The series will be filmed before a live audience at the arts center and will air on NJTV and WNET in the fall. Taped in NJPAC's Victoria Theater on June 15, the six-part series will feature performances from eight performers, including Tom Wopat, Valerie Simpson, Rebecca Luker, Sandy Stewart, Bill Charlap, Marin Mazzie, Jason Danieley and Maude Maggart. They will each perform a 40-minute set followed by a Q&A session conducted by Ted Chapin, president and executive director of Rodgers & Hammerstein: An Imagen Company.

The series will be crafted from two live performance sessions at NJPAC in Newark, NJ. The first session, at 12 PM, will feature Wopat, Simpson and Luker, while the second, at 6 PM, will feature Mazzie, Danieley, Stewart, Charlap and Maggart. "The American Songbook" performance series at NJPAC is presented, in part, through the support of the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation and will benefit The Actors Fund.

Tickets go on sale May 10, and more information can be found by calling 1-888-466-5722 or visiting njpac.org.