NJTV, New Jersey's public television network, and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presented the first performance of the American Songbook at NJPAC series and BroadwayWorld was there. Performances will be taped before a live audience in NJPAC's Victoria Theater on Sunday, October 25 and Monday, October 26 for broadcast on NJTV, WLIW and THIRTEEN next year.
The multi-part music series features performances of American Songbook classics and more by stars of stage, screen and radio.
Jessie Mueller and
Jarrod Spector from the original cast of Beautiful: The
Carole King Musical, cabaret great
Marilyn Maye, Wicked composer
Stephen Schwartz and friends, jazz royal
Catherine Russell, SiriusXM Broadway host and entertainer
Seth Rudetsky with special guest
Christine Ebersole, and award-winning Manhattan cabaret and recording artists
KT Sullivan and
Jeff Harnar will appear.
Performances are followed by a Q&A session conducted by
Ted Chapin, president and executive director of
Rodgers & Hammerstein: An Imagen Company.
Tickets are now on sale for each of the American Songbook at NJPAC sessions, ranging in price from $39-$49. Tickets are available by phone at
1-888-466-5722, online at
www.njpac.org and at NJPAC's box office at 1 Center Street in Downtown Newark.
"NJTV is dedicated to making the arts accessible to everyone, delivering exciting live performances such as these directly into local living rooms and classrooms," said John Servidio, General Manager of NJTV. "This series assures a front-row seat for everyone to enjoy and appreciate this timeless musical genre."
"American Songbook at NJPAC is the gold standard for artful and inspiring performances of classic popular song by our finest interpreters," said
John Schreiber, President and CEO of NJPAC. "NJPAC couldn't be prouder to be the home of original television that is both entertaining and historically important."
American Songbook at NJPAC is a production of New Jersey
Performing Arts Center and Public Media NJ, Inc. John Servidio is the Executive in Charge of Production; Mike Kostel is the series executive producer;
David Stern is director and
Annette Jolles is Associate Director.
The series, which launched in 2013, has received accolades in its first two seasons. Most recently, the series has been nominated for a 2015 Mid-Atlantic Emmy® Award. Its first season was awarded a New York State Broadcasters Association award for Outstanding Locally Produced
Television Program.
Previous episodes can be viewed online at
http://www.njtvonline.org/programs/american-songbook-at-njpac/
The American Songbook at NJPAC series follows on the success of several other television events from the Arts Center, including One-on-One at NJPAC with Steve Adubato, BET's
Black Girls Rock, the
HBO Special
Ghetto Klown with
John Leguizamo, and NBC's America's Got Talent.
The "American Song" series at NJPAC is presented, in part, through the generosity of the
Blanche and Irving Laurie
Foundation and the David S. Steiner and
Sylvia Steiner Charitable Trust.
Photo Credit: Stephen Sorokoff
Ted Chapin, host, Jessie Mueller, Jarrod Spector
John Schreiber, President & CEO NJPAC
Victoria Theater
Jessie Mueller & Jarrod Spector
Jessie Mueller & Jarrod Spector
Christopher Brasfield, Rachel SternJarrod Spector
Adam Ben-David, Christopher Brasfield, Rachel Stern, Jessie Mueller
Jarrod Spector & Jessie Mueller
Ted Chapin & Marilyn Maye
Marilyn Maye
Marilyn Maye
Tedd Firth, TOm Hubbard, Jack Cavari, Ray Marchica, Marilyn Maye
Ted Firth & Marilyn Maye
Victoria Theater
Ted Chapin & Stephen Schwartz
Kelli Rabke
Michael Rose
Debbie Gravitte & Scott Coulter
Stephen Schwartz & Debbie Gravitte
Scott Coulter
Stephen Schwartz & Michael Rose
Debbie Gravitte
Stephen Schwartz, Michael Rose, Debbie Gravitte, Scott Coulter, Kelli Rose
Debbie Gravitte, Scott Coulter, Kelli Rabke, Michael Rose
Stephen Schwartz, Debbie Gravitte, Scott Coulter, Kelli Rabke, Michael Rose
NJPAC
NJPAC
