Spring 2025 Events
Events to Make You Dance, Sing... and Think
Every year, the NJCU Center for the Arts brings you a wide range of performances to entertain and inform. This spring is no different. Check out our list of offerings from March to May.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Weekend One:
Friday, March 21, 2025
Saturday, March 22, 2025
Sunday, March 23, 2025
Weekend Two:
Friday, March 28, 2025
Saturday, March 29, 2025
Sunday, March 30, 2025
General Admission: $25 | Students/Seniors: $15
Based on the Victor Hugo novel and songs from the Disney animated feature, The Hunchback of Notre Dame showcases the film’s Academy Award-nominated score, as well as new songs by Menken and Schwartz. Peter Parnell’s new book embraces story theatre and features verbatim passages from Hugo’s gothic novel.
The musical begins as the bells of Notre Dame sound through the famed cathedral in fifteenth-century Paris. Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer who longs to be "Out There," observes all of Paris reveling in the Feast of Fools. Held captive by his devious caretaker, the archdeacon Dom Claude Frollo, he escapes for the day and joins the boisterous crowd, only to be treated cruelly by all but the beautiful Romani woman, Esmeralda. Quasimodo isn’t the only one captivated by her free spirit, though – the handsome Captain Phoebus and Frollo are equally enthralled. As the three vie for her attention, Frollo embarks on a mission to destroy the Roma – and it’s up to Quasimodo to save them all.
A sweeping score and powerful story make The Hunchback of Notre Dame an instant classic. Audiences will be swept away by the magic of this truly unforgettable musical.
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A Spring Choral Concert: How Can I Keep From Singing
Sunday, April 27, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.
Margaret Williams Theatre
The Caroline L. Guarini Department of Music, Dance and Theatre presents "A Spring Choral Concert: How Can I Keep From Singing! " featuring the NJCU Concert Chorale directed by Donald C. Morris. The program will feature works by primarily contemporary American composers who have set inspirational texts of joy, hope, and love to amazingly powerful and beautiful choral music. Do join us - let’s share and spread the joy!
Jazz Big Band
Monday, April 28, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.
Margaret Williams Theatre
The NJCU Jazz Ensemble welcomes you to an exciting evening of Big Band music for listeners of all ages! The concert will feature the Jazz Ensemble built by NJCU’s own jazz department. The music will span the full history of jazz and showcase music from the great groups of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Thad Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and many more. Under the direction of Nathan Eklund, the ensemble will deliver a powerful, dynamic evening you won’t forget!
Jazz Fest at JCFPL
Saturday, May 3, 2025 from 12pm to 4:30pm
Jersey City Free Public Library: Five Corners Branch
678 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
Fall Pop R&B
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Margaret Williams Theatre
The Pop R&B Ensemble is the creation of the NJCU Music Business program. It is dedicated to performing classic “pop” with a focus on rhythm & blues music from the pens of 20th-century tunesmiths whose work ruled the airwaves from the 1960s to the present day.