Kate Baldwin to Headline Paper Mill Playhouse Visionaries Gala

Paper Mill Playhouse will host its fundraising Visionaries Gala on Friday, May 8, at the Hilton Short Hills. Governor Thomas H. Kean and Paper Mill Playhouse Theatre School founding director Mickey McNany will be the guests of honor.

Kean, whose 80th birthday will also be celebrated at the event, will receive the Antoinette Scudder Patron of the Arts Award. "Nearly 400 of our theater’s community of influential business executives, civic leaders, discerning consumers and tastemakers will gather together for an evening that reflects the heart, artistry and vitality of Paper Mill Playhouse," said Mark S. Hoebee, Paper Mill Playhouse’s producing artistic director. "We are thrilled to honor Governor Thomas H. Kean, who has been an advocate for the arts and Paper Mill Playhouse for decades."

McNany will be presented with the Byrne/Kean Arts Advocate Award in recognition of her retirement after 30 years of teaching and service to the community.

Tony nominee Kate Baldwin, who recently starred as Pistache in the Paper Mill production of Can-Can, will be the gala's headlining performer, along with the Eddie Bruce Band. Students from Paper Mill Playhouse’s Arts Education programs will offer a performance as well.

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