Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee-Artistic Director, Mark W. Jones-Executive Director) has announced the full casting for On the Town. Directed by Bill Berry with choreography by Patti Colombo, On the Town will run at the Millburn theater from November 11 through December 6, 2009.
This afternoon Paper Mill Playhouse revealed that Tony Award winning actress Harriet Harris will join the cast as Madame Dilly. Ms. Harris is the recipient of the 2002 Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Mrs. Meers in Thoroughly Modern Millie. Miss Harris received the 2006 L.A. Stage Alliance Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical On The Town. Broadway: Old Acquaintance and The Man Who Came To Dinner. Off-Broadway: Rude Entertainment; Jeffrey (Drama Desk nomination); Bella, Belle of Byelorussia, directed by Christopher Ashley (Drama Desk nomination); Innocents Crusade, directed by Mark Brokaw; Christmas on Mars; and Hamlet. Film credits include Memento, Monster-in-Law, Nurse Betty, Addams Family Values. TV credits include Desperate Housewives (recurring as Felicia Tillman), Frasier (recurring as agent Bebe Glazer), Six Feet Under, The X-Files, It's All Relative, Union Square and The Five Mrs. Buchanans.
On the Town will play the following performance schedule: Wednesdays at 7:30PM, Thursdays at 1:30PM & 7:30PM, Fridays at 8:00PM, Saturdays at 1:30PM & 8:00PM and Sundays at 1:30PM & 7:00PM. Single tickets are now on sale and range in price from $25 to $92. Student rush tickets are $20 and are available the day of performance in person with current student ID. Tickets may be purchased by calling 973-376-4343, or at the Paper Mill Box Office on Brookside Drive in Millburn, or online at www.papermill.org. Paper Mill Playhouse gift cards, available in any denomination, can be purchased at the Paper Mill Playhouse Box Office. Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express accepted. Groups of ten or more can receive up to a 25% discount on tickets and should call 973-379-3636 ext. 2438. On the Town is generously supported by a gift from The Ferolito Family.
On the Town, Leonard Bernstein's and Jerome Robbins' dance spectacular sails onto the Paper Mill Playhouse stage just in time for the holidays. A musical devoted to celebrating New York City in all its glorious diversity, On the Town is the story of Three Sailors - Gabey, Chip, and Ozzie - who are on a 24-hour leave and searching for romance and boy do they find it! On the Town opened on Broadway in 1944 and introduced America to such standards as, "New York, New York" and "I Can Cook Too". ".altogether transporting music," as Charles Isherwood of the New York Times described it; On the Town is a "wonderland of pleasure, romance and hot fun."
On the Town brings a spectacular cast to the Paper Mill stage including: Jennifer Cody (Hildy Esterhazy) performed in Paper Mill Playhouse's production of Cinderella as 'Joy'. Ms. Cody won the Kevin Kline Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical for her role in Hello, Dolly! and was nominated for a Drama League award. Her Broadway credits include: Shrek The Musical; Pajama Game; Taboo; Urinetown; Seussical; Grease; Beauty and the Beast; and Cats. Her television and film credits include: The Princess and the Frog; Law & Order; Rosie Live; The Battery's Down; and The Understudies.
Tyler Hanes (Gabey) has performed on Broadway in A Chorus Line; Hairspray; Sweet Charity; and The Frogs. Off-Broadway he performed in Juno and was featured in the national tour of Fosse. His film and television credits include: In the Blood; Phoebe in Wonderland; and One Life to Live.
