Music Of Curiosities Presents its Season Premiere
by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2019
The season premiere of Music of Curiosities, the innovative monthly music concert series showcasing the unique, the beautiful and the extraordinary in genre-defying music performance is on Friday, April 19th at 9PM, live on stage in Coney Island. Headlining the first show of the 2019 Music of Curiosities season is Brooklyn's Surreal Folk Rock Duo COOKIE TONGUE, with a Special opening set by the hauntingly beautiful CHARMING DISASTER, all on the legendary sideshow stage at ConeyIslandUSA on the corner of Surf Avenue and West 12th Street.
by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2019
The season premiere of Music of Curiosities, the innovative monthly music concert series showcasing the unique, the beautiful and the extraordinary in genre-defying music performance is on Friday, April 19th at 9PM, live on stage in Coney Island. Headlining the first show of the 2019 Music of Curiosities season is Brooklyn's Surreal Folk Rock Duo COOKIE TONGUE, with a Special opening set by the hauntingly beautiful CHARMING DISASTER, all on the legendary sideshow stage at ConeyIslandUSA on the corner of Surf Avenue and West 12th Street.
NIGHT NOW Live Late Night Show Premieres Thursday at Halyards Brooklyn
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2019
NIGHT NOW Live Late Night Show Premieres Thursday March 21st, 8pm at Halyards (406 3rd Ave, Brooklyn).
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2019
NIGHT NOW Live Late Night Show Premieres Thursday March 21st, 8pm at Halyards (406 3rd Ave, Brooklyn).
Triskelion Arts Presents: The Bipeds 54 STRANGE WORDS
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2019
'The Bipeds dance-theatre company of Durham, NC presents the New York premiere of 54 Strange Words, a surreal music and dance production. A scorching rock & roll band lead by banjo player Curtis Eller joins Choreographer, Stacy Wolfson's cast of visceral dancers to present a sepia-tinged, psychedelic song and dance spectacle. The line between the dancers and musicians dissolves as the performers descend into a strange and mysterious world of nightmare imagery. Musicians become dancers, dancers become singers, and unhinged howls of wild abandon give way to moments of harmony and grace.'
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2019
'The Bipeds dance-theatre company of Durham, NC presents the New York premiere of 54 Strange Words, a surreal music and dance production. A scorching rock & roll band lead by banjo player Curtis Eller joins Choreographer, Stacy Wolfson's cast of visceral dancers to present a sepia-tinged, psychedelic song and dance spectacle. The line between the dancers and musicians dissolves as the performers descend into a strange and mysterious world of nightmare imagery. Musicians become dancers, dancers become singers, and unhinged howls of wild abandon give way to moments of harmony and grace.'
Brooklyn Music School String Students To Hold Two Concerts In Paris And A Fundraising Concert In Brooklyn This April 2019
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2019
Following a successful concert with students from the acclaimed Ecole d'Art Musical - a Suzuki Strings School in Paris, France, in April 2018, BMS will be sending 20 students to Paris for a series of concerts during Spring Break in April.
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2019
Following a successful concert with students from the acclaimed Ecole d'Art Musical - a Suzuki Strings School in Paris, France, in April 2018, BMS will be sending 20 students to Paris for a series of concerts during Spring Break in April.
SMEG Premieres At Williamsburg's Vital Joint
by BWW News Desk - March 06, 2019
Kelly Cooper and Ian Lockwood host the premiere of SMEG, a dark and horrifying parody of public access children's shows like Zoom and Bill Nye the Science Guy, created by Thomas Frances and Kelly Cooper.
by BWW News Desk - March 06, 2019
Kelly Cooper and Ian Lockwood host the premiere of SMEG, a dark and horrifying parody of public access children's shows like Zoom and Bill Nye the Science Guy, created by Thomas Frances and Kelly Cooper.
David Gow Joins Cast Of Site-specific Hit BLEACH Beginning March 6
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2019
David Gow will join the cast of the US Premiere of BLEACH by Dan Ireland-Reeves beginning March 6. This award-winning underground hit, seen throughout the UK as well as in Paris, Stockholm and Dublin, made its US premiere in January in an intimate, immersive production performed for an audience of 10. Gow will join current performers Eamon Yates and Brendan George, sharing the role of Tyler, a young man trying to find his way while paying the rent in NYC. Audiences are invited to join Tyler at Tyler's Basement in Bushwick, Brooklyn for this dark and humorous look at sex, violence, and city living. Directed by Zack Carey, performances run through March 24.
