October 27, 2012

Jersey Boys 2nd Natl Tour Heads to Durham 10/30-11/18; Production Supervisor Richard Hester Says Show’s Energy Is Palpable!

October 27th, 2012
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    The JERSEY BOYS second national tour will be playing in Durham beginning Tuesday 10/30 through 11/18 and reporter Dawn Baumgartner Vaughn has a terrific interview with production supervisor Richard Hester, who was in Johannesburg at the time, working on the show’s upcoming South African debut. Here’s a preview: “The Four Seasons’ songs were hits all [...]

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October 4, 2012

Jersey Boys Heads to Syracuse Oct. 9-28; Check Out the Great Interview on ‘Frankie Camp’ with Richard Hester!

October 4th, 2012
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    Post-Standard arts editor Melinda Johnson has a marvelous in-depth interview with Richard Hester, production supervisor for all US and international productions of JERSEY BOYS, who fills her in on Frankie Camp, Frankie University and Frankie Grad School. Below is a short preview: “It doesn’t matter where we’re training people; 1950s Newark, N.J., is a foreign [...]

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September 4, 2012

Jersey Boys 2nd Natl Tour Plays Benedum Center from 9/4-9/23; Check Out Feature with Richard Hester Pittsburgh Post-Gazette!

September 4th, 2012
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    Sharon Eberson has a marvelous preview feature interview with JERSEY BOYS production supervisor Richard Hester! The JB 2nd national tour will be playing at the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh from tonight until September 23. From rough streets and humble beginnings in New Jersey came the Four Seasons, a boy band that topped the pop charts [...]

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July 13, 2012

Production Supervisor Richard Hester’s Amazing Jersey Boys Journey!

July 13th, 2012
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    Richard Hester in rehearsal with cast members of Jersey Boys (Photo Credit: Broadway.com) JERSEY BOYS production supervisor Richard Hester has been with JERSEY BOYS since its very beginning at La Jolla Playhouse! Today, Hester is in charge of keeping the musical running smoothly all over the globe. His job responsibilities include arranging the casting of [...]

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May 27, 2012

The Unique Challenges of Jersey Boys

May 27th, 2012
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    The JERSEY BOYS first national tour company begins playing in Tulsa at the Chapman Music Hall June 6 through June 24. Tulsa World Scene Writer James D. Watts, Jr. has a marvelous feature interview that discusses the unique challenges of JERSEY BOYS with JB production supervisor Richard Hester and co-writers Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice. [...]

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June 22, 2011

Turning Out Stars via Frankie Camp!

June 22nd, 2011
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    Beacon Journal staff writer Kerry Clawson has a really interesting an informative interview with JERSEY BOYS production supervisor Richard Hester, who’s in charge of Frankie Camp and the development of Frankies around the world. Currently, 21 Frankies either play or are poised to play the iconic role in five companies: Broadway, the U.S. tour, Las [...]

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May 15, 2011

Details on ‘Frankie Camp’

May 15th, 2011
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    Judith Newmark, Post-Dispatch Theater Critic has an in-depth look at “Frankie Camp,” an audition process that JERSEY BOYS production supervisor Richard Hester and his colleagues dreamed up that is very unique in musical theatre. Newmark interviews Hester and current JB national tour “Frankie,” Joseph Leo Bwarie, about what goes into Frankie Camp. Frankie Camp — [...]

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