Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation Moves To A New Home In Brooklyn
by BWW News Desk - December 11, 2018
The beloved Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation, a noted cultural arts institution in Brooklyn, is moving to a new home, also in Brooklyn: Public School 21. The organization begins 2019 classes in its new home on January 4.
by BWW News Desk - December 11, 2018
The beloved Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation, a noted cultural arts institution in Brooklyn, is moving to a new home, also in Brooklyn: Public School 21. The organization begins 2019 classes in its new home on January 4.
WOMEN OF A CERTAIN AGE Comedy Show To Welcome Fran Drescher!
by BWW News Desk - December 10, 2018
'If I had to choose between ageism or sexism, I'd take a pat on the ass any day, since that meant someone noticed me.'- Carole Montgomery?
by BWW News Desk - December 10, 2018
'If I had to choose between ageism or sexism, I'd take a pat on the ass any day, since that meant someone noticed me.'- Carole Montgomery?
OPEN FA LA LA LA FLAME Comes to Littlefield
by BWW News Desk - December 07, 2018
Sam Campbell, Simone Leitner, and Peter Valenti host Open Flame, the hot queer happening where an lgbtq+ comedy open mic meets a social. Open Fa La La La Flame is the official holiday spectacular, featuring regulars of the show and icons Michelle Davis, Walter Kelly, David Perez, Kendall Payne, Jes Tom and Jaboukie Young-White! Following the show will be the dance party of dreams thanks to DJ Oscar Nñ, co-founder of PAPIJUICE.
by BWW News Desk - December 07, 2018
Sam Campbell, Simone Leitner, and Peter Valenti host Open Flame, the hot queer happening where an lgbtq+ comedy open mic meets a social. Open Fa La La La Flame is the official holiday spectacular, featuring regulars of the show and icons Michelle Davis, Walter Kelly, David Perez, Kendall Payne, Jes Tom and Jaboukie Young-White! Following the show will be the dance party of dreams thanks to DJ Oscar Nñ, co-founder of PAPIJUICE.
BAM presents Théâtre de la Ville's hilarious Ionesco Suite
by BWW News Desk - December 06, 2018
Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota and seven actors from his Theatre de la Ville put five Ionesco plays into a blender and serve up a potpourri of absurdity, hilarity, befuddlement, and witticism. Demarcy-Mota, whose affinity for 20th-century playwrights was masterfully displayed in three previous BAM engagements (Rhinoceros, 2012 Next Wave;Six Characters in Search of an Author, 2014 Next Wave; State of Siege, 2017 Next Wave), returns with a boldly conceived and delicately executed production. Framed as a buttoned-up family dinner that sinks into no-holds-barred inebriation, the scenes and texts of Jack, or The Submission; Delirium for Two; The Bald Soprano; The Lesson; and Conversation and French Speech Exercises are chopped up and reassembled into this constantly surprisingIonesco Suite.
by BWW News Desk - December 06, 2018
Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota and seven actors from his Theatre de la Ville put five Ionesco plays into a blender and serve up a potpourri of absurdity, hilarity, befuddlement, and witticism. Demarcy-Mota, whose affinity for 20th-century playwrights was masterfully displayed in three previous BAM engagements (Rhinoceros, 2012 Next Wave;Six Characters in Search of an Author, 2014 Next Wave; State of Siege, 2017 Next Wave), returns with a boldly conceived and delicately executed production. Framed as a buttoned-up family dinner that sinks into no-holds-barred inebriation, the scenes and texts of Jack, or The Submission; Delirium for Two; The Bald Soprano; The Lesson; and Conversation and French Speech Exercises are chopped up and reassembled into this constantly surprisingIonesco Suite.
BWW Review: THE WHITE ALBUM, Joan Didion's Essays Onstage at BAM, Ponders the Predicaments of Generations Past and Present
by Cindy Sibilsky - December 06, 2018
This quote is the opening sentence from the author of the book and the words that inspired, created and catapulted The White Album -- a theatrical representation in full of Didion's autobiographical, literary essays of the same name published in 1979 but focused on the tumultuous period of time between 1966 (though it was officially started in 1968) and 1971, which had an engagement as part of BAM's Next Wave Festival November 28 - December 1, through collaborators between Lars Jan/Early Morning Opera, Mia Barron (who portrayed Didion herself), and multiple commissioners and supporters including Center Theatre Group, arts centers at CalArts, UCLA, Ohio State University and the UCross Foundation, amongst others.
