The CEO of Newark Symphony Hall discusses the venue's renovation, how the pandemic is challenging the arts community here and around the country, and where the new NSH will fit in the redeveloping city.
Historic Newark Symphony Hall NEWARK, N.J. â Newark Symphony Hall (NSH), New Jerseyâs largest Black-led arts and entertainment venue, today unveiled designs for its exterior renovation â part of a five-year, three-phase $50 million project set to wrap on the venueâs 100
th birthday in 2025. The design, from Trenton, N.J.-based architectural firm Clarke Caton Hintz (CCH), includes a new marquee and streetscape. Design upgrades make Broad Street â a gateway into the stateâs largest city â a distinct visual marker highlighting Newarkâs creativity and ingenuity.
NSH â located at 1020 Broad St. in Newark â was built in 1925 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. In addition to restoring the buildingâs façade, the renovation will reimagine the city block â adding bike lanes, improved curbing, a central island and transportation access.
Newark Symphony Hall’s new marquee will pay homage to the past, be a beacon for city’s creativity
Updated May 08, 2021;
Posted May 08, 2021
New design plans for Newark Symphony Hall s exterior call for a translucent, lit-up marquee and streetscape art in a plaza out front.Clarke Caton Hintz
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The iconic Newark Symphony Hall marquee that once greeted motorists entering Newark from U.S. Routes 1&9 has been missing for about two years ever since a car rammed into the poles holding it up.
Now, the historic venue has plans for a new entrance that will serve not only as a visual marker for Broad Street but also as a beacon for Newark’s creativity. The new design plan from Trenton-based architectural firm Clarke Caton Hintz features streetscape art and a lit-up dome marquee to welcome both concert-goers and motorists.
Taneshia Nash Laird is the President and CEO of Newark Symphony Hall
Newark Symphony Hall, New Jersey s largest Black-led arts and entertainment venue, recently announced Yendor Theatre Company (YTC) as its first company-in-residence. YTC s first production with the venue will be Richard Wesley s Black Terror, co-produced by WACO Theater Center, which is based out of Los Angeles North Hollywood neighborhood.
NationalBlackGuide.com The livestream production of Black Terror is coming to Newark Symphony Hall this summer
The production will be directed by WACO s Co-Artistic Director, Richard Lawson, and will live-stream online this summer.
Newark Symphony Hall President and CEO Taneshia Nash Laird joined WBGO News Director Doug Doyle for a Zoom chat about the new partnership and the upcoming production of Black Terror this summer.
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