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2019
David Gow will join the cast of the US Premiere of BLEACH by Dan Ireland-Reeves beginning March 6. This award-winning underground hit, seen throughout the UK as well as in Paris, Stockholm and Dublin, made its US premiere in January in an intimate, immersive production performed for an audience of 10. Gow will join current performers Eamon Yates and Brendan George, sharing the role of Tyler, a young man trying to find his way while paying the rent in NYC. Audiences are invited to join Tyler at Tyler's Basement in Bushwick, Brooklyn for this dark and humorous look at sex, violence, and city living. Directed by Zack Carey, performances run through March 24.
Ivo Van Hove Presents U.S. Premiere of DIARY OF ONE WHO DISAPPEARED At BAM
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2019
The Diary of One Who Disappeared marks the Flemish opera company Muziektheater Transparant's return to Leo Jan ek's autobiographical love story in a new production by lauded director Ivo van Hove.
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2019
The Diary of One Who Disappeared marks the Flemish opera company Muziektheater Transparant's return to Leo Jan ek's autobiographical love story in a new production by lauded director Ivo van Hove.
The OMNI Ensemble Continues Its 36th Season With Trios Plus!
by BWW News Desk - March 02, 2019
The OMNI Ensemble will continue its 36th season of concerts at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music on Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 8:00 pm. The program will feature music for flute, cello and piano. Also being performed are improvisations by The OMNI Ensemble featuring the Kora, an indigenous African string instrument. Music will be Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata op. 28, arranged for trio by Jim Lahti, Bohuslav Martinu's Trio for flute, cello and piano, Peter Schickele's Summer Trio, Michael Sirotta's Emanations Of Blue Light-A Rhapsody for Flute and Piano, and electronic and acoustic improvisations by The OMNI Ensemble featuring the Kora. Musicians are David Wechsler - flutes, John Cheek - keyboards, with guest artists Eric Cooper - cello and Salieu Suso - Kora.
by BWW News Desk - March 02, 2019
The OMNI Ensemble will continue its 36th season of concerts at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music on Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 8:00 pm. The program will feature music for flute, cello and piano. Also being performed are improvisations by The OMNI Ensemble featuring the Kora, an indigenous African string instrument. Music will be Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata op. 28, arranged for trio by Jim Lahti, Bohuslav Martinu's Trio for flute, cello and piano, Peter Schickele's Summer Trio, Michael Sirotta's Emanations Of Blue Light-A Rhapsody for Flute and Piano, and electronic and acoustic improvisations by The OMNI Ensemble featuring the Kora. Musicians are David Wechsler - flutes, John Cheek - keyboards, with guest artists Eric Cooper - cello and Salieu Suso - Kora.
Brooklyn Music School Announces 6th Annual Middle School Jazz Festival
by BWW News Desk - March 02, 2019
Brooklyn Music School (BMS) presents the 6th Annual Middle School Jazz Festival today, March 2, 2019 from 12pm to 6:30pm, with a concert at 4:30pm, followed by a jam session with students, faculty, and guest artist. BMS is located at 126 Saint Felix Street, Brooklyn. Concert tickets are a $10 suggested donation.
by BWW News Desk - March 02, 2019
Brooklyn Music School (BMS) presents the 6th Annual Middle School Jazz Festival today, March 2, 2019 from 12pm to 6:30pm, with a concert at 4:30pm, followed by a jam session with students, faculty, and guest artist. BMS is located at 126 Saint Felix Street, Brooklyn. Concert tickets are a $10 suggested donation.
INTERPRETATIONS Series Continues 30th Anniversary Season March 14th
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2019
On Thursday, March 14th, 2019, at 8pm, the fifth concert of the 2018-2019 Interpretations series' Thirtieth Anniversary Season presents striking music sets from both vocalist and composer Joan La Barbara, and mixed-instrumentation group Ensemble Metrix, led by violinist Tom Chiu. Held at Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2019
On Thursday, March 14th, 2019, at 8pm, the fifth concert of the 2018-2019 Interpretations series' Thirtieth Anniversary Season presents striking music sets from both vocalist and composer Joan La Barbara, and mixed-instrumentation group Ensemble Metrix, led by violinist Tom Chiu. Held at Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY
JACK Presents William Burke's VARIATIONS ON THE MAIN
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2019
The duo of playwright/director William Burke and composer Catherine Brookman return to JACK with a 'theatrical seance for listening,' co-directed by Burke and Bryn Herdrich. As the final show at JACK's current location, the audience and performer will collectively strip the space of its contents over the course of the three-week run, leaving it empty by the final performance. Through this process of emptying, the team will strive to clear the air of distractions and ask us to help each other and take care of our brains in the most theatrical of ways.
