The Wanderer at the New Jersey venue. Michael Wartella and Christy Altomare
After a pivot to digital, New Jersey s Paper Mill Playhouse intends to welcome back in-person audiences for its 2021â2022 season. The reopening lineup is slated to begin October 13 with the Jason Robert Brown song cycle
Songs for a New World. Carolyn Cantor will direct the staging, running through November 7.
For the holiday season, the Millburn venue will present
A Jolly Holiday With Disney on Broadway, running December 1âJanuary 2, 2022. The revue will feature songs from such musicals as
The Lion King, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins, Beauty and the Beast, Aida, and
Saint said the appearance by Spielberg was especially meaningful.
“He is of course a genius, but I learned, working with him as associate producer on the new West Side Story film, what a giving, generous man he is, Saint said.
At the event, the 2021 Thomas H. Kean Arts Advocacy Award was presented to former Gov. Thomas H. Kean; Thomas F. Kelso Esq., chair of the New Brunswick Cultural Center; and James N. Heston, chair of the George Street Playhouse Board of Trustees. Tiny Beautiful Things is the third production of George Street s streaming season, available to watch through May 23. For tickets or more information, visit georgestreetplayhouse.org. George Street s season will close out with Terrence McNally s comedy It s Only A Play from June 8 to 27.
Following its star-studded 2021 virtual Gala, featuring stars from the stage and screen, Board President and Chair of the George Street Playhouse 2021 Gala, Dr. Penelope Lattimer, announced today that the fundraiser had raised over $452,000 to date - making this a record breaking event as the highest-grossing gala in the history of George Street Playhouse. Thank you to everyone who has supported George Street Playhouse, said Lattimer. The results of this Gala will ensure the future of our mainstage productions, and the important work we undertake with students, as we make plans to gather in person again to attend the theatre
Artistic Director David Saint. This outpouring of support not only sustains the work financially, but also is a reminder of how important George Street Playhouse and live theatre are to people s lives. We are very grateful.
George Street Playhouse Breaks Fundraising Record with Star Studded Virtual Gala
(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) Following its star-studded 2021 virtual Gala, featuring stars from the stage and screen, Board President and Chair of the
George Street Playhouse 2021 Gala, Dr. Penelope Lattimer, announced today that the fundraiser had raised over $452,000 to date - making this a record breaking event as the highest-grossing gala in the history of George Street Playhouse.
“Thank you to everyone who has supported George Street Playhouse,” said Lattimer. “The results of this Gala will ensure the future of our mainstage productions, and the important work we undertake with students, as we make plans to gather in person again to attend the theatre”