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About

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) serves as a
model for programming, audience diversity, education initiatives, and as a catalyst in
returning nightlife and economic activity to its hometown of Newark, New Jersey. Proposed
by former New Jersey Governor Thomas H. Kean in 1986, NJPAC raised its curtain on October
18, 1997, making it one of the top ten largest performing arts centers in the United
States.

NJPAC is a world-class and community-based cultural
venue, showcasing the best artists of national and international acclaim as well as top
artists from the State of New Jersey. Since its grand opening, NJPAC has attracted over 6
million patrons (including more than 1 million children), and welcomed renowned artists,
cultural icons, two presidents, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and some of the world's most
cherished orchestral, dance, theater, and instrumental works. 

Artists appearing on NJPAC’s stages include pop stars such as
Alicia Keys, Bette Midler, Britney Spears, Bob Dylan, Eddie Vedder, Elvis Costello,
Jennifer Hudon, Jill Scott, Lauryn Hill, Melissa Etheridge, Mos Def, ‘N Sync, Paul
Simon, Salt-N-Pepa, Sting, Stone Temple Pilots, and ZZ Top; orchestras from the U.S. and
abroad such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland
Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Kirov Orchestra, London Philharmonic
Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (for which NJPAC is their proud home); leading classical and opera recitalists
including Andre Watts, Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, Lang Lang, Pinchas Zukerman, Philip
Glass, Renee Fleming and Yo-Yo Ma; the world’s top dance companies and
choreographers, including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, Bill
T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte
Carlo, National Song and Dance Company of Mozambique, Paul Taylor Dance, Pilobolus, Savion
Glover, the State Ballet Theatre of Russia, and Twyla Tharp Dance Company; jazz legends and
up-and-comers such Alice Coltrane, Chucho Valdes, Dave Brubeck, Diana Krall, Dianne Reeves,
Esperanza Spaulding, Herbie Hancock, John Pizzarelli, Keith Jarrett, Lincoln Center Jazz
Orchestra, McCoy Tyner and Nina Simone; vocal treasures such as Audra McDonald, Barbara
Cook, Kristin Chenoweth. Mandy Patinkin, Tierny Sutton and Tony Bennett; artists and bands
from around the world, such as the Afro-Cuban All-Stars, Buena Vista Social Club, Celia
Cruz, Cesaria Evora, The Chieftains, Dulce Ponte, Juanes, Paco de Lucia, Ravi Shankar,
Sweet Honey in the Rock, and Youssou N’Dour; and comedians including Bernie Mac, Bill
Cosby, Jackie Mason, Jerry Seinfeld, Kevin Hart, and Lily Tomlin.

NJPAC's Prudential Hall was named one of the "world's greatest
concert halls" by former New York Times music critic Hans Fantel, and "the nation's most glamorous theater" by
Clive Barnes.