Photo Coverage: Jessie Mueller, Jarrod Spector & More Perform in AMERICAN SONGBOOK at NJPAC

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