On With the Show: Rutgers, NJIT Team Up To Present Live Theater, For Less Than A Movie Ticket

Spring Schedule Revision

(Newark, N.J., Jan. 5, 2010) – The successful theatrical partnership continues between Rutgers University in Newark and the New Jersey Institute of Technology. The Rutgers/NJIT  Theatre Arts Program, which taps the combined talents of Rutgers and NJIT students and faculty, will produce two shows in spring 2010. For information, call 973/596.3457; for reservations, call 973/353-3737, or go to theatre@njit.edu.  All programs, dates and locations are subject to change. For updated information and additional events, visit  www.newark.rutgers.edu/arts .

SPRING 2010 PRODUCTIONS

SWEENEY TODD, THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET, a Musical Thriller

Music and Lyrics and Book by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler; from an Adaptation by Christopher Bond; originally directed on Broadway by Harold Prince, originally produced on Broadway by Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, Martin Richards in Association with Dean and Judy Manos.
Directed by Michael Kerley; Jim Wise Theatre, Kupfrian Hall, NJIT Campus

March 3, 4, 5, 6: 7 p.m.; March 7: 2:30 p.m.

 

AUTOBAHN by Neil Labute

Directed by Louis Wells; Bradley Hall Theatre, Rutgers-Newark Campus, 110 Warren St., Newark; April 21, 22, 23, 24: 7 p.m.; April 25: 2:30 p.m.

 

BOTH BRADLEY  HALL AND KUPFRIAN HALL ARE HANDICAP-ACCESSIBLE

Tickets: Students/Senior Citizens:  $10; General Admission:  $12; children under 15:  Free.

Reservations: theatre@njit.edu or 973-353-3737. Tickets will be held up to 10 minutes before curtain. Parking: NJIT PARKING DECK (free) located on Summit Street, just off Warren Street, or the attendant-staffed Bradley Hall lot ($10.70) adjacent to Bradley Hall, 110 Warren St. 

Media Contact: Carla Capizzi
973/353-5263
E-mail: capizzi@rutgers.edu