by Cindy Sibilsky - December 06, 2018
This quote is the opening sentence from the author of the book and the words that inspired, created and catapulted The White Album -- a theatrical representation in full of Didion's autobiographical, literary essays of the same name published in 1979 but focused on the tumultuous period of time between 1966 (though it was officially started in 1968) and 1971, which had an engagement as part of BAM's Next Wave Festival November 28 - December 1, through collaborators between Lars Jan/Early Morning Opera, Mia Barron (who portrayed Didion herself), and multiple commissioners and supporters including Center Theatre Group, arts centers at CalArts, UCLA, Ohio State University and the UCross Foundation, amongst others.
Penelope Umbrico's 'Monument' Now Open Through January At BRIC
by BWW News Desk - December 06, 2018
BRIC, celebrating 40 years as the leading presenter of free cultural programming in Brooklyn, presents Penelope Umbrico: MONUMENT, an exhibition in the Gallery at BRIC House exploring the monolithic state of our current technologies in relation to their obsolescence. Starting with the idea that all technologies are in effect "black boxes" to most users who engage with them, Umbrico presents a major installation and other works that will act to demystify them. The centerpiece of the exhibition is 20 foot long wall of broken semi functional LCD TVs that reveals their insides while serving as a platform for video programing and/or a backdrop for performances. The exhibition will be on view through January 20, 2019.
by BWW News Desk - December 06, 2018
BRIC, celebrating 40 years as the leading presenter of free cultural programming in Brooklyn, presents Penelope Umbrico: MONUMENT, an exhibition in the Gallery at BRIC House exploring the monolithic state of our current technologies in relation to their obsolescence. Starting with the idea that all technologies are in effect "black boxes" to most users who engage with them, Umbrico presents a major installation and other works that will act to demystify them. The centerpiece of the exhibition is 20 foot long wall of broken semi functional LCD TVs that reveals their insides while serving as a platform for video programing and/or a backdrop for performances. The exhibition will be on view through January 20, 2019.
Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop Presents Reading Of PARABLE OF THE BACKYARD ROOTS Featuring Lizan Mitchell
by BWW News Desk - December 05, 2018
Broadway, film and television actress Lizan Mitchell, a Drama Desk Award nominee for The Trojan Women, has joined the cast of the staged reading of Tylie Shider's Parable of the Backyard Roots. The reading is an installment in the Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop monthly play reading series in partnership with The Billie Holiday Theatre, and will be held at The Billie on Monday, December 10 at 7 pm.
by BWW News Desk - December 05, 2018
Broadway, film and television actress Lizan Mitchell, a Drama Desk Award nominee for The Trojan Women, has joined the cast of the staged reading of Tylie Shider's Parable of the Backyard Roots. The reading is an installment in the Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop monthly play reading series in partnership with The Billie Holiday Theatre, and will be held at The Billie on Monday, December 10 at 7 pm.
MAGIC AT CONEY!!! Announces Performers for The Sunday Matinee, 12/9
by BWW News Desk - December 04, 2018
Magical Promotions, together with Coney Island USA, presents an afternoon of fun and wonder for the entire family. "Magic at Coney!!!" is a magical variety show highlighting a vast array of magicians; featuring illusionists, escape artists, mentalists and close-up magicians from around the world.
by BWW News Desk - December 04, 2018
Magical Promotions, together with Coney Island USA, presents an afternoon of fun and wonder for the entire family. "Magic at Coney!!!" is a magical variety show highlighting a vast array of magicians; featuring illusionists, escape artists, mentalists and close-up magicians from around the world.
THERAPY: COMEDY FROM PAIN Shows The Power Of Laughter In Healing
by BWW News Desk - December 04, 2018
For one night only, Therapy: Comedy from Pain plays at the Brooklyn Comedy Collective on Wednesday, 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.
by BWW News Desk - December 04, 2018
For one night only, Therapy: Comedy from Pain plays at the Brooklyn Comedy Collective on Wednesday, 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.
Full Line-Up Announced For THE LQQK FETE
by BWW News Desk - December 04, 2018
What Will The Neighbors Say? announces further details about the latest benefit performance evening, a co-production with artist Jose Rivera Jr.
by BWW News Desk - December 04, 2018
What Will The Neighbors Say? announces further details about the latest benefit performance evening, a co-production with artist Jose Rivera Jr.
