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 […]
MILLBURN, NJ — Paper Mill Playhouse has announced the lineup for the upcoming reopening season and staff looks forward to welcoming audiences back to the theater for live performances. The Paper Mill Playhouse 2021-22 lineup includes three eagerly anticipated productions that were postponed from previous seasons: “Sister Act,” “Clue” and the world-premiere of the musical […]
MILLBURN, NJ — Since their inception in 1996, the Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theatre, presented by the Investors Foundation, have ignited the careers of many notable performers, all of whom attended high school in New Jersey. Paper Mill Playhouse has announced the 2021 nominees. Award recipients will […]
MILLBURN, NJ — Paper Mill Playhouse has announced the reimagined 2020–2021 season; the theater will move forward with a mostly digital season, including several original productions to be captured on the Paper Mill stage. The theater also optimistically anticipates bringing smaller audiences back to the theater, if that becomes possible, by late spring or early […]
MILLBURN, NJ — Paper Mill Playhouse has announced a virtual beginning of the 2020-2021 season. Produced in partnership with Hershey Felder Presents, Paper Mill is proud to present “Hershey Felder as George Gershwin Alone – Live from Florence,” streamed live on Sunday, Sept. 13, at 8 p.m. “After the success of our first livestream presentation, […]
MILLBURN, NJ — Paper Mill Playhouse has announced added performances of “Brookside Cabaret” after the successful launch of the cabaret on Saturdays at Paper Mill Playhouse’s Carriage House Restaurant at the F.M. Kirby Carriage House. “The excitement and demand from the community to come back to see live performance has been incredible and not just […]