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2019
The duo of playwright/director William Burke and composer Catherine Brookman return to JACK with a 'theatrical seance for listening,' co-directed by Burke and Bryn Herdrich. As the final show at JACK's current location, the audience and performer will collectively strip the space of its contents over the course of the three-week run, leaving it empty by the final performance. Through this process of emptying, the team will strive to clear the air of distractions and ask us to help each other and take care of our brains in the most theatrical of ways.
JACK Arts Venue Moves to Larger Space With New Co-Director
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2019
According to The New York Times, JACK is moving on up! The interdisciplinary performance space has signed a 10-year lease to move into a larger home.
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2019
According to The New York Times, JACK is moving on up! The interdisciplinary performance space has signed a 10-year lease to move into a larger home.
Kristine Haruna Lee's SUICIDE FOREST Extends
by BWW News Desk - February 25, 2019
The Bushwick Starr collaborates with Ma-Yi Theater Company in presenting the world premiere of Suicide Forest by award-winning playwright and performer Kristine Haruna Lee (Memory Retrograde at The Public Theater with Under the Radar and Ars Nova, War Lesbian at Dixon Place), directed by Aya Ogawa (Ludic Proxy produced by The Play Company at Walker Space, The Nosebleed at The Public Theater with Under the Radar).
by BWW News Desk - February 25, 2019
The Bushwick Starr collaborates with Ma-Yi Theater Company in presenting the world premiere of Suicide Forest by award-winning playwright and performer Kristine Haruna Lee (Memory Retrograde at The Public Theater with Under the Radar and Ars Nova, War Lesbian at Dixon Place), directed by Aya Ogawa (Ludic Proxy produced by The Play Company at Walker Space, The Nosebleed at The Public Theater with Under the Radar).
SHAPE SHiFTER Opens This Weekend in Brooklyn
by BWW News Desk - February 23, 2019
Gather around for one of the most exciting new play this Winter. Taking to the stage for 3-consecutive weekend is SHAPE SHiFtER, the labor of love from New York writer, actor and playwright, Robert Plonskier. Opening Today, February 23, the show runs until March 10. Staring Plonskier, Patricia M. Lawrence, Amanda Lyn Jungquist, abd Danny Beaton the play takes place at The Muriel Schulman Theater at Triskelion Arts in Brooklyn.
by BWW News Desk - February 23, 2019
Gather around for one of the most exciting new play this Winter. Taking to the stage for 3-consecutive weekend is SHAPE SHiFtER, the labor of love from New York writer, actor and playwright, Robert Plonskier. Opening Today, February 23, the show runs until March 10. Staring Plonskier, Patricia M. Lawrence, Amanda Lyn Jungquist, abd Danny Beaton the play takes place at The Muriel Schulman Theater at Triskelion Arts in Brooklyn.
The Brick Stages ME AND LEE - THE MUSICAL
by BWW News Desk - February 22, 2019
'Me and Lee - The Musical' is the true story of Judyth Vary Baker - a teen science super-star recruited by the U.S. Government during the height of the Cold War in 1962
by BWW News Desk - February 22, 2019
'Me and Lee - The Musical' is the true story of Judyth Vary Baker - a teen science super-star recruited by the U.S. Government during the height of the Cold War in 1962
Terrible, Thanks For Asking LIVE Comes to The Bell House
by BWW News Desk - February 22, 2019
You know how every day someone asks 'how are you?' And even if you're totally dying inside, you just say 'fine,' so everyone can go about their day? Not this show. The Terrible, Thanks for Asking podcast is the opposite of that. Nora McInerny asks real people to share their complicated and honest feelings - sometimes sad, sometimes funny, and sometimes both at once.
by BWW News Desk - February 22, 2019
You know how every day someone asks 'how are you?' And even if you're totally dying inside, you just say 'fine,' so everyone can go about their day? Not this show. The Terrible, Thanks for Asking podcast is the opposite of that. Nora McInerny asks real people to share their complicated and honest feelings - sometimes sad, sometimes funny, and sometimes both at once.
