MILLBURN, NJ — As one of the nation’s leading professional theaters and recipient of the Regional Theatre Tony Award, Paper Mill Playhouse has a well-earned reputation for launching both performers and shows to Broadway. Since their inception in 1996, the Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater have ignited […]
By Debbie L. Hochberg / Staff Writer MILLBURN, NJ — There is something really fun — and funny — about watching 15 nuns dance around on a stage, with their habits swishing to and fro and their arms waving around in the air. It is just so un-nunlike — at least so different from the concept […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — With the musical talents of JESPY House clients in the spotlight, JESPY has partnered with Millburn’s Paper Mill Playhouse to present a showcase of Broadway songs to be performed by the clients on Saturday, June 18, at 4 p.m. The performance, which is open to the public, is tentatively titled “A […]
By Debbie L. Hochberg / Correspondent MILLBURN, NJ — Wow! “The Wanderer,” the energetic new show at the Paper Mill Playhouse based on the life and music of Dion, the iconic 1960s rocker, is just incredible. While this fresh musical is still in town, I urge you to go see it before it goes to Broadway […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Paper Mill Playhouse Children’s Theater on Tour performed a musical theater revue at West Orange’s John P. Renna House on March 25. The event was made possible by the West Orange Department of Senior Services and West Orange Women’s Club. The young performed delighted with song-and-dance numbers from several Broadway shows. […]
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School’s theater department will be back in the school’s auditorium for its annual musical after a two-year COVID-19–induced hiatus. Triumphantly twirling across the stage, newspapers in hand, the students will bring “Newsies” to the stage, opening March 11. It’s the first big show to be staged since […]
By Debbie L. Hochberg / Correspondent MILLBURN, NJ — “The Paper Mill is back!” These words from the producing artistic director of the Paper Mill Playhouse, Mark S. Hoebee, were music to our ears as a new season began on Sunday night, Oct. 17 — the theater’s first opening night in 616 days. It was a […]
TRENTON, NJ — The New Jersey State Council on the Arts recently awarded more than $35.6 million in grants to support more than 700 arts organizations, projects and artists throughout the state. The grants were approved at the Arts Council’s 55th annual meeting, held virtually. The awards are part of the largest state appropriation the […]
MILLBURN, NJ — Paper Mill Playhouse is hosting its largest fundraising event of the year, the “Paper Mill Playhouse Together at Home Gala,” to be held virtually on Friday, June 4. The event will be hosted on Virtual Tables, an interactive platform designed to evoke the excitement and glamour of Paper Mill’s in-person galas. The […]
MILLBURN, NJ — Paper Mill has announced the return of its Brookside Cabaret, starting Wednesday, June 9. The outdoor series, which debuted last summer, features world-class performers and fine dining under the stars at the F.M. Kirby Carriage House Restaurant. Veteran singers of Paper Mill, Broadway and beyond will return to the Brookside Cabaret for […]