6:30-8:30 p.m. Sept. 8. Touring nationwide, the jazz musical “It’s a Hardbop Life” will make a stop in New Brunswick for a one-night live performance. Written and performed by Broadway trombonist Gregory Charles Royal, “It’s a Hardbop Life” is the story of a rapper who, in a dream, is brought back to 1964 and the life of his father, a jazz musician. Free; co-produced by the American Youth Symphony and the American Federation of Musicians' Music Performance
