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Kevin James NEWARK, NJ - New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents Kevin James on Saturday, June 8, 2019 at 8 P.M. Side-splitting stand-up comedy with the star of The King of Queens, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Pixels and Grown Ups! Kevin James, the producer, co-writer and star of the hit comedies Paul Blart: Mall Cop (1&2) and Zookeeper, can also be seen in the ensemble sci-fi comedy Pixels. His second comedy special, Never Don’t Give Up, premiered last year on Netflix. He began his career as a stand-up on the Long Island comedy scene and later created his sitcom The King of Queens, which premiered in 1998 and ran for nine seasons on CBS, earning James an Emmy nomination. James made his feature film debut in Hitch, opposite Will Smith, and has headlined in Here Comes the Boom, Grown Ups (1&2) and I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. In addition to his on-camera work, his voice has been featured in the animated films Barnyard, Monster Houseand the Hotel...

Sherri Shepherd NEWARK, NJ - Calling all ladies!!!! Ladies Night Out Comedy Tour featuring ADELE GIVENS, SHERRI SHEPHERD, LONI LOVE, JANELLE JAMES, and hosted by Bravo’s leading lady NENE LEAKES makes a stop at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday, March 9, 2019 at 8PM. NeNe Leakes (Real Housewives of Atlanta) hosts this outrageous stand-up comedy event featuring Adele Givens (the big-screen Beauty Shop), Sherri Shepherd (former longtime host on The View), Loni Love (co-host of Fox’s Emmy-winning The Real), and Janelle James (of HBO’s current Crashing). In addition to her role on Real Housewives of Atlanta, NeNe has played recurring roles on two Ryan Murphy hits, Glee and The New Normal. For this hilarious evening, she’ll play host to four of the funniest women in America: GRAMMY-nominated comedy queen Adele Givens, whose appearances include Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam, the popular sitcom The Hughleys, and her own comedy...

Ladysmith Black Mambazo Newark, New Jersey - New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents the five-time GRAMMY-winning a cappella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo – “South Africa’s Cultural Ambassadors to the world” – makes a welcome return to NJPAC. Nelson Mandela once famously labeled Ladysmith Black Mambazo “South Africa’s Cultural Ambassadors to the World,” and that description has continued to follow this acclaimed, all-male ensemble through a career that’s repeatedly taken them to the top of the world music charts. Since they were first introduced to an international audience on Paul Simon’s classic 1986 Graceland LP, Ladysmith Black Mambazo has gone on to earn a whopping 19 GRAMMY Award nominations and five wins, the most recent this year for “Best World Music Album” for Shaka Zulu Revisited. Tickets to see Ladysmith Black Mambazo go on sale Friday, June 1st at 10 AM. For tickets visit NJPAC.org or 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722) or the NJP...

Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus! New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus! Take your place on the front lines of the battle of the sexes in this hilarious, one-man fusion of theater and stand-up, based on the best-selling book by John Gray. Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus was released more than two decades ago, yet it remains one of the most popular relationship guides out there. This riotously funny stage version is a unique, light-hearted entertainment that moves swiftly through a series of vignettes (covering everything from dating and sex to love and marriage) that demonstrate the eternal struggle between men and women. This is a show that’s sure to have couples elbowing each other all evening long – and perhaps leaving with some new knowledge about what it takes to communicate effectively and nurture healthier relationships. “It’s an evening not to be missed!” says Elle magazine. This pe...

Frankie Valli Newark, New Jersey - New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Spend an evening with American pop icon and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Frankie Valli when he brings an evening of his classic hits: “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Walk Like a Man,” “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” “Rag Doll,” “My Eyes Adored You,” and many more. Oh, what a story. Frankie Valli, a Newarker who came to fame in 1962 as the lead singer of the Four Seasons, is hotter than ever in the 21st century. Thanks to the volcanic success of the Tony-winning musical Jersey Boys, which chronicles the life and times of Frankie and his legendary group, their classic songs are all the rage all over again. But please don’t say that Frankie is back. The truth is, he never went away. Sure, the majority of the 71 chart hits of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons (including 40 in the Top 40, 19 in the Top 10 and eight No. 1s) came during the 1960s, but ...

