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Paper Mill Playhouse is a regional theater containing approximately 1,200 seats located in Millburn, within Essex County, New Jersey, United States, on the banks of the Rahway River. Due to its relative proximity to Manhattan , the theater draws from the pool of actors (and audience members) who live in New York City .
The New Jersey Theatre Alliance is a nonprofit nongovernmental service organization that promotes and supports professional theaters throughout New Jersey. It is one of the nation's first and largest such entities. [1] [2] Its mission is to "unite, promote, strengthen, and cultivate" the state's professional theater community. [3]
In the 1950s, the venue was renamed Warren Theatre and later became a live venue for performing artists. The bulk of the theater was demolished in the early 1960s due to lack of revenue. During this period it was owned by George A. Hamid Jr. of the Hamid Circus who converted it to a bowling alley, Boardwalk Bowl, which opened in 1963.
By the 1980s, the Theatre had fallen into disrepair and sat idle for nearly a decade. [2] In 1994, the Theatre reopened as a performing arts center with a gala performance featuring the Kirov Orchestra and pianist Alexander Slobodyanik. In 2007, major renovations including the installation of an air conditioner enabled the venue to be open year ...
The Surflight Theatre, is a beach-side theatre located in the community of Beach Haven, New Jersey, on Long Beach Island on the Jersey Shore.. Surflight produces up to nine mainstage theatrical productions per season, children's theatre, a comedy and concert series, Surflight-To-Go Touring Educational Theatre and The Show Place Ice Cream Parlour.
The Summit Playhouse is a theater in Summit, New Jersey and home to one of the oldest continuously operating amateur community theaters in the United States [3] producing a new show each calendar season. [4] In 2011, it presented Meet Me in St. Louis, [5] Closer Than Ever, [6] and Speed the Plow. [3]
The theater closed in 1965 and was used as a clothing factory and, in later years, as a bakery. [3] Vacant by 2014, the theater was demolished in August 2017 after it was determined a new building would be required rather than restoration. [4] [5] [6] The newly built, "state-of-the-art" venue opened in December 2021. [7]
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey is one of the largest professional Shakespeare companies in North America, serving over 100,000 adults and children annually. [1] [better source needed] Located in Madison, New Jersey, it is the state's largest theatre company dedicated to the works of Shakespeare and other classic masterworks, including rarely-produced epics.