Photo Coverage: Paper Mill Playhouse's OLIVER! Celebrates Opening Night
By: Genevieve Rafter Keddy Dec. 02, 2013
Paper Mill Playhouse continues its 75th Anniversary Season with the classic Charles Dickens musical Oliver!, with a holiday "twist" for the entire family. With a book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, Oliver! is directed by Paper Mill Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Mark S. Hoebee with original choreography by JoAnn M. Hunter. Oliver! features David Garrison (Fagin), best known for his role as Steve Rhoades on the hit television series Married...with Children, Betsy Morgan (Nancy), John Treacy Egan (Mr. Bumble), Jose Llana (Bill Sikes), David Hess (MR. Brownlow), Ethan Haberfield (Artful Dodger) and introducing Tyler Moran as Oliver. Oliver! also features 16 local boys from across the state of New Jersey who auditioned from a pool of over 200.
Oliver! plays the Millburn, New Jersey theater through December 29. The official press opening was last night, December 1, 2013, and BroadwayWorld was there for the festivities. Check out photos from the after party below!
Adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens, this beloved classic musical will enthrall audiences from the start with the miraculous tale of a young orphan's quest to find home and family in Victorian London. Dickens' larger-than-life characters sing and dance their way into your heart with iconic songs including "Food, Glorious Food," "Who Will Buy?," "As Long As He Needs Me" and "Consider Yourself." Oliver!, one of the most popular musicals in the world, was nominated for 10 Tony Awards including Best Musical, and the 1968 film version won the Academy Award for Best Motion Picture. Paper Mill Playhouse will present this extraordinary musical with a holiday ending certain to warm the hearts of your entire family.
Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy
Michael Billy and Jarl (Telsey & Company)
Mark S. Hoebee (Producing Artistic Director), Stephen Hoebee-Elardo, Larry Elardo and Ashley Hoebee-Elardo
JoAnn M. Hunter (Choreographer)
John Treacy Egan and Tyler Moran
John Treacy Egan and Tyler Moran
Mark S. Hoebee, JoAnn M. Hunter and Tyler Moran
Ethan Haberfield and Tyler Moran
Ethan Haberfield and Tyler Moran
Joseph Torello, Casey Erin Clark and Jason Pintar
Jeremy Morse and PJ Palmer
Mark S. Hoebee and David Garrison
Mark S. Hoebee and David Garrison
Sarah M. O'Connor and family
Bronwyn Tarboton, Kate Bailey, Sarah M. O'Connor and Juliane Godfrey
Leah Jennings and Stephen Mitchell Brown
Jessica Sheridan and Jeff Sullivan
Joseph C. Townsend
Betsy Morgan and Kristen Smith Davis
Betsy Morgan, Mark S. Hoebee and Kristen Smith Davis
Betsy Morgan, Mark S. Hoebee and Kristen Smith Davis
Kyle Garvin, Jimmy Larkin, Joseph C. Townsend and Matthew Hooper
David Garrison and Fagin's Gang-Adrian Arrieta, Casey Beidel, Will Flamm, Kyle Garvin, Matthew Hooper, Devin Johnson, Hunter Kovacs, Jimmy Larkin, PJ Palmer and Joseph C. Townsend
Kristen Smith Davis and Tyler Moran
The Workhouse Boys-Bobby Axelrod, Luke Beringer, Jake Cedar, James Freedson-Jackson, Chance Friedman, , Lucas Imhoff, Jeffrey Kishinevskiy, Colton Maurer, Tyler Pelton, Lee Rosenthal, Ryan Rosenthal, Jake Walsh, Arthur Wawrzyniak and Tyler Moran
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