NJPAC Partners with Nederlander Presentations For Broadway Series

NJPAC and Nederlander Presentations, the preeminent owner and operator of several premier venues and Theater Productions, have formed a partnership to co-present NJPAC's Broadway Series, beginning with its 2010-2011 season. These will be full Broadway touring productions, with at least four productions a season, each to run for eight performances. To inaugurate this partnership, NJPAC's 2010-2011 Broadway series will include South Pacific (January 26-30, 2011), Monty Python's Spamalot (March 29-April 3, 2011, A Chorus Line (April 26-May 1, 2011) and Disney's Beauty and the Beast (June 21-26, 2011).

"This is a wonderful opportunity to create a mutually beneficial partnership with one of the New York theater ‘pillars' of excellence," said Stephanie Hughley, NJPAC's Vice President of Programming and New Media. "No one could ever deny the tremendous impact the Nederlander Organization has had on theater in New York and around the country. As theater producers, presenters, owners, investors and all around knowledgeable entities...it doesn't get much better than the Nederlanders and we are privileged to be partners with them in creating a strong Broadway series for the people of New Jersey...and the icing on the cake is that they are really great people to work with as well."

"We are thrilled to be working with NJPAC and look forward to a long association with their team in Newark," said Nick Scandalios, Executive Vice President of Nederlander. "NJPAC is a beautiful venue and together we look forward to bringing a new Broadway touring series to New Jersey."

Nederlander Presentations
Established in 1912 by David Nederlander, Nederlander Presentations is a family-owned company run by James M. and James L. Nederlander who own and/or operate world renowned legit theaters in the United States and England, including these New York Broadway theaters: the Brooks Atkinson, the Gershwin, the Lunt-Fontanne, the Marquis, the Minskoff, the Nederlander, the Neil Simon, the Palace, and the Richard Rodgers. It has remained prominent for three generations in the management and operation of theaters and productions of distinguished entertainment. In addition, the company is a major producer of national touring Theater Productions.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)
NJPAC, located in the heart of an emerging downtown Newark, New Jersey, is the sixth largest performing arts center in the United States. Home of the Grammy Award-winning New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, NJPAC has been widely cited as a catalyst in the revitalization of New Jersey's largest city, attracting over six million visitors (including more than one million children) in its first twelve years of operation.

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