Brigada Víctor Jara Newark, New Jersey - New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents an evening of traditional and cutting-edge Portuguese folk music, featuring a double-bill of that country’s most exciting musical acts: the venerable folk ensemble Brigada Víctor Jara, and OMIRI, a cutting-edge project that mixes rural traditions with today’s urban culture. Brigada Víctor Jara, originally formed by a collective of artists in Portugal’s inland region of Beira Baixa, has been at the forefront of that country’s traditional music for well over three decades. A favorite on stages throughout Portugal and at world music festivals around the globe, this influential band has helped to usher the sounds of Portugal’s cultural history into a new era by seasoning that music with new instruments and original, highly creative arrangements.

Asbury Park Paramount Theater Asbury Park, New Jersey - Madison Marquette at The Asbury Park Boardwalk in association with New Jersey Performing Arts Center [NJPAC] announces two comedy shows that will deliver sidesplitting entertainment at the Paramount Theater on the Asbury Boardwalk. For this Valentine’s Day, plan a night of laughter with NY Kings of Comedy Capone, Talent Harris, Rob Stapleton, Mark Viera and Drew Fraser. As seen on HBO Def Comedy Jam, HBO's Bad Boys of Comedy, Jaime Fox’s Laffapoolza, Comedy Central Specials, BET Comicview, Showtime Specials, countless movies and television shows, expect these brilliant comedians to bring their own comedic style and versatility on one very special night Wednesday, February 14th at 8pm at the Paramount Theater on the Asbury Park Boardwalk. Talent Harris has the uncanny gift that commands attention and never lets it go with his hilarious presence. Drew Fraser’s unique, high pitch, as a sidesplittin...

Brain Candy Live! Newark, New Jersey - New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents Brain Candy Live! Starring Adam Savage & Michael Stevens. Adam Savage, television's beloved MythBuster, joins forces with YouTube Vsauce sensation Michael Stevens for this mind-blowing, interactive theatrical experience that features more than three tons of their crazy toys and incredible tools. It’s what your mind is hungry for … a celebration of curiosity that’s an interactive, hands-on, minds-on theatrical experience like no other. Brain Candy Live! has been described as “a cross between TED Talks and the Blue Man Group.” Adam Savage and Michael Stevens can’t wait to unleash their collective sense of wonder, curiosity and fun, and they’re inviting you and your friends and family to join in and get your minds messy. The Brain Candy Live! experience is like a two-hour play date with Walt Disney, Willy Wonka and Albert Einstein. Ask yourself, “Is it possible to 3D print a ...

Kwanzaa Newark, NJ -- Share in the 50th annual celebration of Kwanzaa! at NJPAC beginning Thursday, December 15th until Sunday, December 18th. NJPAC’s Prudential Hall Lobby will be transformed into a Kwanzaa Artisan Marketplace where vendors display creative, unique and one of kind items for everyone’s gift-giving needs. Then on Saturday, December 17th families and children of all ages are invited to a FREE Kwanzaa Children’s Festival taking place from 12 Noon until 5pm where kids of all ages experience hands-on activities that share and educate the true meaning of Kwanzaa. This event takes place at NJPAC’s Center for Arts Education located on the NJPAC campus at 24 Rector Street. Also on Saturday, December 17th, NJPAC presents Forces of Nature Dance Theater with special guest Les Nubians with two special performances at 2pm and at 8pm. The 2pm Forces of Nature Dance performance will begin with A Tribute To The Elders, honoring elders in the community who are...

NJPAC Handel’s Messiah with Members of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra perform at NJPAC. One of the most magnificent achievements in music, Handel’s Messiah is an annual holiday season must for music lovers everywhere. Sunday, December 18, 2016 3:00 PM Tickets $24 - $89 NJPAC Prudential Hall One Center Street Newark, NJ Tickets available at: or www.NJPAC.org or Box Office 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722) New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents an evening with Handel’s Messiah. This iconic, centuries-old oratorio has come to be known as Handel’s masterpiece. The Messiah has become a Christmas tradition. A soaring showpiece for chorus, soloists and orchestra, considered one of the most majestic compositions in Western music, Messiah is a soul-stirring way to celebrate Advent. PLEASE NOTE:  Seating for Handel's Messiah will vary from seating for other concerts in the series. George Manahan, conductor Mem...

