tion space to do so until the arts
center opportunity was intro-
duced. The new program will be
launched in the fall 2019 semes-
ter with performances in the new
arts center.
“We’ve had great demand for
musical theater over the years
from prospective students, and
we’ve regretted telling them we
don’t offer it,” said Mason Gross
School of the Arts Dean George
B. Stauffer. “Several of our peer
Big Ten universities, most nota-
bly Michigan, Northwestern and
Penn State, have thriving pro-
grams. It’s time for Rutgers to
end this shortcoming and create
our own program.”
Rutgers will provide $17 mil-
lion towards the construction of
the arts center. Other project
partners include the City of New
Brunswick, Middlesex County,
the New Jersey Economic De-
velopment Authority, Pennrose
Properties, and the New Bruns-
wick Parking Authority. Together
they combine to be one of the
biggest public/private partner-
ships in New Jersey history.
“I’ve been doing this a long
time, ” said Paladino. “And I’ve
never seen more not-for-profit
— Pennrose being our for profit
partner — and governmental
entities all rowing in the same
direction to be able to pull off
something that is transforma-
tional to the city and hopefully
to the arts. Not only in New
Brunswick, but in New Jersey.”
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