American Idol's Syesha Mercado to Lead Paper Mill Playhouse's ONCE ON THIS ISLAND!
Paper Mill Playhouse has just announced that American Idol finalist Syesha Mercado has been cast as Ti Moune in the Millburn, New Jersey, theaters production of Once On This Island book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, music by Stephen Flaherty. More than 20 years after its premiere, Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens are re-inventing their first musical with Tony-nominated director Thomas Kail In the Heights, Lombardi, Magi…