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WWTNS? To Receive $15k Grant From The National Endowment For The Arts
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2021
What Will the Neighbors Say? has been approved for a $15,000.00 Grants for Arts Projects award to support their upcoming season (2021-2022). This grant will help WWTNS? to manage general operating costs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
André De Shields, Mary Beth Peil, Reed Birney, and More Join The Assembly for Virutal Telethon
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2021
The Assembly Theatre, a non-profit theater company based in Brooklyn, New York, is set to launch its ambitious first (and last?) 4-Hour Telethon Fundraiser.
Bang On A Can Announces Marathon Of Song Coming in June
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2021
Bang on a Can announces the Bang on a Can Marathon of Song – Live Online – on Sunday, June 6, 2021 from 1-5pm ET featuring 15 performances streamed from musicians' homes around the country and across the world.
The 24th BROOKLYN FILM FESTIVAL Announces Lineup
by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2021
Brooklyn Film Festival announces the film lineup for its 24th edition, “The Clearing.” The 2021 edition will feature 36 World Premieres, 28 USA bows, 34 east coast debuts, and 25 first-time screenings in NY.
Lauren Petty And Shaun Irons Present ALL OVER EVERYWHERE
by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2021
All Over Everywhere is an interdisciplinary media and performance installation which engages connections and confrontations between human beings and the imperiled natural world, by combining otherworldly video, live performance, sculptural and photographic elements, integrated lighting and a vibrant reactive sound score. 
Gelsey Bell to Perform At The Green-Wood Cemetery
by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2021
Music and nature lovers now have four chances to experience the beauty of one of New York's most spectacular green spaces and the artistry of singer, songwriter, and scholar Gelsey Bell. For two nights only, May 17th and 18th, Bell, joined by fellow musicians, will present four performances of Breadths Of Listening At Twilight.
Five Boroughs Music Festival Presents Oracle Hysterical And Hub New Music In Concert-Length Song Cycle TERRA NOVA
by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2021
​​​​​​​Five Boroughs Music Festival, Brooklyn Public Library, and the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art at Snug Harbor will present the New York and digital premieres of Terra Nova, a new concert-length song cycle created by the members of composer-collective Oracle Hysterical and performed in collaboration with Hub New Music.
Jarrod Spector and Kelli Barrett Will Lead FUNNY HOW IT HAPPENS Streaming From On Stage at Kingsborough
by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2021
 On Stage At Kingsborough, a leading performing arts presenter in Brooklyn, is pleased to present Funny How It Happens with Tony-nominee Jarrod Spector (The Cher Show (Sonny Bono), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Barry Mann), Jersey Boys (Frankie Valli) and Kelli Barrett (FX tv’s Fosse/Verdon (Liza Minelli), Dr. Zhivago (Lara).
THEY STILL WANT TO KILL US to Have Online World Premiere
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2021
On May 25, 2021 at 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern in a free virtual stream, a group of arts institutions across the nation will premiere the short film 'They Still Want To Kill Us', an aria by composer and activist Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), performed by mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges, and directed by filmmaker Yoram Savion.
Puppetworks Presents Marionette Production of THE WIZARD OF OZ
by BWW News Desk - May 06, 2021
PUPPETWORKS has announced the Spring/Summer presentation in its Park Slope, Brooklyn Theatre: the classic American Fairy Tale by L. Frank Baum, 'THE WIZARD OF OZ.'
Amant Foundation To Open Brooklyn Space This Summer, With Solo Exhibition By Grada Kilomba
by BWW News Desk - May 06, 2021
The Amant Foundation has announced that on June 5th it will open the doors on Amant, a 21,000 square foot multi-building “art campus” in East Williamsburg, designed by the award-winning architecture firm SO–IL.
Young Concert Artists To Celebrate 60th Anniversary With Virtual Gala May 20
by BWW News Desk - May 04, 2021
The gala will feature an evening of performances in celebration of the organization's 60-year history of fostering and developing the next generation of talented young artists.
Artists and Projects Announced For Antipodes' 2021 Winter Lab
by BWW News Desk - May 03, 2021
Antipodes Theatre Company has announced the lead artists who will be participating in their second annual Winter Lab for bold work and new ideas, taking place 16-27 June, 2021. A total of nine projects were selected, ranging from physical theatre and devised work to comedy and musicals.
