Photo Coverage: Paper Mill Playhouse Previews Broadway-Bound CAN-CAN!
By: Genevieve Rafter Keddy Sep. 06, 2014
Paper Mill Playhouse will open its 2014-2015 season with a Broadway-bound, world-class revival of Can-Can starring Kate Baldwin as Pistache and Jason Danieley as Aristide. This fresh new production features direction by David Lee (Frasier, Cheers) and choreography by Patti Colombo (Paper Mill's Peter Pan, On the Town, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers). The show features a book by Abe Burrows (Guys and Dolls, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying) and a re-crafted script by Joel Fields (Ugly Betty, The Americans) andDavid Lee. Can-Can's score features some of Cole Porter's timeless classics including "I Love Paris," "C'est Magnifique," "It's All Right With Me" and more. Paper Mill Playhouse is launching this Broadway-bound production of Cole Porter's classic musical with producing partner Jonathan Burrows. Can-Can will play the Millburn, New Jersey, theater from October 1 through October 26, 2014.
The company just met the press to preview the new production and you can check out photos from inside the special preview event below!
Pistache, a Parisian café owner, decides to feature the scandalous dance the Can-Can, but will her defiance of the law end her business and her love life? Can-Can was first presented at Broadway's Shubert Theatre in 1953 by legendary producers Cy Feuer and Ernest H. Martin. The musical made an overnight sensation of Gwen Verdon. A 1960 film adaptation starred Shirley MacLaine, Frank Sinatra, Maurice Chevalier and Louis Jourdan.
Can-Can will be performed at Paper Mill Playhouse eight times a week, Wednesday through Sunday. Performance schedule: Wednesday at 7:30pm, Thursday at 1:30pm and 7:30pm, Friday at 8:00pm, Saturday at 1:30pm and 8:00pm and Sunday at 1:30pm and 7:00pm. Tickets are on sale now and range from $28 to $99. Tickets may be purchased by calling 973.376.4343, at the Paper Mill Playhouse Box Office at 22 Brookside Drive in Millburn, or online at www.PaperMill.org. Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express accepted. Groups of 10 or more can receive up to a 40% discount on tickets and should call 973.315.1680. College students can order $20 rush tickets over the phone or in person at the Paper Mill Playhouse Box Office on the day of the performance.
Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy
Todd Schmidt (Managing Director of Paper Mill Playhouse) and Mark. S. Hoebee (Producing Artistic Director of Paper Mill Playhouse) greet cast members for the new production of Can-Can
David Lee (Director and Co-author)
David Lee and Patti Colombo (Choreographer)
Jenny Laroche and Sarah DeBiase
Ryan Worsing and Sarah Marie Jenkins
Ann Hould-Ward (Costume Design)
Jason Danieley and Joel Fields (Co-author)
Ann Hould-Ward fitting Molly Tynes
Lindsay Levine and Patrick Parker (Associate Artistic Director Paper Mill Playhouse)
Peter L. Felcher and Greg Hildreth
Peter Nelson, Sarah Marie Jenkins, Patrick Parket and Ryan Worsing
Desiree Davar and Joey Murray
Sarah Meahl and Justin Patterson
Molly Tynes, Kate Marilley, Sarah Meahl and Desiree Davar
Joey Murray and Taurean Everett
Greg Hildreth and Jason Danieley
Kate Baldwin being fitted for one of her many costumes
Ann Hould-Ward costume designs
Ann Hould-Ward costume designs
Ann Hould-Ward costume designs
Ann Hould-Ward costume designs
Ann Hould-Ward costume designs
Ann Hould-Ward costume designs
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