The latest theatre news from Brooklyn — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Smith Street Stage will present Shakespeare's JULIUS CAESAR outdoors at Carroll Park in Brooklyn, free to the public, as part of the company's 16th season of free Shakespeare performances.
Mark Morris Dance Group closes its 45th anniversary season at The Joyce Theater with three programs featuring jazz, bluegrass, and country, including a world premiere set to music by Hazel Dickens.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will present a program at BAM featuring Judith Jamison's Emmy Award-winning HYMN, the company premiere of BLINK OF AN EYE, and Alvin Ailey's REVELATIONS, closing out the inaugural season under Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will close its 2025-26 season at BAM with Judith Jamison's Emmy-winning Hymne and the company premiere of Medhi Walerski's Blink of an Eye, under Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack.
The ART OF BROOKLYN Film Festival returns for its 16th season, screening 55 independent films across multiple Brooklyn venues and online.
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.
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Return of the Buffalo: Tatanka Owe Akupi St. Ann's Warehouse (9/19-9/20) |
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Jen Howard Jazz On Main (10/09-10/09) |
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Brunch with Brian Conigliaro Jazz On Main (8/02-8/02) |
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Saigon St. Ann's Warehouse (12/03-12/20) |
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Hot Guy Draft: First Crush Littlefield (8/23-8/23) |
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Zarabanda Variations Album Release Concert National Sawdust (8/31-8/31) |
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I Scream Theater Brooklyn Art Haus (8/07-8/13) |
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Zeju Zheng Trio Jazz On Main (9/03-9/03) |
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Auld Acquaintances St. Paul's Episcopal Church (1/20-1/20) |
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GUSTAVO CASENAVE TRIO Jazz On Main (9/19-9/19) |
