140 - Mark Hoebee

Mark Hoebee is a producing artistic director at the Paper Mill Playhouse and has been since 2000. Under his leadership, Paper Mill was presented with the Regional Theatre Tony Award in 2016 and in recent years launched such noteworthy projects as the world premieres of Newsies, Honeymoon in Vegas, Ever After, Bandstand, A Bronx Tale, The Honeymooners, My Very Own British Invasion, and The Sting, as well as the American premieres of the 25th Anniversary Production of Les Misérables, and Stephen Schwartz’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and the national tour of The Bodyguard. He has directed national tours of Victor/Victoria, Dreamgirls, Company, and An Evening of Lerner and Loewe. His directing credits at Paper Mill include West Side Story; Beauty and the Beast; Annie; Mary Poppins; Dreamgirls; Hello, Dolly!; The King and I; Miss Saigon; Smokey Joe’s Cafe; Oliver!; Damn Yankees; Thoroughly Modern Millie; Curtains; and The Full Monty.

Tune in to this week’s podcast to hear what it’s like to run one of the most powerful regional theaters within kick-ball-change distance of Broadway as well as . . .

• What Broadway had to do with the Paper Mill’s recession.
• How he looked at himself as an audience member, not an Artistic Director, in order to program his seasons.
• Working with commercial producers on out-of-town tryouts.
• Why Cameron Mackintosh started stumping for Paper Mill.
• The difference between the relationship with the consumer on Broadway versus the consumer at a Regional Theater, and how we can learn from each other.

Keep up with me: @KenDavenportBway

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