Beverly Mack

Paper Mill Playhouse hosted its Center Stage Celebration on Friday, May 13th at the Hilton Short Hills. The benefit honored eight time Academy Award®-winning composer Alan Menken with the theater's prestigious Frank Carrington Excellence in the Arts Award. There to add to the entertainment of the evening and help honor the music man was Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award winner Laura Benanti. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the event and brings you photo coverage of the gala below.

Spencer Quest, who will soon join Naked Boys Singing!, and Village People cowboy Randy Jones were among those who turned out for the opening of 'Francesco Scavullo: A Photographic Retrospective' at New World Stages