BROOKLYN THEATRE NEWSROOM

Coney Island USA announced Jesse Malin and two-time Grammy winner Rickie Lee Jones as King Neptune and Queen Mermaid for the 44th Annual Mermaid Parade, the nation's largest art parade.

BAM will present the world premiere of STEVIE: A LIFE IN THE KEY OF SONGS, a three-night concert series at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House performing all five of Stevie Wonder's landmark albums, coinciding with his 76th birthday.

The Heights Players will present 9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL, featuring music and lyrics by Dolly Parton, at their Brooklyn Heights theater.

Movement artist Karley Wasaff will present GROWING TAKES TIME, a life-sized interactive arcade and immersive performance at Kingsland Wildflowers Rooftop in Brooklyn, blending contemporary dance with audience-driven gameplay.

Van Alen Institute has presented FRIENDS FROM THE CANAL, a public art installation by Mookntaka in Gowanus.

The Billie Holiday Theatre and Bed-Stuy Art House will present a one-night-only multidisciplinary event honoring Malcolm X and Lorraine Hansberry through original short plays, live music, and contemporary performance in Brooklyn.

SLANTED FLOORS, the site-specific play starring Kyle Beltran and Adam Chanler-Berat, returns to its original Greenpoint apartment for a strictly limited 150-seat engagement, directed by Ryan Dobrin.

World Music Institute will present the NYC debut of the Will Calhoun Mali Project at The Sultan Room in Brooklyn, featuring Grammy-winning Living Colour drummer Will Calhoun alongside Malian keyboardist Cheick Tidiane Seck.

Rikud Studio, a new Brooklyn dance school founded by former Goldman Sachs professional Caila Moed, focuses exclusively on breaking, hip-hop, and house dance — with no ballet, no mirrors, and no recitals.

The Second City New York will present Nightmare on 9th Street, a new sketch comedy revue performed at the Brooklyn Improv MainStage in Williamsburg, featuring sketch, improv, and songs from its two-year conservatory cast.

Heart/Lung a drama about a closeted lesbian doctor who falls for her patient, will have its world premiere at Brooklyn's The Vino Theater.

Setar virtuoso Amir Nojan and percussionist Pejman Hadadi will perform 'Whispers of the Dastgah,' a program of spontaneous improvisations rooted in Persian classical music's modal system, at Roulette in Downtown Brooklyn.

The Non-Violence Project North America Foundation and National Sawdust will host a free workshop for middle and high school students to reinterpret the Knotted Gun, with one design selected for permanent installation.

New York Theatre Company has revealed the cast for The Circuit, a silent disco ballet set in the streets of DUMBO, Brooklyn, blending dance, theater, and nightlife into a site-specific, after-dark experience.

The Chita Rivera Awards and NYC Dance Alliance Foundation announced five finalists for Broadway's Next Triple Threat, with the winner receiving a $10,000 training grant live at the Chita Rivera Awards.

Ahead of its debut on April 27, Disney has shared a first look at footage from Songs in Sign Language, its collaboration with the Deaf West Theatre that reimagines songs from Frozen 2, Encanto, and Moana 2.

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Movies TV Mayhem, a new play by Dean Taucher, will premiere Off-Broadway at Theatre Row in New York.

None of the Above Theater Company will present the world premiere of ONE SENIOR, ONE ADULT, written and directed by Robert Liebowitz, at the Episcopal Actor's Guild in Manhattan, featuring seven actors portraying a single character.

Northern Stage announced casting for the world premiere of WONDER! A WOMAN KEEPS A SECRET by Talene Monahon, featuring Tony winner Will Brill and Martha Burns, directed by Aileen Wen McGroddy in White River Junction, VT.

Richmond County Orchestra will present Allure in Laughs and Luster, featuring comedians Mary Dimino, Nanci Richards, and Danielle Hernandez alongside dancers Anna Polyachenko and Sivan Sheli Yakovich at 4089 Victory Blvd.

HITCITY: TEMPTATIONS EDITION, a concert revue celebrating Motown's 60th anniversary, will present Broadway veterans at Queens Theatre before a nationwide tour.

The Drunk Texts will present two Shakespearean Star Wars performances at The RAT NYC in DUMBO.

Narrows Community Theater has announced its upcoming production of Brigadoon, the beloved Lerner & Loewe musical, running at the Theater on Fort Hamilton in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

The pre-teen stars of RUTHLESS! THE MUSICAL recently appeared on WGN-TV’s Daytime Chicago, performing selections from the show ahead of its opening at Citadel Theatre.