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NEW YORK THEATRE BALLET Presents Keith Michael's The Nutcracker at Florence Gould Hall - 12/11-13
by BWW News Desk - December 11, 2015
New York Theatre Ballet will perform Keith Michael's The Nutcracker from December 11-13, 2015 at Florence Gould Hall, 55 East 59th Street, NYC (between Park and Madison Avenues)
Brooklyn Museum to Open AGITPROP! Exhibition This Winter
by BWW News Desk - December 11, 2015
At key moments in history, artists have reached beyond galleries and museums, using their work as a call to action to create political and social change. Opening December 11, 2015, the Brooklyn Museum's exhibition AGITPROP! explores the legacy and continued power of politically engaged art through more than fifty contemporary projects and artworks from five historical moments of political urgency. AGITPROP! will be on view from December 11, 2015, through August 7, 2016, in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum.
The Bushwick Starr and Alphabet Arts Host 5th Annual Puppets & Poets Festival This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - December 10, 2015
Number five is ALIVE! Artists and audiences will explore the relationship between two of the world's oldest and most diversely practiced art forms at Puppets & Poets, a festival celebrating poetry, puppetry, and collaborative hybrid art.
Theater 2020 to Host RADIO CHRISTMAS CAROL in Brooklyn
by BWW News Desk - December 09, 2015
Theater 2020, Brooklyn Heights professional theater company will present "A Radio Christmas Carol" on Saturday, December 12th at 3pm at First Unitarian Church at 116 Pierrepont Street in Brooklyn Heights, New York.
Theater Resources Unlimited & The Playroom Theatre Partner for December TRU Panel
by BWW News Desk - December 09, 2015
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU), and The Playroom Theatre, present the December panel, Making Beautiful Music Together: Bringing New Works of Musical Theater to the Stage, on Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at 7:30pm at The Playroom Theater, 151 W. 46th Street, 8th floor, NYC 10036. Doors open at 7pm for networking and refreshments; roundtable introductions of everyone in the room will start at 7:30pm. 
Theatre, Dance & More on Tap for JACK's Winter/Spring 2016 Season
by BWW News Desk - December 07, 2015
Clinton Hill cultural hub and OBIE award-winner JACK launches its winter/spring 2016 season with an a cappella opera set in Zimbabwe by composer Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa, a weekend of curated works by Modesto "Flako" Jimenez, the premiere of the dirty and bracing play Tom & Eliza, by Celine Song, the English-language premiere of Argentinian playwright Rafael Spregelburd's SPAM, The Geneva Project by Jennifer Harrison Newman, Antonio Ramos' Thirsty Mind, love and starvation sitting in a lonely tree and an exploration in minimalist/pop art performance by the No Face Performance Group.  JACK also engineers the return of Walter Dundervill's ARENA (which had two sold-out runs at JACK in 2014 and 2015). 
Videology's Monthly Comedy Show F*CK THAT MOVIE Continues 12/11
by BWW News Desk - December 07, 2015
On Friday, December 11 at 9pm, Williamsburg hotspot  Videology presents F*ck That Movie, a monthly comedy show where comedians, writers and actors present powerpoint presentations on why your favorite movies suck.
The Invisible Dog Opens WONDERLAND Exhibition Today
by BWW News Desk - December 05, 2015
See The Invisible Dog's second winter group show - just in time for the holidays. This exhibition will feature paintings, photographs, sculptures, and illustrations from more than 20 different artists. It opens tonight, December 5th from 6 to 10 p.m.
Brooklyn Museum's Target First Saturday to Celebrate Coney Island
by BWW News Desk - December 05, 2015
Today, December 5, Target First Today will explore the history, culture, and fantasy of Coney Island, with music, dance, and performances from the famed amusement park. The evening's highlights include a pin-up mermaid costume contest, a screening of The Wiz, entertainment by Brown Girls Burlesque and sideshow acts,and musical performances by Amour Obscur, Fright Barker and Sons, and Raya Brass Band. 
Banana Bag & Bodice's LONGYARN to Open at Bushwick Starr
by BWW News Desk - December 03, 2015
This highly anticipated new work, LongYarn, listed in Time Out NY's 20 Best Theatre Shows in NYC in 2016, is an outrageous shaggy-dog folktale of the adventurous and long-lived 'Mother', a character based on strong, peculiar and compelling women from history. The outlandish poetic adventures of her youth include tales of riverboat piracy, a stint as a professional wrestler, lost days as a crack addict and being raised by a family of cows, spun through a tenor of joyful hopelessness.
Third Rail Projects Brings Immersive Theater to Bushwick
by BWW News Desk - December 01, 2015
According to press notes from M Properties Group, Third Rail Projects has leased and customized a single-story 5,000 SF warehouse in Bushwick, Brooklyn (at 383 Troutman Street) for its fully immersive theater experience THE GRAND PARADISE, in which visitors travel to a tropical paradise.
The Bushwick Starr and Alphabet Arts to Host 5th Annual Puppets & Poets Festival, 12/10-13
by BWW News Desk - December 01, 2015
Number five is ALIVE! Artists and audiences will explore the relationship between two of the world's oldest and most diversely practiced art forms at Puppets & Poets, a festival celebrating poetry, puppetry, and collaborative hybrid art.