José Rivera Jr. And WWTNS? Partner For THE LQQK FETE
by BWW News Desk - December 04, 2018
What Will The Neighbors Say? is excited to announce our latest benefit performance evening, a co-production with artist Jose? Rivera Jr. A frequent collaborator of WWTNS?, Rivera Jr. is an innovative and talented musician, dancer, and performance artist of Puerto Rican-American descent who centers his work on a queer future for all. The benefit, LQQK FE?TE: A New Performance Series of New Music Dance, Video, and Interdisciplinary Art, will raise necessary funds for his upcoming visual EP, 'LQQK, The Way I Look.'
by BWW News Desk - December 04, 2018
What Will The Neighbors Say? is excited to announce our latest benefit performance evening, a co-production with artist Jose? Rivera Jr. A frequent collaborator of WWTNS?, Rivera Jr. is an innovative and talented musician, dancer, and performance artist of Puerto Rican-American descent who centers his work on a queer future for all. The benefit, LQQK FE?TE: A New Performance Series of New Music Dance, Video, and Interdisciplinary Art, will raise necessary funds for his upcoming visual EP, 'LQQK, The Way I Look.'
APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH Opens In December At The Gallery Players
by BWW News Desk - December 01, 2018
This December, Gallery Players is pleased to present APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH by Agatha Christie, an entertaining murder mystery that will keep you guessing until the end. In this adapted version of the 1938 detective novel of the same name, Christie created an entirely new ending. Featuring a group of travelers who find themselves thrown together on a Middle Eastern expedition, the 'Queen of Crime' offers a unique take on the classic murder mystery, where characters' motivations are suspect and relationships may not be what they seem. First performed at the Piccadilly Theatre in London on March 31, 1945, APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH remains fresh and exciting today.
by BWW News Desk - December 01, 2018
This December, Gallery Players is pleased to present APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH by Agatha Christie, an entertaining murder mystery that will keep you guessing until the end. In this adapted version of the 1938 detective novel of the same name, Christie created an entirely new ending. Featuring a group of travelers who find themselves thrown together on a Middle Eastern expedition, the 'Queen of Crime' offers a unique take on the classic murder mystery, where characters' motivations are suspect and relationships may not be what they seem. First performed at the Piccadilly Theatre in London on March 31, 1945, APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH remains fresh and exciting today.
Ucross Alumni Lars Jan And Mia Barron Debut THE WHITE ALBUM At BAM
by BWW News Desk - November 29, 2018
Ucross, a prestigious artists' residency program and creative lab for the arts located in Wyoming's majestic High Plains, is proud to announce that Ucross Fellows Lars Jan and Mia Barron will stage The White Album, Jan's word-for-word celebration of Joan Didion's famous essay, at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) from November 28th through December 1st.
by BWW News Desk - November 29, 2018
Ucross, a prestigious artists' residency program and creative lab for the arts located in Wyoming's majestic High Plains, is proud to announce that Ucross Fellows Lars Jan and Mia Barron will stage The White Album, Jan's word-for-word celebration of Joan Didion's famous essay, at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) from November 28th through December 1st.
BAMkids Announces 2019 Winter/Spring Season
by BWW News Desk - November 29, 2018
BAMkids today announced its 2019 Winter/Spring Season featuring a lineup of performances and immersive experiences for children and families. With live performances by artists from New York and around the globe, the season will include a full line-up of international theater, puppetry, dance, digital arts, music, and more.
by BWW News Desk - November 29, 2018
BAMkids today announced its 2019 Winter/Spring Season featuring a lineup of performances and immersive experiences for children and families. With live performances by artists from New York and around the globe, the season will include a full line-up of international theater, puppetry, dance, digital arts, music, and more.
The Bushwick Starr Presents Diana Oh's THE INFINITE LOVE PARTY
by BWW News Desk - November 29, 2018
The Bushwick Starr is thrilled to present The Infinite Love Party, an intentional barefoot potluck, 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: Yemenat 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.
by BWW News Desk - November 29, 2018
The Bushwick Starr is thrilled to present The Infinite Love Party, an intentional barefoot potluck, 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: Yemenat 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.
BAMkids Announces 2019 Winter/Spring Season
by BWW News Desk - November 29, 2018
BAMkids today announced its 2019 Winter/Spring Season featuring a lineup of performances and immersive experiences for children and families. With live performances by artists from New York and around the globe, the season will include a full line-up of international theater, puppetry, dance, digital arts, music, and more.
by BWW News Desk - November 29, 2018
BAMkids today announced its 2019 Winter/Spring Season featuring a lineup of performances and immersive experiences for children and families. With live performances by artists from New York and around the globe, the season will include a full line-up of international theater, puppetry, dance, digital arts, music, and more.
