Paper Mill Playhouse to reopen with ‘Songs for a New World,’ ‘Sister Act’ and more
Updated May 18, 2021;
Posted May 18, 2021
Paper Mill Playhouse also returns with Clue, Sister Act and The Wanderer. Courtesy of Paper Mill Playhouse
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Beginning Oct. 13, the Tony-winning Millburn theater will start its new season with “
Songs for a New World,” the musical from Tony winner Jason Robert Brown. The show, directed by Carolyn Cantor, “transports audiences through time to meet a startling array of characters on the brink of a life-changing decision” and runs through Nov. 7.
“Right now all of us are re-emerging into a new world,” Mark Hoebee, producing artistic director at Paper Mill Playhouse, said in a statement. “At this moment, we need the power of theater to help us begin to heal and move forward.”
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