe Brancato. See photos from opening night here!
Patti LuPone Brings A LIFE IN NOTES to the Bushnell in May
by Stephi Wild - Mar 6, 2024

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
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 5, 2024

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
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Sep 12, 2023

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
by Rachael F. Goldberg - Feb 1, 2023

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.
Video: Broadway Stage Manager And Author Richard Hester Joins THE EARLY NIGHT SHOW With Joshua Turchin
by A.A. Cristi - May 13, 2022

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
by A.A. Cristi - May 9, 2022

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 Launches IPA With New Jersey Beer Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 31, 2022

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.
JERSEY BOYS is Coming to Popejoy Hall
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 15, 2022

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
by Stephi Wild - Mar 8, 2022

Veteran Broadway Stage Manager Richard Hester (Jersey Boys) releases “Hold, Please: Stage Managing A Pandemic,” a memoir of the year Broadway went dark.   

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