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Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee- Producing Artistic Director, Todd Schmidt-Managing Director) announced their 2011-2012 season, featuring four musicals, one play, and something for everyone. Paper Mill Playhouse will open its 2011-2012 season with the premiere of a new Disney stage musical, Newsies (September 15, 2011 - October 16, 2011). Featuring music by eight-time Academy Award®-winning composer Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Sister Act, The Little Mermaid), lyrics by Jack Feldman and a new book by four-time Tony® Award winner Harvey Fierstein (La Cage aux Folles, Torch Song Trilogy), Newsies is adapted for the stage from the live-action Disney feature film musical. The production will be directed at Paper Mill by Tony® nominee Jeff Calhoun (The Will Rogers Follies, Grey Gardens).

Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee- Producing Artistic Director, Todd Schmidt-Managing Director) is proud to announce the Millburn, New Jersey theater will open its 2011-2012 season with the premiere of a new Disney stage musical, Newsies. Featuring music by eight time Academy Award®-winning composer Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Sister Act, The Little Mermaid), lyrics by Jack Feldman and a new book by four-time Tony® Award winner Harvey Fierstein (La Cage aux Folles, Torch Song Trilogy), Newsies is adapted for the stage from the live-action Disney feature film musical. The production will be directed at Paper Mill by Tony® nominee Jeff Calhoun (The Will Rogers Follies, Grey Gardens).

"Museum as Hub: The Accords" is a multipart project exploring new forms of curatorial practice and international collaboration. Building on experimentation, critique, and play, the exhibition proposes new terms for agreement and considers whether an "accord" can inspire new methods of communication and production, and perhaps lead to new approaches to exhibition making in the process.

The Jewish Museum will present Pasta! A Pop Ups Puppet Musical on Sunday, February 6 at 2:00 pm.

The Jewish Museum will present Timbalooloo with Oran Etkin on Sunday, March 6 at 2:00 pm. Oran Etkin's whimsical performance blends global melodies and rhythms, from the music of Africa to klezmer and jazz. Etkin will play tunes from his 2010 album, Wake Up, Clarinet! in a performance featuring games, stories and song. Etkin's performance effortlessly conveys sophisticated concepts in a fun musical language that kids of all ages can understand.

"Museum as Hub: The Accords" is a multipart project exploring new forms of curatorial practice and international collaboration. Building on experimentation, critique, and play, the exhibition proposes new terms for agreement and considers whether an "accord" can inspire new methods of communication and production, and perhaps lead to new approaches to exhibition making in the process.

The Jewish Museum will present Dirty Socks Music Romps, a weekly music class for toddlers on ten Tuesdays from January 25 through March 29, 2011.

The Jewish Museum will present Pasta! A Pop Ups Puppet Musical on Sunday, February 6 at 2:00 pm.

The Jewish Museum will present Dirty Socks Music Romps, a weekly music class for toddlers on ten Tuesdays from January 25 through March 29, 2011.

The Jewish Museum will present Peter and the Wolf on Sunday, December 12 at 2 pm. This performance for families stars the Pushcart Players in a musical theater adaptation of the traditional Russian folk tale set to music by Sergei Prokofiev. While providing a charming introduction to the world of music and musical instruments, this enchanting tale is all about the adventure of growing up. Danger becomes reality and creative innovation becomes essential as young Peter meets the challenge of survival in the outside world.

Multiple online reports are now stating that the NEWSIES readings went very well this week and that next up for the Disney show will be a full production at Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey in the Fall of 2011. No dates or cast have naturally yet been announced for the production.

BroadwayWorld.com's scoopsters have found the cast list for this Friday's highly-anticipated reading of Disney's NEWSIES musical. Of course, participation in a reading is not a predictor of who will appear in any future productions and no announcement has been made regarding where or when a production will be mounted.

The Jewish Museum will present Hanukkah Family Day, a fun-filled day of activities, on Sunday, December 5 from 12 noon to 4 pm.

The Jewish Museum will present a fun-filled, multi-generational family day inspired by the exhibition, Houdini: Art and Magic, on Sunday, November 14 from 12 noon to 4 pm.

The Jewish Museum will present Peter and the Wolf on Sunday, December 12 at 2 pm. This performance for families stars the Pushcart Players in a musical theater adaptation of the traditional Russian folk tale set to music by Sergei Prokofiev. While providing a charming introduction to the world of music and musical instruments, this enchanting tale is all about the adventure of growing up. Danger becomes reality and creative innovation becomes essential as young Peter meets the challenge of survival in the outside world.

Former San Francisco based (now in Montana) Emmy-nominated, (ISHI: THE LAST YAHI) Producer/Director Pamela Roberts' new film BUTTE, AMERICA tells the epic tale of Butte, Montana, once the world's largest producer of copper, and known as the town that "plumbed and electrified America," 'the Gibraltar of Unionism,' the "Pittsburgh of the West."

The Jewish Museum will present Hanukkah Family Day, a fun-filled day of activities, on Sunday, December 5 from 12 noon to 4 pm.

The Jewish Museum will present a fun-filled, multi-generational family day inspired by the exhibition, Houdini: Art and Magic, on Sunday, November 14 from 12 noon to 4 pm.

Families can shake to the multicultural music and contagious rhythms of The five-member band Hot Peas 'N Butter at The Jewish Museum on Sunday, October 17 at 2:00 pm. Seen on Nickelodeon and Noggin and led by Danny Lapidus and Francisco Cotto, the band's mix of everything from Puerto Rican folk to American blues will get everyone dancing.

Former San Francisco based (now in Montana) Emmy-nominated, (ISHI: THE LAST YAHI) Producer/Director Pamela Roberts' new film BUTTE, AMERICA tells the epic tale of Butte, Montana, once the world's largest producer of copper, and known as the town that "plumbed and electrified America," 'the Gibraltar of Unionism,' the "Pittsburgh of the West."