Colin Hay New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) is proud to present Men at Work’s lead singer Colin Hay in the Victoria Theater on Thursday, November 10th at 8PM. Colin Hay is familiar to millions as the front man, songwriter, and vocalist of pop sensation group of the 80’s Men at Work known for their top hits including “Down Under,” “Overkill,” “Who Can it Be Now?” Hay is justifiably proud of his place in pop history, but since moving to Los Angeles in 1989, he’s made 11 critically-acclaimed solo albums, including the highly successful Man at Work, and has recently announced the release of his new album Next Year People on Compass Records. The album was produced by Hay and mixed by Chad Fischer (Chasing Mavericks, Ice Age 3, Lisa Loeb) and includes contributions from two young Cuban musicians, San Miguel Perez and Yosmel Montejo, both of whom recently emigrated from Havana, as well Larry Goldings on piano, Jeff Babko (Jimmy Kimmel) on B3, and Colin's wife,...

David Cassidy New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents an evening with 1970s heartthrob David Cassidy . Come on, get happy! The Partridge Family’s David Cassidy performs hits from the ‘70s TV show (“I Think I Love You,” “I Woke Up in Love This Morning”), along with favorites from his solo career (“Cherish”). By the time he was 20, David Cassidy had become the biggest performing phenomenon on television. Over four decades, he has reinvented himself in theater, Las Vegas and recording studios as an actor, singer, producer, writer and director. A multiple Grammy nominee, he broke box office records and sold well over 30 million albums worldwide. Under his creative direction, the $75 million extravaganza EFX at the MGM Grand became the most successful production in Las Vegas. Cassidy earned an Emmy nomination for Best Dramatic Actor in Police Story and starred in the original Broadway production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Other stage r...

FANTASIA Newark, New Jersey - New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents a magical evening for the entire family on Friday, February 19th at 8PM, don’t miss Disney FANTASIA. See Disney FANTASIA- a live performance that combines classical music with two beloved Disney movies! Don’t miss The Czech National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ted Sperling, which accompanies scenes from the animated feature films, Fantasia and Fantasia 2000. Disney shares its crown jewels of animation, highlighting a selection of its magnificent repertoire, including Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker suite. Other iconic moments from Disney’s stunning footage is shown in high-definition on the big screen, such as Mickey Mouse as he dabbles in magic in Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and the mythical unicorns and winged horses that accompany Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 (“Pastoral”). The evening’s entertainment will also include a special performance by Bergen County’s Elisabeth Morrow School Orc...

Bob Marley New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents a delightful musical production, featuring a hit score by Bob Marley (“One Love”) and based on the children’s book by his daughter, Cedella Marley, tells of young Ziggy, who is so terrified of hurricanes, mongooses and other things in his native Jamaica that he’s afraid to leave the house! Saturday, January 23, 2016 2:00 PM at Victoria Theater. Get your tickets now at NJPAC.org or 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722) Based on a story for children by Cedella Marley Music & lyrics by Bob Marley Adapted for the stage by Michael J. Bobbitt Arrangements, orchestrations, additional music and lyrics by John L. Cornelius, II Bob Marley’s songs are known the world over for their powerful messages of love, peace and harmony. Now a new generation can discover the joys of his music in Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds, a tale of triumph over anxiety, directed by Nick Olcott. “With a jammin’ sco...

Jerry Seinfeld America’s premier comedian, Jerry Seinfeld, will be performing his signature stand-up routine at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Seinfeld has been hailed for his uncanny ability to joke about the little things in life that relate to audiences everywhere. Seinfeld now sets his sights on performing both nationally and internationally in 2015. His tour will visit the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark on Friday, December 4 at 7PM and 9:30 PM. Tickets available online at www.njpac.org , the NJPAC Box Office or charge by phone 1-888-GO-NJPAC or 1-888-466-5722. About Jerry Seinfeld: Jerry Seinfeld’s comedy career took off after his first appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1981. Eight years later, he teamed up with fellow comedian Larry David to create what was to become the most successful comedy series in the history of television: Seinfeld. The show ran on NBC for nine seasons, winning num...

