People of all ages are welcome to attend Rutgers Day.

 It’s a chance to get a glimpse of exciting things happening at New Jersey’s state university. There will be free performances, tours, exhibits, hands-on activities, lectures, demonstrations, and more. The event will take place rain or shine on the Rutgers-New Brunswick campus.

Some program highlights include an inter-squad Scarlet and White Football Game, along with several other NCAA spring games like women’s softball and lacrosse.

Undergraduate Admissions also will run programs in the new Visitors Center. Other favorites include Zimmerli Family Day, Ag Field Day, the New Jersey Folk Festival, and the Faraday Lecture - a physics demonstration and lecture show for children of all ages. Rutgers Day is a great opportunity to learn something new, be entertained, participate in hands-on activities and meet fascinating people.

For more information, visit http://rutgersday.rutgers.edu/ or call 732-932-7823.

“I haven’t seen an audience have this much fun since Mamma Mia. As they said in the ‘80s, this show is AWESOME!” —Jess Cagle WCBS-TV/People Magazine

It’s 1985 and wedding singer Robbie Hart is a happy-go-lucky wannabe rock star—until his fiancée stands him up at the altar. He sets off on a mission to turn everyone else’s wedding into a disaster, too. Eventually, Robbie finds his own happy ending where he least expects it. Based on the hit film, this romantic musical comedy pays loving homage to the 1980s, when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up, and a wedding singer might just be the coolest guy in the room.

Tickets run from $42 to $72, and can be purchased by visiting statetheatrenj.org or calling 732-246-7469.

Friday, March 12, 2010 at 8:00 PM
Moscow Festival Ballet in Swan Lake

The epitome of romantic Russian ballet, Swan Lake has enchanted audiences for well over a century with its magical tale of love and sacrifice, sorcery and transformation. Tchaikovsky’s sumptuous score perfectly captures the heightened passions of the doomed lovers. This full-length ballet is performed by the 50-member Moscow Festival Ballet under the direction of Sergei Radchenko, former principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet.

Tickets run from $32 to $52, and can be purchased by visiting statetheatrenj.org or calling 732-246-7469.

Pat Cooper’s the “angry” Italian who’s been making people laugh since the 1960s. Dom Irrera grew up with an extended Italian family in South Philly and survives to tell the tale. Tammy Pescatelli is a Sicilian girl from Cleveland who takes no guff. Together, it’s a great night of stand-up served with a big dose of Italian flavor….you got a problem with that?

Often considered Neil Simon's best work, this Drama Desk, Pulitzer Prize and Tony^® Award winner is a funny and touching portrayal of acceptance, survival and family dynamics that will take you from laughter to tears and back again.

Lost in Yonkers was selected by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts as part of the American Masterpieces Series in New Jersey. American Masterpieces is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Rock 'n' roll, pop, rhythm and blues-they're all here in glorious form. It's the longest running musical revue in Broadway history. Packed with Leiber and Stoller classics like "On Broadway," "Love Potion #9," "Stand By Me" and "Hound Dog," you'll find it hard to stay in your seat!

The author of More Fun than Bowling sets his newest thriller in a New York bar about to be demolished. Adam, a young graduate student, finds himself caught in a web of intrigue as he grapples with questions about his impending marriage, his late father's best friend (who may be a paranoid schizophrenic), and a mysterious stranger who appears to knows far more than he should about the 9/11 attacks. Suddenly outlandish theories become dangerous realities. Coincidence or conspiracy?