If there's a focal point for the performing arts in North Jersey -- or a single hope for the future of Newark's ongoing quasi-renaissance -- it's the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Since its inception in 1997, the NJPAC has been a shining example to other similarly intentioned communities of how to grow a performing arts scene in a city that had none. The center's two theaters -- the...
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Nominated for best concert hall, Prudential Hall combines superb acoustics with the best features of a horseshoe-shaped opera house and a traditional, box-like concert hall.
Much like Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher, the newer NJPAC has become a touring stop for the world's great orchestras. However, unlike the more specialized New York halls, NJPAC features plenty of jazz concerts, rock shows and dance companies.
The Hall Located in downtown Newark, Prudential Hall--the central venue of the $180-million New Jersey Performing Arts Center--is a massive, 2,750-seat, horseshoe-shaped concert hall. It's all crimson walls, mahogany woodwork, brass railings and green-upholstered seats, with five levels of seating (including orchestra) and state-of-the art acoustics. The...
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on April 21, 2009, (Edited August 13, 2003)