Christopher Sieber The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra celebrates the Great White Way with “Broadway Spectacular” NJSO POPS concerts May 30–31 in Newark and New Brunswick, respectively. Conductor Todd Ellison—music supervisor for the acclaimed Broadway production of An American in Paris—leads a program of favorites from Carousel, Monty Python’s Spamalot, Shrek the Musical, 42nd Street and more. Vocalists Beth Leavel, Christopher Sieber and Kathryn Guthrie perform hit songs like “’Til There Was You” from The Music Man, “All I Care About is Love” from Chicago and a medley from A Chorus Line. Performances take place on Saturday, May 30, at 8 pm at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark and Sunday, May 31, at 3 pm at the State Theatre in New Brunswick. The May 31 performance is presented in collaboration with the State Theatre. The program’s featured artists have each garnered critical acclaim. The New York Times hails Ellison as one of “Broadway’s...

Mary Chapin Carpenter The New Jersey Performing Arts Center announces new shows on sale Friday, April 24h at 10AM. NJPAC is your entertainment hot spot for everyone, new shows announced today include country great, Mary Chapin Carpenter Wednesday, June 24th at 7PM and on July 16th it’s Hot Tuna, then back by popular demand it’s everyone’s favorite game show, The Price is Right Live! Friday, October 30th. UB40 will perform live with original members Astro and Mickey Virtue on Sunday, November 1st and Jethro Tull – The Rock Opera, Wednesday, November 11th at 7:30PM. Then it’s a New Jersey Centennial Celebration of Frank Sinatra by Grammy® nominated, Ambassador of the American Songbook, Michael Feinstein. Riverdance 20 Years-The Anniversary Tour comes to NJPAC for a five show run starting Friday, April 22nd – Sunday, April 24th 2016. Be sure to reserve your tickets Now at NJPAC.org or 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722). About Mary Chapin Carpenter Born in Princeton,...

Janelle Monáe Ciara Jada Pinkett Smith Willow Smith With Dad Will Smith Willow Smith and Will Smith attended the BET's 'Black Girls Rock!' Red Carpet sponsored by Chevrolet at NJPAC Prudential Hall, in Newark, New Jersey. Also there were Janelle Monáe, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Ciara. Photo By: Diego Corredor/MediaPunch

Willie Nelson New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents an evening with seven-time Grammy winner Willie Nelson and Family Sunday, September 21, 2014 at 7PM. Get your tickets now at NJPAC.org or 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722) With a six-decade career and 200-plus albums, including his latest, Band of Brothers, Willie Nelson has earned every conceivable award as a musician and continues to forge paths as an author, actor and activist. One of Nashville’s longest reigning singer-songwriters and seven-time Grammy winner, Nelson is the creative force behind timeless songs like “Crazy,” “On the Road Again,” “Always On My Mind,” “My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys,” and dozens of other jukebox favorites. This iconic Texan is the creative genius behind the historic recordings of Crazy, Red Headed Stranger and Stardust and To All the Girls. Nelson’s newest release, Band of Brothers, is his first album of predominately new original material in nearly two decad...

Jessie Mueller The Victoria Theater at NJPAC presents Broadway’s hottest stars Jessie Mueller and Jarrod Spector performing live together! See Jessie Mueller, the 2014 Tony Award Winner for Best Actress in a Musical: (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) and Jarrod Spector as they perform together in a new concert on Sunday, March 1st and Monday, March 2nd at 8PM. Tickets for this exclusive performance goes on sale on Friday, August 1, 2014 at 10AM. Get your tickets now at NJPAC.org or 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722) The two stars from the Tony nominated hit Broadway Musical, “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” will share the stage In Concert, sharing solo’s and duets and stories from their careers. Jessie Mueller, currently portraying Carole King in the hit Broadway musical, makes her concert debut in this evening, offering some of her favorite songs and numbers from her recent musical theater career, including starring roles in “Nice Work If You Can Get It” o...