Michele Carol to Bring THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD to ToyKraft Theater
by BWW News Desk - November 30, 2015
On Wednesday, December 9th, at 7:00pm, author/performer Michele Carlo will present a new solo storytelling show, "THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD,"  as part of  The Tank Theater's "2015  SoloWeek Festival" at the Standard Toykraft Theater in Williamsburg. Standard Toykraft is at 722 Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, just steps from the Graham Avenue stop on the  L train, 10 minutes from Manhattan. Tickets are just $10 and can be purchased here:  http://thetanknyc.org/storytelling/424-­?there-­?goes-­?the-­?neighborhood/
The Invisible Dog to Open WONDERLAND Exhibition Next Month
by BWW News Desk - November 27, 2015
See The Invisible Dog's second winter group show - just in time for the holidays. This exhibition will feature paintings, photographs, sculptures, and illustrations from more than 20 different artists. It opens Saturday, December 5th from 6 to 10 p.m.
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts to Present STEP AFRIKA! in January
by BWW News Desk - November 24, 2015
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College continues its 2015-16 season on Saturday, January 23, 2016 at 2pm with Step Afrika! The dancers of Step Afrika! use their bodies as instruments, combining traditional step choreography with other styles including tap, modern, and hip hop to create an enthralling, high-energy performance. Opening for the company will be the award-winning, Brooklyn-based step group Regime. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at BrooklynCenter.org or by calling the box office at 718-951-4500 (Tue-Sat, 1pm-6pm).
The 9th Annual MENORAH HORAH Set for Dec 12 at The Hall at MP
by BWW News Desk - November 23, 2015
Drop that dreidel and hold on to your latkes! The Schlep Sisters are heating up the holidays with Hanukkah's Hottest Hebrew Hotties at THE 9th ANNUAL MENORAH HORAH on Saturday, December 12th at The Hall at MP.
American Fine Craft Show Brooklyn Set for This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2015
Ninety handpicked exhibitors for the American Fine Craft Show Brooklyn, this weekend, November 21-22, 2015, at Brooklyn Museum will again fill the regal Beaux-Arts Court with ceramics, decorative and wearable fiber and leather, furniture, glass and jewelry-all made by hand and celebrating American creativity-Richard Rothbard, show co-founder/director announced today.
Brooklyn Museum's Target First Saturday to Celebrate Coney Island, 12/5
by BWW News Desk - November 20, 2015
On December 5, Target First Saturday will explore the history, culture, and fantasy of Coney Island, with music, dance, and performances from the famed amusement park. The evening's highlights include a pin-up mermaid costume contest, a screening of The Wiz, entertainment by Brown Girls Burlesque and sideshow acts,and musical performances by Amour Obscur, Fright Barker and Sons, and Raya Brass Band. 
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts to Present THE SNOW MAIDEN, 12/20
by BWW News Desk - November 20, 2015
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College will team up once again with producer Anton Krilloff present a Russian holiday fairy tale, The Snow Maiden (??????????), on Sunday, December 20, 2015 at 4pm. Ticket prices range from $35 to $60 and can be purchased at BrooklynCenter.org or by calling the box office at 718-951-4500 (Tues-Sat, 1pm-6pm). The running time is 1 hour and 10 minutes with no intermission. The Snow Maiden is performed in Russian with English subtitles.
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts to Welcome Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
by BWW News Desk - November 19, 2015
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College continues its 2015-16 Season, once again partnering with Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company for its third annual Lunar New Year Celebration on Sunday, January 31, 2016 at 3pm. Tickets are $25 for adults and $12.50 for children (ages 12 and under) and can be purchased at BrooklynCenter.org or by calling the box office at 718-951-4500 (Tue-Sat, 1pm-6pm).
Sans Comedia to Stage Julian Mesri's New Musical
by BWW News Desk - November 16, 2015
Sans Comedia, a bilingual theater company led by director/playwright Julian Mesri, announces the premiere of Bethlehem, a new musical retelling of the nativity story from the point of view of those who didn't make it into the Gospels - the innkeepers and guests at the inn, who have no idea what's going on in the manger next door.
NoPassport, The Arctic Cycle and Theatre Without Borders Stage CLIMATE CHANGE THEATRE ACTION at Brooklyn Brownstone Tonight
by BWW News Desk - November 14, 2015
In collaboration with NoPassport, The Arctic Cycle and Theatre Without Borders, the box collective joins the Climate Change Theatre Action.
Stairwell Theater Mounting Holiday Run of UBU REX
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2015
F*CK THAT MOVIE to Return to Videology, Today
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2015
On Today, November 13 at 9pm, Williamsburg hotspot Videology presents F*CK THAT MOVIE, a monthly comedy show where comedians, writers and actors present powerpoint presentations on why your favorite movie's suck.
Underwater Adventure About Bullying, LITTLE IS BIG, Comes to Brooklyn Today
by BroadwayWorld JR - November 12, 2015
This fall The Shadow Box Theatre takes on bullying with our shadow puppet musical, LITTLE IS BIG. Through the power of theatre children learn how they can face up to bullies, find courage in friendship, work together and prevent discrimination.

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