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BOARDWALK EMPIRE's Johnnie Mae Joins Staged Reading Of THE TALK
by BWW News Desk - January 10, 2019
Award winning actress Johnnie Mae, who played the role of housekeeper Louann Pratt in season one of the Martin Scorsese produced Boardwalk Empire on HBO, has joined the cast of the staged reading of Janice Liddell's drama The Talk, an installment in the Frank Silvera Writers Workshop monthly reading series in partnership with The Billie Holiday Theatre.
22nd Annual Black Box New Play Festival Announced At The Gallery Players
by BWW News Desk - January 09, 2019
The Black Box New Play Festival is the Gallery Players' signature festival of new works by both new and established playwrights. Now in its 22nd year, the festival will premiere 11 new plays over the course of three weekends. The festival opens Thursday, January 10 and runs through January 27, with a new collection of plays presented each week. Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30PM, and Sundays at 3PM. There will be a talk back with the playwrights directly after the Sunday matinees.
Billie Holiday Theatre Announces Call For Women Writers For 50in50: A Letter To Our Daughters
by BWW News Desk - January 09, 2019
The Billie Holiday Theatre (BHT) today announced its global call for stories for the third annual presentation of its popular 50in50: Letters to Our Daughters in collaboration with founding partner Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop (FSWW). MacArthur "Genius" Dominique Morisseau returns as curator for the piece and her curatorial statement calls women from all walks of life to tell their stories. A diverse group of 50 stories will be selected to be read by a renowned collective of women actors in Brooklyn, New York followed by the West Coast premiere at the dynamic and newly-created WACO Theater Center in Los Angeles, California. Readings will take place in March, 2019.
BAM Presents RACE, SEX & CINEMA: THE WORLD OF MARLON RIGGS
by BWW News Desk - January 08, 2019
From Wednesday, February 6 through Thursday, February 14 BAM presents Race, Sex & Cinema: The World of Marlon Riggs, the first stop in an ongoing, international celebration of the groundbreaking artist. Riggs (1957-94) was an American filmmaker, professor, poet, and gay rights activist, who wrote, produced, and directed provocative, formally innovative meditations on representation, race, gender, and sexual identity in American culture. Organized by BAM's senior repertory and specialty film programmer Ashley Clark in collaboration with documentary filmmaker and longtime Riggs collaborator Vivian Kleiman, the series marks the 25th anniversary of Riggs' death from AIDS-related complications, and the 30th anniversary of the premiere of his landmark work, Tongues Untied, a poetic reflection on the experiences of black, gay men in America.
BAX Presents the 2019 YouthWorks Festival
by BWW News Desk - January 08, 2019
BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange is excited to announce the 2019 YouthWorks Festival.Established in 1991 (formerly Kids Outback) and led by Director Donna Costello and Assistant Director Kelindah Schuster, YouthWorks is an annual opportunity for young people (ages 8 - 18) to imagine, create, and perform their own original performance work at BAX.
TFANA's ABOUT ALICE Begins Jan 8
by BWW News Desk - January 08, 2019
Theatre for a New Audience presents About Alice, the world premiere of a new play by Calvin Trillin, inspired by his 2007 memoir of the same name. The production, directed by Leonard Foglia, plays January 8-February 3, 2019 at Polonsky Shakespeare Center (262 Ashland Place, Brooklyn). 
BRIC Presents TOURE SHOW, LIVE! Featuring Terry Crews
by BWW News Desk - January 07, 2019
BRIC, the pioneering arts-and-media organization in Brooklyn, proudly presents a live taping of Tour Show, January 10 at BRIC House (647 Fulton Street). For his show, author, television host, podcaster and Brooklynite Tour conducts in-depth interviews with successful Black people, exploring what makes them successful and how they dealt with the most difficult moments of their lives. For the live event, which is being presented as part of the Brooklyn Podcast Festival, Tour will be in conversation with actor, athlete and activist Terry Crews.
