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Art By Construction Workers Exhibition THE MISSING YEARS to Open 5/4 at BAX
by BWW News Desk - April 28, 2015
2015 marks the 15th year for the annual Art by Construction Workers exhibit at BAX | Brooklyn Arts Exchange, May 4-June 19. Reception for 'THE MISSING YEARS' is slated for May 31, 2015 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
5th Annual Big Green Theater Festival Begins Today at Bushwick Starr
by BWW News Desk - April 24, 2015
The Bushwick Starr will present BIG GREEN THEATER (BGT), an annual eco-playwriting program and green theater festival celebrating environmental education, sustainability in the arts, and community enrichment. This marks our 5th anniversary of BGT, and we are thrilled to herald this special year by doubling the program, which we now offer in TWO Bushwick public schools: PS123 and PS075, reaching more students, artists, and audiences than ever before.
TRU & The Players Theatre Hosts April Panel Today
by BWW News Desk - April 23, 2015
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) presents the April panel, Secrets of Successful Not-for-Profits: How to Keep Your Theater Company Going and Growing, tonight, April 23, 2015 at 7:30pmat The Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street, 3rd Floor Loft Theatre, NYC. Doors open at 7pm for networking and refreshments; roundtable introductions of everyone in the room will start at 7:30pm.
Tiny Little Band's GHOST STORIES Set for Cloud City, Begin. 4/30
by BWW News Desk - April 22, 2015
TINY LITTLE BAND is pleased to announce the world premiere of its original work of immersive, site specific theatre, GHOST STORIES, which will be performed this spring at Cloud City (85 North 1st Street, in Williamsburg Brooklyn), with performances beginning Thursday, April 30, 2015.
5th Annual Big Green Theater Festival Begins 4/24 at Bushwick Starr
by BWW News Desk - April 21, 2015
The Bushwick Starr will present BIG GREEN THEATER (BGT), an annual eco-playwriting program and green theater festival celebrating environmental education, sustainability in the arts, and community enrichment. This marks our 5th anniversary of BGT, and we are thrilled to herald this special year by doubling the program, which we now offer in TWO Bushwick public schools: PS123 and PS075, reaching more students, artists, and audiences than ever before.
Annoyance Theatre NY to Present THE WACKY HATS, 4/19
by BWW News Desk - April 14, 2015
The Annoyance Theatre NY is announces THE WACKY HATS. This comedic show will play a limited one night engagement this Sunday April 19 at 7:00 PM. All performances will be held at the Annoyance Theatre NY in Williamsburg, Brooklyn located at 367 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211. For more information or ticket reservations, please visit https://theannoyance.com/.
New Brooklyn Theatre Sets 2015 Season: LAS MENINAS, THE SECOND CENTURY & More
by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2015
New Brooklyn Theatre has dedicated its 2015 season to the past, present, and future of African-American women playwrights. In 2014, the company staged a series of readings of historic but neglected African-American plays from the 1850s to the 1930s with the promise that audiences would help the company select one for a full production. In 2015, the company will fulfill that promise by producing audience favorite Rachel by Angelina Weld Grimke.
New York's City Parks Foundation to Bring BROWNSVILLE BRED to Summerstage 30
by BWW News Desk - April 10, 2015
Elaine Del Valle returns, for the first time in 25 years, to her hometown of Brownsville Brooklyn NY, to perform her multiple award winning Off Broadway play, Brownsville Bred, as part of New York's City Parks Foundation 30th Anniversary of SummerStage.
Brooklyn Museum Presents JUDY CHICAGO: ON FIRE Today
by BWW News Desk - April 09, 2015
The Brooklyn Museum and the Museum of Arts and Design Present 'Judy Chicago: On Fire,' a Special Two-Night Event Exploring the Artist's Fireworks Judy Chicago, A Butterfly for Brooklyn, 2014 Judy Chicago & Pyro Spectaculars Photo (c) Donald Woodman. Today, April 9 and Friday, April 10, The Brooklyn Museum and the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) will collaborate to showcase the pyrotechnic performance pieces of world-renowned artist Judy Chicago.
Frances Black Projects Presents THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING IN THE WORLD This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - April 09, 2015
Frances Black Projects presents The Most Beautiful Thing in the World. Written and performed by Gabriel Levey, co-created with Kate Tarker, directed by Carter Gill and designed by Paul Lieber. This weekend, April 9-12 at Cloud City, 85 North 1stStreet, Brooklyn. Tickets are $18 and available online atwww.francesblackprojects.com.
Brave New World Repertory Theatre to Present MAJOR BARBARA in May
by BWW News Desk - April 08, 2015
Brooklyn's acclaimed Brave New World Repertory Theatre (BNW) presents George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara, presented over four weeks - May 6, 7, 13, 22, 23, 29 and 30.
TRU & The Players Theatre to Host April Panel, 4/23
by BWW News Desk - April 08, 2015
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) presents the April panel, Secrets of Successful Not-for-Profits: How to Keep Your Theater Company Going and Growing, on Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 7:30pmat The Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street, 3rd Floor Loft Theatre, NYC. Doors open at 7pm for networking and refreshments; roundtable introductions of everyone in the room will start at 7:30pm.
Theatre for a New Audience to Host 'Shakespeare Primavera with Food Historian Francine Segan,' 5/17
by BWW News Desk - April 07, 2015
Following the Sunday, May 17, 2:00pm matinee performance of Fiasco Theater's The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Theatre for a New Audience will presents Shakespeare Primavera with Food Historian Francine Segan at Polonsky Shakespeare Center, 262 Ashland Place, Brooklyn.
