Editing New Brunswick, New Jersey (section)

===Theatre===
The [[New Brunswick Performing Arts Center]] opened 2019. Three neighboring professional venues, [[Crossroads Theatre]] designed by Parsons+Fernandez-Casteleiro Architects from New York. In 1999, the Crossroads Theatre won the prestigious [[Tony Award]] for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Crossroads is the first [[African American]] theater to receive this honor in the 33-year history of this special award category.<ref>[http://www.crossroadstheatrecompany.org/about Theatre History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123175709/http://www.crossroadstheatrecompany.org/about |date=November 23, 2010 }}, [[Crossroads Theatre]]. Accessed December 13, 2019. "Crossroads Theatre Company, recipient of the 1999 Tony Award® for Outstanding Regional Theatre in the United States, is the nation's premiere African American theater. The American Theatre Critics Association together with the American Theatre Wing and the League of Regional Theatres and Producers presented the prestigious Tony Award® to Crossroads in recognition of its 22-year history of artistic accomplishment and excellence. Crossroads is the first African American theater to receive this honor in the 33-year history of this special award category."</ref> [[George Street Playhouse]] (founded in 1974)<ref>[https://georgestreetplayhouse.org/about/our-history/ Our History and Mission] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213213141/https://georgestreetplayhouse.org/about/our-history/ |date=December 13, 2019 }}, [[George Street Playhouse]]. Accessed December 13, 2019. "Founded in 1974 by former Rutgers faculty member Eric Krebs, George Street Playhouse started life in a repurposed supermarket on George Street in New Brunswick, NJ."</ref> and the [[State Theatre, New Brunswick|State Theatre]] (constructed in 1921 for vaudeville and silent films)<ref>[https://www.stnj.org/about/history A History of the State Theatre New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213213142/https://www.stnj.org/about/history |date=December 13, 2019 }}, [[State Theatre, New Brunswick]]. Accessed December 13, 2019. "The historic State Theatre, a magnificently renovated 1921 vaudeville/silent-film house, was built as a grand movie palace in the heyday of silent film and vaudeville."</ref> also form the heart of the local theatre scene. Crossroad Theatre houses [[American Repertory Ballet|American Repertory Ballet and the Princeton Ballet School]].<ref>[https://www.arballet.org/history-mission-values/ History, Missian and Values] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213213148/https://www.arballet.org/history-mission-values/ |date=December 13, 2019 }}, [[American Repertory Ballet]] and the Princeton Ballet School. Accessed December 13, 2019. "Founded in 1963, ARB's rich history of repertory includes established masterpieces by distinguished American choreographers such as George Balanchine, Gerald Arpino, Alvin Ailey, Paul Taylor and Twyla Tharp... The organization was founded by Audrée Estey in 1954 as the Princeton Ballet Society. At the time, it was only a school – Princeton Ballet School."</ref> Rutgers University has student-run companies such as Cabaret Theatre, The Livingston Theatre Company, and College Avenue Players which perform everything from musicals to dramatic plays to sketch comedy.
[[File:New brunswick new jersey aerial george.jpg|thumb|Looking north from the corner of New and George Streets. The Heldrich Center is on the left.]]