Diana Oh's THE INFINITE LOVE PARTY Begins this Weekend
by BWW News Desk - January 07, 2019
The Bushwick Starr presents The Infinite Love Party, an intentional barefoot potluck dinner party, dance party, and sleepover by award-winning actor / singer-songwriter / theatremaker / performing artist Diana Oh ({my lingerie play} at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater) and co-creative director Kevin Hourigan (Imagine: Yemen at the Pershing Square Signature Center). This new creation heralds the next level of Diana's trademark 'glitter bomb [of] a friendly, feel-good celebration of human beings sharing a space where it's safe for them to be themselves.'- New York Times. This is not a play-it's an experience. The Infinite Love Party is where love is forged. A celebration of soul awakening. It's where play breeds change. It's where queer magic can do its healing. For All People. A celebration of the outskirts. A celebration of Queerness and our Allies. A celebration of POC and our Allies. A space for bare humanity to exist- where we will leave kinder and more open, more connected to our purpose, our bodies, and our hearts. A celebration of liberated selves. A celebration of liberated love. AN INFINITE LOVE PARTY!
'The Corn Mo And Love Show Show' Returns To The Slipper Room
by BWW News Desk - January 07, 2019
On the fourth Monday of every month, two of NYC's most beloved underground acts join forces to bring a monthly, intimate evening of entertainment to the legendary Slipper Room. Charming troubadour and raconteur Corn Mo brings his patented combination of original songs, quirky, off-kilter anecdotes, and charisma, framed by The Love Show Dancers' dance performance, burlesque, and saucy surprises! Trivia contests entertain with questions charaded by the Love Show Dancers with prizes of insignificant worth!
Brooklyn's On Stage At Kingsborough Announces 2019 Spring Performing Arts Season
by BWW News Desk - January 04, 2019
On Stage At Kingsborough, a leading performing arts presenter, presents its Spring 2019 season featuring world class artists from around the globe.On Stage At Kingsborough brings top notch performing arts to Southern Brooklyn, with an eclectic roster of artists spanning multiple genres including cabaret, dance, music, and family programming. The full season runs through May 17, 2019.
Chrissy Shackelford & Hallie Haas Host Variety Show in Williamsburg
by BWW News Desk - January 03, 2019
Chrissy Shackelford & Hallie Haas are character performers and self-appointed 'dames of comedy' who for one night only will host this variety show that benevolently turns all eyes off themselves and onto other people. Who are those other people? Stand-ups, character performers, musicians, and anyone else who deserves our eyes! Because it's like we always say: there's no 'I' in All Eyes on Us. Unless you spell 'eye' a different way.
Immersive Queer Nightclub Musical OSCAR AT THE CROWN Comes to 3 Dollar Bill
by BWW News Desk - January 02, 2019
Sequins, reality television, and the complete works of Oscar Wilde: not much else survives in a secret bunker far in the fascist future. OSCAR at The Crown is an immersive nightclub musical detailing the rise and fall of one of history's most flamboyant characters.
DUET-ED Announces Performer Schedule
by BWW News Desk - December 28, 2018
The Exponential Festival, a month-long January festival for NYC-based emerging artists working in experimental performance, is proud to present the world premiere production of Duet-ed by What Holds Heat.
AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS Comes To The Hatbox
by BWW News Desk - December 21, 2018
The Christmas story - "Amahl and the Night Visitors", produced by the Manchester Community Theatre Players (MCTP) and Second Stage Professional Company, will be presented at the Hatbox Theatre Today 12/21 & Saturday 12/22 at 7:30 pm and Sunday 12/23 at 2 pm.
Brooklyn Music School Presents SERENADE TO BROOKLYN
by BWW News Desk - December 21, 2018
THERAPY: COMEDY FROM PAIN Shows The Power Of Laughter In Healing
by BWW News Desk - December 19, 2018
For one night only, Therapy: Comedy from Pain plays at the Brooklyn Comedy Collective today, December 19th at 10:00 pm. NYC's top comics share comedic pieces inspired by traumatic events and tragedy in their lives to show the healing power of comedy.
TFANA's ABOUT ALICE Begins Jan 8
by BWW News Desk - December 18, 2018
Theatre for a New Audience presents About Alice, the world premiere of a new play by Calvin Trillin, inspired by his 2007 memoir of the same name. The production, directed by Leonard Foglia, plays January 8-February 3, 2019 at Polonsky Shakespeare Center (262 Ashland Place, Brooklyn). 
JACK Presents REPARATIONS AND THE ARTS
by BWW News Desk - December 18, 2018
As part of its ongoing Reparations365 series exploring the topic of distributive justice for Black Americans, JACK offers a conversation around the theme of repair and the arts, inviting participants to share ideas around shifting power and transforming relationships in the field of the arts.