BRIC Announces 2019 Season Of BRIC House Sessions Concert Series
by BWW News Desk - November 28, 2018
BRIC, the pioneering NYC arts and media organization and leading presenter of free cultural programming in Brooklyn, announces the spring 2019 season of BRIC House Sessions (February-April 2019), part of BRIC's 40th Anniversary. The exhilarating concert series, held annually, brings the ethos of the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival into the organization's Fort Greene headquarters through world-class performances on Thursday evenings. BRIC House Sessions draws its talent from a bold and eclectic array of musical genres and world cultures, with concerts featuring opening acts by DJs and musicians, and headlining sets from internationally-renowned artists.
by BWW News Desk - November 28, 2018
BRIC, the pioneering NYC arts and media organization and leading presenter of free cultural programming in Brooklyn, announces the spring 2019 season of BRIC House Sessions (February-April 2019), part of BRIC's 40th Anniversary. The exhilarating concert series, held annually, brings the ethos of the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival into the organization's Fort Greene headquarters through world-class performances on Thursday evenings. BRIC House Sessions draws its talent from a bold and eclectic array of musical genres and world cultures, with concerts featuring opening acts by DJs and musicians, and headlining sets from internationally-renowned artists.
Sitting Shotgun Presents DAUGHTERS OF SOLOMON
by BWW News Desk - November 28, 2018
Sitting Shotgun will close out the Fall 2018 Mainstage Season with daughters of Solomon, a new play by Mark Thomas Johnson, directed by Allie Marotta. Performances will take place November 26th - December 2nd at SQUARE1 (885 Park Ave, Brooklyn, NY). The cast includes Alec Kirazian (Monk), Salome Egas (Muse), Caroline Festa (Daughter 1), and Lesley Young (Daughter 2). Creative team includes Alex Church-Gonzales (Assistant Director, Costume Design), Jack McManus (Dramaturg), Stephanie Orta-Vazquez (Fight Choreography), Linnea Sumner (Makeup/FX Design), Joe Scardino (Light Design), Conner Reilly (Graphic Design).
by BWW News Desk - November 28, 2018
Sitting Shotgun will close out the Fall 2018 Mainstage Season with daughters of Solomon, a new play by Mark Thomas Johnson, directed by Allie Marotta. Performances will take place November 26th - December 2nd at SQUARE1 (885 Park Ave, Brooklyn, NY). The cast includes Alec Kirazian (Monk), Salome Egas (Muse), Caroline Festa (Daughter 1), and Lesley Young (Daughter 2). Creative team includes Alex Church-Gonzales (Assistant Director, Costume Design), Jack McManus (Dramaturg), Stephanie Orta-Vazquez (Fight Choreography), Linnea Sumner (Makeup/FX Design), Joe Scardino (Light Design), Conner Reilly (Graphic Design).
MAGIC AT CONEY!!! Announces Guests for The Sunday Matinee, 12/2
by BWW News Desk - November 27, 2018
Magical Promotions, together with Coney Island USA, presents an afternoon of fun and wonder for the entire family. "Magic at Coney!!!" is a magical variety show highlighting a vast array of magicians; featuring illusionists, escape artists, mentalists and close-up magicians from around the world.
by BWW News Desk - November 27, 2018
Magical Promotions, together with Coney Island USA, presents an afternoon of fun and wonder for the entire family. "Magic at Coney!!!" is a magical variety show highlighting a vast array of magicians; featuring illusionists, escape artists, mentalists and close-up magicians from around the world.
Performance Space New York Announces 'Octopus,' A Series Of Guest-Curated Performances
by BWW News Desk - November 27, 2018
After having recently announced a reading series organized by Sarah Schulman and an Associate Artist program, Performance Space New York continues to explore new ways of shaping its organizational structure around the creative desires of artists with Octopus, a new artist-curated series of performances (December 2018-June 2019). Occurring simultaneously but independent from the Spring season's the No Series (January-May 2019) and Schulman's First Mondays: Reading of New Works in Progress (now-May 2019), Octopus gives select artists the autonomy to bring together performers on their radar, working in any number of disciplines, for evening-length programs.
by BWW News Desk - November 27, 2018
After having recently announced a reading series organized by Sarah Schulman and an Associate Artist program, Performance Space New York continues to explore new ways of shaping its organizational structure around the creative desires of artists with Octopus, a new artist-curated series of performances (December 2018-June 2019). Occurring simultaneously but independent from the Spring season's the No Series (January-May 2019) and Schulman's First Mondays: Reading of New Works in Progress (now-May 2019), Octopus gives select artists the autonomy to bring together performers on their radar, working in any number of disciplines, for evening-length programs.
