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After Midnight | Director's Viewpoint

Paper Mill's Associate Artistic Director and After Midnight's Co-Director, Jen Bender, in conversation with Co-Director and Choreographer, Dominique Kelley! After Midnight transports you to the Cotton Club of the Harlem Renaissance, intertwining exhilarating dance from tap to Lindy Hop with songs from big-band legends Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Harold Arlen, Dorothy Fields, and more. The electrifying score features such hits as “I Can’t Give You Anything but Love,” “Stormy Weather,” “On the Sunny Side of the Street,” and “It Don’t Mean a Thing.” JAN 31–FEB 25, 2024

Fiddler on the Roof | Director's Viewpoint

Paper Mill's Associate Artistic Director, Jen Bender, interviews our Producing Artistic Director and the director of Fiddler on the Roof, Mark S. Hoebee! This beloved classic is sure to charm and captivate the entire family. The Tony Award-winning musical is set in a Russian village in the home of Tevye, a husband and father striving to uphold his family’s religious and cultural traditions. Directed by Paper Mill Producing Artistic Director Mark S. Hoebee with the original choreography by Jerome Robbins, Fiddler on the Roof’s timeless score includes such favorites as “Tradition,” “Matchmaker, Matchmaker,” “If I Were a Rich Man,” “To Life (L’Chaim!),” and “Sunrise, Sunset.” DEC 6, 2023–JAN 7, 2024

The Great Gatsby | Director's Viewpoint

Paper Mill's Associate Artistic Director, Jen Bender, interviews Marc Bruni, The Great Gatsby Director, and Dominique Kelley, The Great Gatsby Choreographer. This world premiere musical adaptation of the acclaimed novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald tells the impassioned tale of eccentric and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby in his tragic pursuit of Daisy Buchanan, the woman he’s loved since his youth. Directed by Marc Bruni (Beautiful), this story of extravagance and longing in the lavish Roaring Twenties features a book by Kait Kerrigan (The Mad Ones) and a jazz- and pop-influenced original score by Jason Howland and Nathan Tysen (Paradise Square).

Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express | Director's Viewpoint

Paper Mill's Producing Artistic Director, Mark S. Hoebee, interviews Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express' Director, Casey Hushion! The Orient Express is about to go off the rails! With a train full of suspects and an alibi for each one, it’s the perfect mystery for detective Hercule Poirot, n’est-ce pas? Adapted from Agatha Christie’s masterpiece by two-time Tony-nominated playwright Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor, Crazy for You), Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express is a funny, fast-paced thrill ride. Director Casey Hushion (Paper Mill’s Clue and A Jolly Holiday) takes the helm. APR 19–MAY 14, 2023 Get your tickets today at: https://papermill.org [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbHhzUC1KaHFhRVZGVGJYUlFhV0hxdF96ZjYxUXxBQ3Jtc0tsYnVsNEFOSWJaU2NrN2pEQWdySWJkMmN4QS1DUWV1T1A4X3M0SU80Z0FVWTNpMUFjRUdJSS1fZjR1cjVWRWRtaGU0LTVQVzlUTEhDRkFaYnlsSURUXzg5ZjQ0VXJvcmxROExNdGZTZ0ZOV2hQV2JVdw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fpapermill.org%2F&v=wP0mtnVaJUk]

On Your Feet! | Director's Viewpoint

Paper Mill's Producing Artistic Director, Mark S. Hoebee, interviews On Your Feet! Director & Choreographer, Alex Sanchez!  This exhilarating production follows the lives of pop superstars Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Cuban immigrants in Miami, as they fall in love, struggle to overcome family obstacles, and work tirelessly to take their Latin sound to the American mainstream. Directed and choreographed by Alex Sanchez, with music direction by Andrew David Sotomayor (Tootsie), and featuring such chart-topping hits as “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You,” “Conga,” and “1-2-3,” On Your Feet! is an exuberant, joyful celebration that’s bursting with heart.