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100 Years of Leonard Bernstein

  • New Jersey Performing Arts Center 1 Center Street Newark, NJ, 07102 United States (map)

To celebrate Maestro Leonard Bernstein's 100th birthday, we pay tribute to the musical masterpieces he created, while honoring the scope of his genius.

Creator-director Scott Coulter and Music Director John Fischer have assembled a cast of Broadway’s best, presenting such timeless songs as “America,” “Some Other Time” and “Make Our Garden Grow” from the legendary musicals West Side Story, On the Town and Candide.

Singers include Mary Testa (two-time Tony nominee); Natascia Diaz (two-time Helen Hayes Award winner); Lisa Howard (Drama Desk Award winner); Kelli Rabke (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Les Miserables); Max Clayton (On the Town, Anastasia); Mike Schwitter (West Side Story at the Hollywood Bowl); the award-winning vocal group Marquee Five; and the Broadway by the Year Chorus featuring Alex Getlin, Chelsea Lee Wheatley and Matt Weinstein.

Earlier Event: January 4
Turn The Beat Around
Later Event: March 12
It Helps To Sing About It