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NJPAC
1 Center Street
Newark, NJ 07102
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NJPAC - NEWARK, NJ
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center held its world premiere on October 18, 1997. After a decade of planning and a $187 million capital campaign, the last great performing arts center to open in the 20th century debuted to great fanfare and acclaim. Since that time, more than 3.5 million people have visited NJPAC to see the world's greatest performers and New Jersey's top talent; to attend one of hundreds of special events; or to participate in the Arts Center's nationally recognized Arts Education program (Philip S. Thomas, Founding Vice President of Arts Education).
The artistry on view at NJPAC has been breathtaking, the diversity of the performances unparalleled -- from Itzhak Perlman to 'N Sync, Lauryn Hill to the Vienna Choir Boys, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. The venues themselves have also won critical kudos: Prudential Hall has been praised as "one of the world's great concert halls" (Hans Fantel, former music critic for The New York Times) and the Victoria Theater was dubbed "a gem" by The New York Times.
NJPAC is easily accessible by car or public transportation, and offers plenty of safe, affordable parking. Friendly faces greet you at every turn. The food in Theater Square Grill is four-star. And the seats? Well, with excellent sound and sight lines, every seat at NJPAC is "the best seat in the house."
This summer, NJPAC will host an array of exciting events including the FREE annual JPMorgan Chase Sounds of the City. The Arts Center's free outdoor summer concert series, kicks off July 5th. This series, held in the New Jersey Performing Arts Center’s Theater Square, features more than 25 diverse bands spanning genres from jazz to rock to reggae to African music, a vendor marketplace, food and drinks, and an enthusiastic crowd of up to 3000. The series takes place Thursday evenings July 5- August 30 and Friday evening, August 31, from 5:00- 9:45 p.m.
Quoted by the New York Times as, “perhaps the most powerful statement of the arts center’s-and Newark’s-success can be glimpsed on warm summer nights, when thousands of people throng its outdoor plaza for a weekly music series that has become Newark’s town social,” this will surely be an event of the summer not to be missed.
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NEXT 10 SHOWS AT NJPAC
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Sorry, there are no upcoming scheduled shows.
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( shows & times are subject to change )
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