SHAPE SHiFTER Opens This Weekend in Brooklyn
by BWW News Desk - February 21, 2019
Gather around for one of the most exciting new play this Winter. Taking to the stage for 3-consecutive weekend is SHAPE SHiFtER, the labor of love from New York writer, actor and playwright, Robert Plonskier. Opening Saturday, February 23, the show runs until March 10. Staring Plonskier, Patricia M. Lawrence, Amanda Lyn Jungquist, abd Danny Beaton the play takes place at The Muriel Schulman Theater at Triskelion Arts in Brooklyn.
by BWW News Desk - February 21, 2019
Gather around for one of the most exciting new play this Winter. Taking to the stage for 3-consecutive weekend is SHAPE SHiFtER, the labor of love from New York writer, actor and playwright, Robert Plonskier. Opening Saturday, February 23, the show runs until March 10. Staring Plonskier, Patricia M. Lawrence, Amanda Lyn Jungquist, abd Danny Beaton the play takes place at The Muriel Schulman Theater at Triskelion Arts in Brooklyn.
Irondale Ensemble Explores Bertolt Brecht's THE LIFE OF GALILEO
by BWW News Desk - February 20, 2019
Irondale Ensemble, an immersive home for theater, will premiere its 2019 headlining work, The Life of Galileo, February 13-March 9, 2019. Galileo is the first of a 3-part Bertolt Brecht series Brecht in Exile. Mother Courage and Her Children (1943) and The Good Person of Szechuan (1941) will be presented over the next few seasons.
by BWW News Desk - February 20, 2019
Irondale Ensemble, an immersive home for theater, will premiere its 2019 headlining work, The Life of Galileo, February 13-March 9, 2019. Galileo is the first of a 3-part Bertolt Brecht series Brecht in Exile. Mother Courage and Her Children (1943) and The Good Person of Szechuan (1941) will be presented over the next few seasons.
Brooklyn Music School Announces 6th Annual Middle School Jazz Festival
by BWW News Desk - February 20, 2019
Brooklyn Music School (BMS) presents the 6th Annual Middle School Jazz Festival on Saturday, March 2, 2019 from 12pm to 6:30pm, with a concert at 4:30pm, followed by a jam session with students, faculty, and guest artist. BMS is located at 126 Saint Felix Street, Brooklyn. Concert tickets are a $10 suggested donation.
by BWW News Desk - February 20, 2019
Brooklyn Music School (BMS) presents the 6th Annual Middle School Jazz Festival on Saturday, March 2, 2019 from 12pm to 6:30pm, with a concert at 4:30pm, followed by a jam session with students, faculty, and guest artist. BMS is located at 126 Saint Felix Street, Brooklyn. Concert tickets are a $10 suggested donation.
FEMME JAM Returns To Brooklyn's C'mon Everybody Today
by BWW News Desk - February 19, 2019
Following their sold-out January show, the women of Femme Jam have announced a return engagement at C'mon Everybody in Brooklyn, slated for February 19, 2019 at 8pm. A first-of-its-kind jam session featuring all-female artists, Femme Jam is disrupting New York's male-dominated music scene.
by BWW News Desk - February 19, 2019
Following their sold-out January show, the women of Femme Jam have announced a return engagement at C'mon Everybody in Brooklyn, slated for February 19, 2019 at 8pm. A first-of-its-kind jam session featuring all-female artists, Femme Jam is disrupting New York's male-dominated music scene.
Robert Browning Associates Host 5th Annual A WORLD IN TRANCE
by BWW News Desk - February 18, 2019
A World in Trance, now in its fifth edition, has been host to some of the world's most captivating music, bringing people together in search of enlightenment and spirituality. This year's festival features virtuoso guitarist Derek Gripper, who masterfully interprets the hypnotic sounds of the West African kora (21-string harp-lute) on solo guitar (Mar 23); the intoxicating sounds of Bachir Attar and Mustapha Attar of the Master Musicians of Jajouka in a riveting meeting with American musicians Ned Rothenberg, Arrington de Dionysio and Ben Bennett (Mar 30); the classical music of India with Jayanthi Kumaresh, one of the world's leading veena (lute) players, accompanied by percussionists Jayachandra Rao and Pramath Kiran (Apr 12); and ecstatic interpretations of Sufi qawwaliwith Pakistan's Hamza Akram Qawwal & Brothers (Apr 13).
