Nickelodeon and Broadway Across America announce a brand-new, national touring production of The Backyardigans Live! Tale Of The Mighty Knights. The Backyardigans Live! will be making a stop in New Brunswick on June 23-24 for four performances. The Backyardigans Live! is sponsored by PNC Bank. Tickets range from $15-45 (group discounts apply).

New Brunswick's State Theatre presents the New Jersey premiere of Binghamton, NY's Tri-Cities Opera in Rossini's The Barber of Seville on Saturday, May 10 at 8pm. This full-scale Gioacchino Rossini opera includes a live orchestra, chorus, and America's brightest opera stars. The opera is performed in Italian with English supertitles and conducted by Duane Skrabalak. Tickets range from $30-65 (group, student, and senior discounts available).

Approximately 285 university science and technology students participated in this year's "Scientists Exploring the Arts" (SEA) series—a unique partnership between the State Theatre and Bridgewater-based National Starch and Chemical Company. The three-performance series offers young scientists an opportunity to discover three distinctive art forms and to meet personnel from the National Starch and Chemical Company, a world leader in the specialty chemical industry.

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra makes a stop at the State Theatre in New Brunswick on its coast-to-coast U.S. tour featuring world-renowned 21-year-old violinist Sarah Chang on Thursday, May 8 at 8pm. The program includes Respighi's Gli Uccelli (The Birds), Charles Wuorinen's Synaxis, and Vivaldi's The Four Seasons. Tickets range from $45-75 (student, senior, and group discounts apply, plus limited *$20 tickets and *KIDS GO FREE discounts).

State Theatre presents the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT), America’s foremost cultural ambassador, on Tuesday, May 6 at 8pm and Wednesday, May 7 at 8pm. There is a complimentary Pre-Performance Insights for ticket holders on Tuesday, May 6 at 7pm at United Methodist Church (323 George Street) in New Brunswick. In addition to the public shows, there will be a school day performance on May 7 at 10:30am, for students in grades 4-12.

Imagine if you could…win the lottery, travel to your perfect place in the blink of an eye, own your dream car, turn back the hands of time, reunite with a lost loved one…It all comes true. Every night. World-renowned illusionist and magician, David Copperfield, will perform in the critically acclaimed spectacle of magic and entertainment, David Copperfield: An Intimate Evening of Grand Illusion on Wednesday, May 14 at 5:30pm and 8:30pm.

State Theatre has announced the addition of Lyle Lovett in Concert on Wednesday, June 25 at 8pm, to the 2008 line-up. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, April 4, 2008 at 10am. Tickets range from $40-90. Sponsored by WBJB 90.5 FM The Night.

State Theatre Benefit Gala Patron Ticket (cocktail party, concert seat, dinner dance, and auction): $650

State Theatre and AM Productions present comedian Craig Ferguson, host of CBS’ The Late, Late Show on Friday, May 2 at 8pm. Tickets range from $35-65 (no discounts available).

Moments to Remember Concert on Saturday, April 26 at 8pm. This magical concert features The Drifters featuring Charlie Thomas (“Save the Last Dance for Me), Gene Chandler (“Duke of Earl”), Kenny Vance and The Planotones (“Looking for an Echo”), and Johnnie and Joe (“Over the Mountain”). Tickets range from $25-55 (group, college student, and senior discounts available).

The State Theatre announces an all-new lively, interactive, and FREE three-part storytelling series entitled MILK & COOKIES for children, ages three to eight, and their parents. This brand new initiative, fully-funded and sponsored by the Provident Bank Foundation and presented by the State Theatre, is a total of six performances on three select Saturdays at 10am and 12pm.

Theatre and Magic 98.3 present Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's the legendary seven Tony Award-winning musical EVITA for three performances on Friday, April 4, 2008 at 8pm and Saturday, April 5, 2008 at 3pm and 8pm.