To be mentioned in the same headline with Milburn’s Paper Mill Playhouse would be a great honor for any theater in the Garden State.
The Paper Mill, after all, is the official state theater of New Jersey. Its location close to New York City allows it to routinely tap Broadway stars for leading roles. Paper Mill has approximately 1,200 seats and budgets that allow Broadway-like production values.
Surflight Theatre, on the other hand, has 450 seats, only a quarter of which are allowed to be filled during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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