St. Ann's Warehouse Announces Photo Exhibition to Accompany THE JUNGLE
by BWW News Desk - December 17, 2018
St. Ann's Warehouse presents When Does a Place Become Home?, an exhibition of six acclaimed international artists and photojournalists currently working on the front lines of the world's migrant crisis, from the original Calais Jungle to Serbia to the Southern borders of the U.S. Photographer and filmmaker Miguel Amortegui, photographer Sarah Hickson, conceptual artist Omar Imam, Getty special correspondent John Moore, refugee photographer Abdul Saboor, and visual journalist Griselda San Martin provide a hard look at the complexities of immigration and migration. Their work documents the experiences of people worldwide embarking on perilous journeys to find safety in new homes or temporary stops along the way.
AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS Comes To The Hatbox
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2018
The Christmas story - "Amahl and the Night Visitors", produced by the Manchester Community Theatre Players (MCTP) and Second Stage Professional Company, will be presented at the Hatbox Theatre Friday 12/21 & Saturday 12/22 at 7:30 pm and Sunday 12/23 at 2 pm.
RACE, SEX, & CINEMA: THE WORLD OF MARLON RIGGS Comes to BAM This February
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2018
From Wednesday, February 6 through Thursday, February 14 BAM presents Race, Sex & Cinema: The World of Marlon Riggs. Riggs (1957-1994) was an American filmmaker, professor, poet, and gay rights activist, who wrote, produced, and directed provocative, formally innovative meditations on representations of race, gender, and sexual identity in American culture. Organized by BAM's senior repertory and specialty film programmer Ashley Clark in collaboration with documentary filmmaker and longtime Riggs collaborator Vivian Kleiman, the series marks the 25th anniversary of Riggs' death from AIDS-related complications, and the 30th anniversary of the premiere of his landmark work, Tongues Untied, a poetic reflection on the experiences of black, gay men in America.
The Play Company Presents The New York Premiere Of RECENT ALIEN ABDUCTIONS
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2018
The Play Company (PlayCo; Founding Producer Kate Loewald, Managing Director Robert Bradshaw) presents the New York premiere of Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas' Recent Alien Abductions (February 21-March 24), an acclaimed highlight of the 2017 Humana Festival for New American Plays, where it was hailed as a "dark and unsettling…shape-shifter, a mystery to be unfurled, and ultimately a very human story about what happens when you can no longer recognize your family as fellow humans" (WFPL News Louisville). In Cortiñas' play, small gestures and off-handed comments slowly reveal the colonial, racist, misogynist, and homophobic dynamics that constrain possibility in the lives of the characters. These power imbalances have been left to fester for so long that they create the alienating nightmare at the story's core. Rendered through magnetic characterization and playful yet shattering storytelling, Recent Alien Abductions explores how families-and societies-are haunted by their pasts. Performances take place February 21-March 24 at Walkerspace, 46 Walker Street, New York.
Soho Rep. Announces Writer/Director Lab Week
by BWW News Desk - December 12, 2018
The 2017-2019 Lab Culminates with Free Presentations from Collaborative Partners Shayok Misha Chowdhury & Virginia Grise, Ann Marie Dorr & Paul Ketchum, Jen Goma & Kristine Haruna Lee, Raja Feather Kelly & Daaimah Mubashshir, and Julia Mounsey & Peter Mills Weiss
New Brooklyn Theatre And The Feath3r Theory Announce Merger
by BWW News Desk - December 11, 2018
New Brooklyn Theatre, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2012 to democratize the American theatre, has announced Raja Feather Kelly as its new Artistic Director. Kelly currently serves as the Founding Artistic Director of the dance-theatre-media company the feath3r theory, which has formally merged with New Brooklyn Theatre. He is the recipient of two Princess Grace Foundation Awards and most recently, the Breakout Award from the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation and Dance Magazine's inaugural Harkness Promise Award. the feath3r theory shares the ethos of New Brooklyn Theatre in the mission to broaden space for unheard voices and repressed histories in theatre. Since 2009, the feath3r theory has been recognized as a unique cross-disciplinary theatre company that aims to challenge its audience and creators to interrogate and celebrate their shared relationship to human empathy and personal ethics as expressed in popular media.
Tickets Are Now On Sale For Diana Oh's THE INFINITE LOVE PARTY
by BWW News Desk - December 11, 2018
The Bushwick Starr presents The Infinite Love Party, an intentional barefoot potluck dinner party, dance party, and sleepover by award-winning actor / singer-songwriter / theatremaker / performing artist Diana Oh ({my lingerie play} at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater) and co-creative director Kevin Hourigan (Imagine: Yemen at the Pershing Square Signature Center).

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