Brooklyn Film Screening Tour Shines Light On Foster Youth During National Foster Care Month
by BWW News Desk - April 29, 2021
A film screening program supporting National Foster Care Month in May is coming to Brooklyn! The Foster Care Film & Community Engagement Project is a virtual screening series which provides foster youth an opportunity to share their stories and gain valuable filmmaking experience.
BAM Gala 2021 Will Honor Sir Patrick Stewart, Shelby White & the Leon Levy Foundation, and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
by BWW News Desk - April 28, 2021
BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) announces today its annual gala honorees: actor, Sir Patrick Stewart, longtime BAM supporter Shelby White & the Leon Levy Foundation, and choreographer and founder of Urban Bush Women (UBW) Jawole Willa Jo Zollar for their indelible contributions to the performing arts.
Face To Face Films Presents The First Annual BLUE ROSES FILM & THEATRE FESTIVAL
by BWW News Desk - April 27, 2021
Anthony Laura and the company of Face to Face Films, enjoying great success with their virtual reading series, Theatre Interrupted, now expand their reach with a new film festival.
TOWN OF LITTLE SAGAS From SPIDERWOMAN Premieres May 3
by BWW News Desk - April 26, 2021
Spiderwoman Theater, the legendary downtown New York theatre ensemble, premieres “Town of Little Sagas,” a new podcast series that begins airing on Monday May 3 at 12:01am.
BAM Presents 1:1 CONCERTS at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Curated by Silkroad
by BWW News Desk - April 26, 2021
Music lovers and adventurous listeners experience a world-class concert for one at the NY premiere of 1:1 CONCERTS at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Curated by Silkroad. Nestled in secluded corners of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, approximately 45 acclaimed New York musicians—including artists from the Silkroad Ensemble—play a ten-minute, one-to-one performance, creating an intimate and utterly unique concert experience.
Billy Griffin, Jr's GETTING OVER HIM (YOU CAN'T) Arrives This May
by BWW News Desk - April 25, 2021
Billy Griffin, Jr. has announced the world premiere of Getting Over Him (You Can't), a comedic multimedia performance about the grief of heartbreak.
AFROFEMONONOMY/Work The Roots Announces Inaugural Programming
by BWW News Desk - April 23, 2021
Performance Space New York, with co-production partner New Georges, announces details surrounding AFROFEMONONOMY // WORK THE ROOTS, a group activation of Black femme theater artists in celebration of each other.
Coney Island USA to Present Virtual Spring Gala April 29
by BWW News Desk - April 19, 2021
Coney Island USA has announced its Spring 2021 fundraiser, in partnership with musician Jesse Malin and his East Village club The Bowery Electric.
DACAMERA To Rebroadcast Select Streams From Popular Virtual Season
by BWW News Desk - April 19, 2021
Starting on April 23, DACAMERA will be rebroadcasting select streams of the organizations' most popular and distinctive virtual programming presented over the past year.
BWW Review: TAXILANDIA Takes a Ride Through Bushwick
by Cindy Sibilsky - April 19, 2021
In Taxilandia — a solo show that a maximum of three audience members at a time watch from the backseat of a cab — Modesto Flako Jimenez is the charismatic guide unveiling the hellish and heavenly aspects of Bushwick’s past, present, and uncertain future.
Marisa Michelson and Miriam Parker Featured in IN PROGRESS: BENEATH THE SURFACE
by BWW News Desk - April 16, 2021
This project is a continuation of an ongoing exploration and consistent practice of both artists. Their digital premiere will explore making visible and audible the space between form and no-form, sound and no-sound, material and immaterial.
Performance Dates Announced for ZOETROPE World Premiere Presented by Exquisite Corpse Company
by BWW News Desk - April 16, 2021
Exquisite Corpse Company will present the World Premiere of Zoetrope, written by ECC writers-in-residence Elinor T Vanderburg, Leah Barker, and Emily Krause, directed by Porcia Lewis and Tess Howsam. The production will be presented LIVE with socially distanced seating for a limited audience at 134 Vanderbilt Ave Brooklyn, NY 11205, May 1-23.

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