The latest news on live theater in Brooklyn from Broadway shows on tour to regional theater.
Tony and Emmy Award winner Ben Vereen has been named brand ambassador for Snow Milk Clothing, a Brooklyn-born streetwear label known for hand-printed, individually numbered pieces blending street art with uplifting messages.
Rikud Studio, located in Prospect Heights at 607 Vanderbilt Avenue, announced summer camp offerings centered on breaking, hip-hop, and house dance for children ages 5–14, with no ballet, mirrors, or recitals.
Watch Hiran Abeysekera and cast members from BAM's Hamlet take Shakespeare’s Gravedigger scene out of the Harvey Theatre and into the Brooklyn community for a special pop-up performance.
Blessed Unrest's world premiere of BODY UNREDACTED, directed and choreographed by Jessica Burr, runs at The Makers' Space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
BAM Rose Cinemas will present FILMAFRICA 2026, a showcase of contemporary and classic Pan-African cinema curated by the New York African Film Festival, featuring world, US, and North American premieres from Uganda, Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya, and beyond.
BAM’s annual DanceAfrica Festival will return to Brooklyn from May 16-28, 2026.
Planet of the Grapes, a tabletop sci-fi comedy where talking grapes enslave humans, will play Brooklyn and the Lower East Side before heading to Edinburgh Festival Fringe, performed by creator Peter Michael Marino.
The Little Victory Theatre will present SUPERSIZED WOMEN OF COMEDY, featuring Mary Dimino, Carolann Valentino, Randi Simon Lupo, Tracy Rosenberg, and Randi Kaplan in a Mother's Day stand-up, song, and sketch comedy event in Staten Island.
BroadwayWorld has a first look inside rehearsals for GATE SHUT PANIC, the new play written by Zoe Nelms and directed by Keira Dig.
Pianist Chelsea Randall will perform six commissioned solo piano works inspired by Black Arts Movement poetry at Brooklyn's Dweck Center, with Michigan Poet Laureate Melba Joyce Boyd among special guests.
World Music Institute will present oud virtuoso Simon Shaheen and kamancheh master Mehrnam Rastegari at Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn, celebrating Persian and Arabic string traditions as part of WMI's 40th Anniversary Legacy series.
The FROM SEA TO SEA NYC Southeast Asian Festival returns to Brooklyn's Chocolate Factory for its second edition, featuring live performances, 30+ vendors, cultural activities, and a keynote original score by Vietnamese composer Hao Le.
Hamlet is now playing at BAM’s Harvey Theater in Brooklyn.
Noo Arts and Pratt Institute will present RIGHT TO FLIGHT, a rooftop performance and installation at Kingsland Wildflowers in Brooklyn raising awareness about migratory bird deaths caused by NYC building collisions.
WHITE WAVE Dance announced the 25th anniversary DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL, a three-day event featuring 35 contemporary dance companies from New York and around the world, with a Gala Opening Night honoring two arts community figures.
NANCY, a new play by Sean Swenson, will have its New York premiere at the Brick Aux Studio in Brooklyn.
TEMPEST TOSSED, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s THE TEMPEST, will return to Casa Duse in Brooklyn.
Chicha Libre will perform its only New York City show of the season at Baby’s All Right in Brooklyn.
Debut playwright Geve Penn's two-act kitchen sink drama FINN'S will receive a one-day-only staged reading at Purgatory in Brooklyn, exploring work-life balance, masculinity, and race through the lens of a single bar shift.
Blessed Unrest will present the world premiere of BODY UNREDACTED, directed and choreographed by Jessica Burr, at The Makers' Space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Moojestic Lion Productions will present THE CIRCUS CAME TO TOWN, a play by J.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden announced ANCESTRAL ECOLOGIES, a site-specific exhibition by artist Olalekan Jeyifous and environmental practice AD—WO, the inaugural fellows of BBG's new Heidi Nitze Art × Environment Fellowship.
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.
|
KRAMER/FAUCI St. Ann's Warehouse (9/27-10/24) |
|
the moon rituals Prospect Park (8/07-8/07) |
|
Troop 3200 Brooklyn Art Haus (8/14-8/16) PHOTOS |
|
Hot Guy Draft: First Crush Littlefield (8/23-8/23) |
|
Saigon St. Ann's Warehouse (12/03-12/20) |
|
Sunday brunch with Alejandro Meola Jazz On Main (9/06-9/06) |
|
SweetnLow Jazz On Main (8/07-8/07) |
|
Venus In Fur ART NY (7/31-8/08) PHOTOS VIDEOS |
|
Zeju Zheng Trio Jazz On Main (9/03-9/03) |
|
The DuPonts Jazz On Main (9/25-12/04) |
