Photo Coverage: Paper Mill Playhouse Celebrates Opening Night of WEST SIDE STORY

Paper Mill Playhouse presents Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's classic musical West Side Story, directed by Paper Mill Playhouse's Producing Artistic Director Mark S. Hoebee and Jerome Robbins' original choreography recreated by Alex Sanchez.

Leading the company are Matt Doyle as Tony, Belinda Allyn as Maria, Natalie Cortez as Anita, German Alexander as Bernardo and Mikey Winslow as Riff. West Side Story began performances at the Millburn, New Jersey, theater on June 1, and runs through June 26, 2016.

West Side Story is the stunning, groundbreaking and legendary musical that set the bar for all musical theater. Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is transported to 1950s New York City as two young idealistic lovers find themselves caught between warring street gangs, the Jets and the Sharks. Their struggle to survive in a world of hate, violence and prejudice is one of the most innovative, heart-wrenching and relevant musical dramas of our time.

BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the after party festivities below!

Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy

Jeanna de Waal, Ben Thompson, Alysha Umphress and Michael Mayer

Stephen Hoebee-Elardo and Anthony Serratore

Larry Elardo, Stephen Hoebee-Elardo, Ashley Hoebee-Elardo and Mark S. Hoebee

Steve Orich (Musical Director)

Brendon Stimson and Hayley Podschun

Brendon Stimson and Mike Faist

Giuseppe Bausilio

Cody Williams

Lainie Sakakura, Alex Sanchez (Choreographer) and daughters

Mark S. Hoebee (Director and Producing Artistic Director) and Alex Sanchez

Danny Bevins

Adam Rogers

Adam Rogers and Ben Lanham

Solea Pfeiffer and Spencer Clark

Justin Keats, Michael Bullard and Lisa Tinglun

Jordan Isadore

Victoria Casillo

Philip Colgan

Brittany Conigatti

Mark S. Hoebee and Brittany Conigatti

Jack Sippel

Philip Colgan, Brittany Conigatti and Jack Sippel

Sam Bagala and Lauren Csete

Natalie Cortez and son

Natalie Cortez

Craig Waletzko

Natalie Cortez, Mark S. Hoebee and Belinda Allyn

Belinda Allyn and Natalie Cortez

Mikey Winslow, Matt Doyle, Belinda Allyn, Natalie Cortez and German Alexander

Matt Doyle and Belinda Allyn

Matt Doyle and Belinda Allyn

Natalie Cortez and German Alexander

Mikey Winslow and Matt Doyle

Mikey Winslow and German Alexander

Belinda Allyn and German Alexander

German Alexander

Mikey Winslow and Paloma Garcia Lee

Matt Doyle

Matt Doyle

Tenealle Farragher and Mikey Winslow

Tenealle Farragher

Dean Andre de Luna

Kevin C. Loomis

Kat Nejat

Kat Nejat and Ben Thompson

Ilda Mason

Ilda Mason and Mark S. Hoebee

Mark S. Hoebee and Alexia Sky

Mark S. Hoebee and Kat Nejat

Maria Briggs

Mark S. Hoebee and Maria Briggs

Mark S. Hoebee an German Alexander

Mark S. Hoebee and William Ragsdale

James Allen Washington

James Allen Washington and Nicholas Manning

Dean Andre de Luna and German Alexander

Dean Andre de Luna and Belinda Allyn

John Michael Fiumara, Alexia Sky, Brittany Conigatti and James Allen Washington

Alex Sanchez and Belinda Allyn

Alex Sanchez and Summerisa Bell Stevens