by BWW News Desk - February 18, 2019
A World in Trance, now in its fifth edition, has been host to some of the world's most captivating music, bringing people together in search of enlightenment and spirituality. This year's festival features virtuoso guitarist Derek Gripper, who masterfully interprets the hypnotic sounds of the West African kora (21-string harp-lute) on solo guitar (Mar 23); the intoxicating sounds of Bachir Attar and Mustapha Attar of the Master Musicians of Jajouka in a riveting meeting with American musicians Ned Rothenberg, Arrington de Dionysio and Ben Bennett (Mar 30); the classical music of India with Jayanthi Kumaresh, one of the world's leading veena (lute) players, accompanied by percussionists Jayachandra Rao and Pramath Kiran (Apr 12); and ecstatic interpretations of Sufi qawwaliwith Pakistan's Hamza Akram Qawwal & Brothers (Apr 13).
Smith Street Stage Announces Tenth Season
by BWW News Desk - February 17, 2019
Smith Street Stage (Beth Ann Hopkins, founding Artistic Director), the award-winning Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn-based theatre company, announced its planned tenth season for 2019. Among the productions planned are the tenth consecutive mounting of its cornerstone Shakespeare in Carroll Park production (an outdoor production of Romeo and Juliet, directed by Shaun Bennet Fauntleroy), and the company's first foray into long-running indoor theatre in Manhattan (Lear's Shadow, an original production devised by Beth Ann Hopkins and Elliot Roth from Shakespeare's King Lear, running at the Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre).
by BWW News Desk - February 17, 2019
Smith Street Stage (Beth Ann Hopkins, founding Artistic Director), the award-winning Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn-based theatre company, announced its planned tenth season for 2019. Among the productions planned are the tenth consecutive mounting of its cornerstone Shakespeare in Carroll Park production (an outdoor production of Romeo and Juliet, directed by Shaun Bennet Fauntleroy), and the company's first foray into long-running indoor theatre in Manhattan (Lear's Shadow, an original production devised by Beth Ann Hopkins and Elliot Roth from Shakespeare's King Lear, running at the Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre).
FEMME JAM Returns To Brooklyn's C'mon Everybody February 19
by BWW News Desk - February 15, 2019
Following their sold-out January show, the women of Femme Jam have announced a return engagement at C'mon Everybody in Brooklyn, slated for February 19, 2019 at 8pm. A first-of-its-kind jam session featuring all-female artists, Femme Jam is disrupting New York's male-dominated music scene.
by BWW News Desk - February 15, 2019
Following their sold-out January show, the women of Femme Jam have announced a return engagement at C'mon Everybody in Brooklyn, slated for February 19, 2019 at 8pm. A first-of-its-kind jam session featuring all-female artists, Femme Jam is disrupting New York's male-dominated music scene.
Casting Announcement And Invite For THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESAR
by BWW News Desk - February 15, 2019
Theatre for a New Audience announces the seventeen-member cast and the creative team for its production of William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, directed by Shana Cooper in her Off-Broadway debut.
by BWW News Desk - February 15, 2019
Theatre for a New Audience announces the seventeen-member cast and the creative team for its production of William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, directed by Shana Cooper in her Off-Broadway debut.
Caribbean Film Series: A 5th Anniversary Festival Comes to BAM
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2019
From Thursday, March 14 through Sunday, March 17, BAM presents Caribbean Film Series: A 5th Anniversary Festival, a four-day festival marking the five-year anniversary of the Caribbean Film Series, a platform for great contemporary films from the Caribbean and the diaspora. In shorts, narrative feature films, and documentaries from the UK, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and more, the series explores the thematic and aesthetic diversity of Caribbean cinema.
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2019
From Thursday, March 14 through Sunday, March 17, BAM presents Caribbean Film Series: A 5th Anniversary Festival, a four-day festival marking the five-year anniversary of the Caribbean Film Series, a platform for great contemporary films from the Caribbean and the diaspora. In shorts, narrative feature films, and documentaries from the UK, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and more, the series explores the thematic and aesthetic diversity of Caribbean cinema.
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