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PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE
PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE, recipient of the 2016 Regional Theatre Tony Award, is a nationally renowned, not-for-profit theater under the direction of Mark S. Hoebee (Producing Artistic Director) and Michael Stotts (Managing Director). A beloved NJ arts institution since 1938, Paper Mill creates and produces groundbreaking new musicals and reimagined classics. Several productions have gone on to Broadway and launched national tours, including Disney’s Newsies, Les Misérables, Honeymoon in Vegas, A Bronx Tale, and Bandstand. The theater is also the home of an award-winning center for musical theater education and artist training, with outreach programs that impact thousands of students each year. As one of the nation’s premier musical theaters, Paper Mill fosters a creative environment to advance the art form, educate students, develop future theater lovers, nurture inclusion, and provide access for all. Paper Mill Playhouse programs are made possible, in part, by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. Paper Mill Playhouse is a member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, the Council of Stock Theatres, and the New Jersey Theatre Alliance.
PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE’S 2023-2024 SEASON
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
June 5–30, 2024
Book by Douglas McGrath
Words and Music by Gerry Goffin & Carole King and Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
Directed by Casey Hushion
PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE’S 2024-2025 SEASON
Jersey Boys
The Story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
Book by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice
Music by Bob Gaudio
Lyrics by Bob Crewe
October 2–November 3, 2024
Irving Berlin’s White Christmas
Based on the Paramount Pictures film written for the screen by Norman Krasna, Norman Panama & Melvin Frank
Music & Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Book by David Ives & Paul Blake
Original stage production directed by Walter Bobbie
November 27–December 29, 2024
Mystic Pizza
Book by Sandy Rustin
Based on the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture with story and characters by Amy Holden Jones
Choreographed by Connor Gallagher
Directed by Casey Hushion
January 29–February 23, 2025
World Premiere
Take the Lead
Book by Robert Cary & Jonathan Tolins
Music & Lyrics by Elliah Heifetz & Zeniba Now
Music Production by !llmind
Based on the New Line Cinema film written by Dianne Houston, by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures
Co-choreographed by Jennifer Weber & Maria Torres
Directed & Choreographed by Christopher Gattelli
March 29–April 27, 2025
Disney’s The Little Mermaid
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Howard Ashman & Glenn Slater
Book by Doug Wright
Based on the Hans Christian Andersen story and the Disney film produced by Howard Ashman & John Musker and written & directed by John Musker & Ron Clements
May 29–June 29, 2025