DANCING ON EGGSHELLS to Premiere at Billie Holiday Theatre
by BWW News Desk - April 06, 2015
On the heels of their successful production Brothers from the Bottom starring Wendell Pierce, a play about gentrification, The Billie Holiday Theatre (BHT) is pleased to announce the world premiere of Dancing on Eggshells by award-winning playwright Cynthia G. Robinson and directed by the Billie Holiday Theatre's own Cezar Williams.
BASQUIAT: THE UNKNOWN NOTEBOOKS Exhibition Opens Today at the Brooklyn Museum
by BWW News Desk - April 03, 2015
Eight rarely seen notebooks created by Jean-Michel Basquiat between 1980 and 1987 that have never before been presented to the public form the core of a new exhibition, Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks, on view at the Brooklyn Museum from today, April 3 through August 23, 2015.
Frances Black Projects to Present THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING IN THE WORLD, 4/9-12
by BWW News Desk - April 02, 2015
Frances Black Projects presents The Most Beautiful Thing in the World. Written and performed by Gabriel Levey, co-created with Kate Tarker, directed by Carter Gill and designed by Paul Lieber. April 9-12 at Cloud City, 85 North 1stStreet, Brooklyn. Tickets are $18 and available online atwww.francesblackprojects.com.
Celebrate Brooklyn! Dance Parties to Kick Off in May
by BWW News Desk - April 01, 2015
BRIC, producer of Celebrate Brooklyn!, the borough's premier outdoor summer festival, returns with the fifth annual Celebrate Brooklyn! Dance Parties. The free series, held on Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 1 on three consecutiveThursday evenings in May (14, 21 & 28), serves as a “bridge” to Celebrate Brooklyn's 37th annual season, which starts June 3 with a free performance by Chaka Khan and runs throughout the summer at the Prospect Park Bandshell. Please find a schedule with programming details below.
Ariel Stess' HEARTBREAK to Run 5/13-30 at Bushwick Starr
by BWW News Desk - March 31, 2015
The Bushwick Starr and New Georges are thrilled to team up for the world premiere of HEARTBREAK, written and directed by Ariel Stess, a tale of love, loss, power, soccer, and growing up.
The M Center for the Arts Wins Award in Midtown International Theatre Festival
by BWW News Desk - March 25, 2015
The M Center for the Arts - Brooklyn's professional training ground for performing artists scores another victory within its celebrated play-and-screenwriters workshop.
Annie Lennox, Harry Belafonte, Piper Kerman and More Set for ART FOR AMNESTY in Brooklyn
by BWW News Desk - March 20, 2015
Legendary musicians, top artists, and filmmakers -- including Annie Lennox, Harry Belafonte, Oscar winner Laura Poitras, Jesse Williams, Piper Kerman, and MTV World GM Nusrat Durrani -- will join Amnesty International USA's executive director Steven W. Hawkins this weekend at the annual gathering in Brooklyn for the re-launch of one of the organization's pillar programs -- Art for Amnesty.
D3C Partners with Brooklyn College's BFA Acting program for Season Opener, 3/26
by BWW News Desk - March 17, 2015
Greenwich Village mainstay Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) teams with Brooklyn College, the alma-mater of D3C co-founders Stephen Gracia and Michael LoPorto, to present their spring season opening performance: "Loved To The Point Of Madness."
STAGE TUBE: First Look- Random Access Theatre's PINWHEEL!
by Sally Henry Fuller - March 14, 2015
Random Access Theatre presents Pinwheel!, a new Jazz Age Musical freely adapted by Caroline J. Prugh and Jennifer Sandella from the play by Frances Edwards Faragoh and directed by Sandella. Pinwheel! runs for twelve performances from March 20-April 4 (Mon/Thurs/Fri@7pm & Saturdays@2pm and 8pm) at the Alchemical Theatre Laboratory at 104 west 14th St New York, NY. BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at the show below!
Christina Masciotti's SOCIAL SECURITY Runs Through This Weekend at Bushwick Starr
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2015
The Bushwick Starr and terraNOVA Collective are proud to present the world premiere of acclaimed playwright Christina Masciotti's newest work, Social Security. The play centers on June, a retired pretzel factory worker, who finds herself deaf after forty years with machines, widowed, and stranded in the urban muck of Reading, PA. She forges ahead gamely, aided by her robust will to find the good in life, and attended, for better or worse, by a few neighbors. Her landlord, once a community pillar, insinuates himself into what remains of her affairs with Machiavellian panache, while a younger neighbor from down the block selflessly chaperones her trips to the grocery store. But June, generous in her affections and unworldly-wise, seesaws between these two unlikely alliances, and her yearning for ordinary human companionship only drives her further into danger.
Golden Dragon Acrobats Come to Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts Today
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2015
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College continues its 60th Anniversary Season with a performance by The Golden Dragon Acrobats today, March 14, 2015 at 2pm. 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).
Photo Flash: First Look at The Heights Players Theater's SNOW WHITE
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2015
It's time to help Snow White save the kingdom! The Heights Players' Theater for Children presents a new adaptation of Snow White The Heights Players Theater for Children presents another original production of a well-known story, opening this weekend with two performances on Saturday, March 14 and then again on Saturday, March 21.

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