Photos: In Rehearsals for AFTER MIDNIGHT at Paper Mill Playhouse
After Midnight will play January 31 – February 25, 2024 at Paper Mill Playhouse.
By: Jennifer Broski Jan. 22, 2024
Paper Mill Playhouse will soon present After Midnight, co-directed by Dominique Kelley (PMP: The Great Gatsby; Denver Center: Oklahoma!) and Paper Mill Playhouse’s Associate Artistic Director Jen Bender (PMP: Honeymoon in Vegas; Broadway: The Lion King) and choreographed by Kelley. The production will play January 31 – February 25, 2024 at Paper Mill Playhouse (22 Brookside Drive). Opening night is Sunday, February 4.
Conceived by Jack Viertel (former Artistic Director of City Center Encores!), this Jazz Age rhythm and dance extravaganza is an electrifying musical revue that transports you to the Cotton Club of the Harlem Renaissance, an unparalleled time in New York City when jazz and swing were king. After Midnight intertwines the poetry of Langston Hughes with songs from big-band legends Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Harold Arlen, Dorothy Fields, and more. The exhilarating 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 (If It Ain't Got That Swing).”
After Midnight will star Angela Birchett (PMP & Broadway: The Color Purple), Sasha Hutchings (Broadway: Hamilton, My Fair Lady), Joshua Lamar (Lyric Opera: West Side Story; HBO Max: “Legendary”), James T. Lane (Broadway: Chicago, The Scottsboro Boys), Stanley Martin (Broadway: Disney’s Aladdin; International Tour: West Side Story), Aramie Payton (Broadway: MJ: The Musical; National Tour: Dreamgirls), Destinee Rea (PMP: Disney’s Hercules; Broadway: Tina: The Tina Turner Musical), Awa Sal Secka (Signature Theatre: Ragtime, Gun & Powder), Liv Symone (Broadway: Disney’s Aladdin; Starz: “Power Book III: Raising Kanan”), Harris Matthew Turner (Broadway: MJ: The Musical, Disney’s Frozen), Jasmine Pearl Villaroel (Centre Theater: Tuck Everlasting; Fulton Theatre: Grease), and Anthony Wayne (Broadway: Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Once on This Island).
The production features music direction by Sean Mayes (Broadway: MJ: The Musical, Hadestown), scenic and lighting design by Adam Honoré (Broadway: Purlie Victorious, Ain’t No Mo’), costume design by Azalea Fairley (Broadway: Hamilton, A Strange Loop), sound design by Sadah Espii Proctor (Broadway: Trouble in Mind; Off-Broadway: Daphne), and hair and wig design by Alfreda Howard (Netflix: “Mystery Science Theatre 3000;” Off-Broadway: Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie). Casting is by Tara Rubin Casting. RL Campbell is the Production Stage Manager.
Photo Credit: Jennifer Broski
Anthony Wayne, Stanley Martin, James T. Lane, Sasha Hutchings, Harris Matthew Turner, Liv Symone, Destinee Rea
Sasha Hutchings, Destinee Rea, Liv Symone, James T. Lane, Anthony Wayne, Stanley Martin, Harris Matthew Turner
Stanley Martin, Destinee Rea, Anthony Wayne, Liv Symone, Harris Matthew Turner, Sasha Hutchings
Stanley Martin, Destinee Rea, Anthony Wayne, Liv Symone, Harris Matthew Turner, Sasha Hutchings, James T. Lane
Stanley Martin, Destinee Rea, Anthony Wayne, Liv Symone, Harris Matthew Turner, Sasha Hutchings, James T. Lane
Anthony Wayne, Liv Symone, Stanley Martin, Destinee Rea, Harris Matthew Turner, Sasha Hutchings
Anthony Wayne, Sasha Hutchings, Stanley Martin, James T. Lane, Harris Matthew Turner, Destinee Rea, Liv Symone
Awa Sal Secka, Sasha Hutchings
Awa Sal Secka, Sasha Hutchings
Awa Sal Secka, Sasha Hutchings
The cast of AFTER MIDNIGHT
The company of AFTER MIDNIGHT
The cast and creative team of AFTER MIDNIGHT
The cast, creative, and Paper Mill Playhouse team of AFTER MIDNIGHT
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