Full Line-Up Announced For THE LQQK FETE
by BWW News Desk - November 27, 2018
What Will The Neighbors Say? announces further details about the latest benefit performance evening, a co-production with artist Jose Rivera Jr.
by BWW News Desk - November 27, 2018
What Will The Neighbors Say? announces further details about the latest benefit performance evening, a co-production with artist Jose Rivera Jr.
The Exponential Festival 2019 Presents DUET-ED
by BWW News Desk - November 26, 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. What Holds Heat is a collaboration between Nic Adams (Icarus in the L.E.S.) and Cori Marquis (Cori Marquis + the Nines [IX] and LMnO3). Of their works, they write, "Our kinetic and experiential works of performance seek to extend the boundaries of theatre and expand its power for our audience. Our ensemble-based theatre prioritizes impressionistic storytelling, with subjects ranging from the intimate to the fantastical, while always being grounded in the complexity of human relationships." Since 2015, What Holds Heat has produced three original works for the stage, at venues like Dixon Place, The Bushwick Starr (as part of Target Margin Theater's Stein Labs), and Vital Joint.
by BWW News Desk - November 26, 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. What Holds Heat is a collaboration between Nic Adams (Icarus in the L.E.S.) and Cori Marquis (Cori Marquis + the Nines [IX] and LMnO3). Of their works, they write, "Our kinetic and experiential works of performance seek to extend the boundaries of theatre and expand its power for our audience. Our ensemble-based theatre prioritizes impressionistic storytelling, with subjects ranging from the intimate to the fantastical, while always being grounded in the complexity of human relationships." Since 2015, What Holds Heat has produced three original works for the stage, at venues like Dixon Place, The Bushwick Starr (as part of Target Margin Theater's Stein Labs), and Vital Joint.
BWW Previews: THE GOOD SWIMMER World Premiere at BAM Fishman Space
by Cindy Sibilsky - November 25, 2018
The saying, 'Good things come to those who wait,' could certainly be applied to the world premiere of The Good Swimmer playing at BAM's Fishman Space as part of the Next Wave festival from November 28th-December 1st. Defined as a pop requiem for the youth of the Vietnam War, this collaboration between Heidi Rodewald (music) and Donna Di Novelli (lyrics) directed by Kevin Newbury has been the better part of a decade in the making since the two women began working on the piece at a Eugene O'Neill Theater Center residency and left with three songs based on text from out-of-print lifesaving manuals that would become the foundation of The Good Swimmer -- the title song, 'Red Cross' and 'Double Drowning'.
by Cindy Sibilsky - November 25, 2018
The saying, 'Good things come to those who wait,' could certainly be applied to the world premiere of The Good Swimmer playing at BAM's Fishman Space as part of the Next Wave festival from November 28th-December 1st. Defined as a pop requiem for the youth of the Vietnam War, this collaboration between Heidi Rodewald (music) and Donna Di Novelli (lyrics) directed by Kevin Newbury has been the better part of a decade in the making since the two women began working on the piece at a Eugene O'Neill Theater Center residency and left with three songs based on text from out-of-print lifesaving manuals that would become the foundation of The Good Swimmer -- the title song, 'Red Cross' and 'Double Drowning'.
MAGIC AT CONEY!!! Announces Guests for The Sunday Matinee 11/25
by BWW News Desk - November 20, 2018
Magical Promotions, together with Coney Island USA, presents an afternoon of fun and wonder for the entire family. "Magic at Coney!!!" is a magical variety show highlighting a vast array of magicians; featuring illusionists, escape artists, mentalists and close-up magicians from around the world.
by BWW News Desk - November 20, 2018
Magical Promotions, together with Coney Island USA, presents an afternoon of fun and wonder for the entire family. "Magic at Coney!!!" is a magical variety show highlighting a vast array of magicians; featuring illusionists, escape artists, mentalists and close-up magicians from around the world.
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