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Performers Announced For MAGIC AT CONEY!!! The Sunday Matinee, June 2
by BWW News Desk - May 28, 2019
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.
Aurélien Bory And Compagnie 111 Return To BAM With Espæce
by BWW News Desk - May 28, 2019
Aurelien Bory and Compagnie 111 return to BAM with Espaece, inspired by the life and work of the French writer Georges Perec--in particular, his essay collection Species of Spaces.
BAM Announces The Lineup For Free R&B Festival At MetroTech
by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2019
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech, downtown Brooklyn's exhilarating summer tradition, returns from June 6 to August 15 with 10 afternoons of R&B, funk, rock, blues, jazz, and a marching band. Celebrating its 25th year, BAM's longest-running music series champions the adventurous voices of R&B, from music legends to bold new voices in Brooklyn and across the globe. The free concert series is not only a hub for creative performances but a celebration of the impact of rhythm and blues on contemporary culture.
HOT TEENS Get Ready for Summer Vacation in Upcoming Stand-Up Show
by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2019
Get sweaty with Brooklyn comedians Mary Houlihan and Ian Lockwood in their sexy stand up show/play hybrid HOT TEENS, coming to the Brooklyn Comedy Collective on June 1st.
Fort Greene Preparatory Academy Celebrates 10 Years Of Arts Education
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2019
Fort Greene Preparatory Academy(FGPA), a Brooklyn-based public middle school committed to the development of intellectual independence, self-confident and responsible leaders, celebrates 10 years of education of the youth of Fort Greene. Opened in 2010 with a commitment to provide a forward thinking and inclusive education, the academy will host Ready to Rise, a summer block party on Saturday, June 15, featuring student performances, food and fun for all ages.
BAM Announces Next Wave 2019
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2019
BAM Artistic Director David Binder today announced programming for his first artistic season, the Next Wave 2019. With 16 adventurous engagements by artists making BAM debuts, the season includes theater, dance, music, film, site-specific, and multi-genre work across BAM's venues and off-site, as well as Holiday programming.
Performers Announced For MAGIC AT CONEY!!! - The Sunday Matinee, May 26
by BWW News Desk - May 21, 2019
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.
AALUSC And Marriott Downtown Brooklyn Team Up To Commemorate Stonewall 50
by BWW News Desk - May 21, 2019
African Ancestral Lesbians United for Societal Change (AALUSC) will spotlight the LGBTQI African American experience at a one-night exhibit at the Brooklyn Marriott on June 27. The 'Just As We Are' display observes Stonewall 50 by recognizing the contributions of African American LGBTQI people.
The Bushwick Starr Presents CABIN
by Sarah Hookey - May 21, 2019
The Bushwick Starr presents the world premiere of CABIN,the latest from Bessie nominated Sean Donovan (The Reception at HERE, House/Divided at BAM), with original compositions by Obie Award winner Heather Christian (Animal Wisdom at The Bushwick Starr, The World is Round at BAM).
Compagnia De' Colombari Celebrates Walt Whitman's 200th Birthday
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2019
Compagnia de' Colombari, an international collective of performing artists founded and directed by Karin Coonrod, presents More Or Less I Am: a music-theater piece drawn entirely from Walt Whitman's revolutionary free verse long poem, 'Song of Myself,'one of the original twelve pieces that comprise his 1855 collection Leaves of Grass. The next performance in this series, spanning multiple venues throughout the five boroughs, will take place on Sunday, May 26, 2019, 7:30 pm at Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn.
The Skivvies to Appear Live At The Brooklyn Brewery
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2019
Your World Pride Week celebrations start at The Brooklyn Brewery with plenty of beer and live musical entertainment from The Skivvies! Grab a glass of The Stonewall Inn IPA (included with your ticket) and prepare for some surprises.
Coney Island Presents Uncle Meg's 2019 PRIDE Extravaganza
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2019
Kick off PRIDE weekend with an evening celebrating QUEER Music and Performance Art, Non-Binary and All Original, all LIVE on the Legendary Coney Island Circus Sideshow stage!
Moliere In The Park's Inaugural Season Opens Tonight
by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2019
Moliere in the Park, presented in partnership with the Prospect Park Alliance and the LeFrak Center at Lakeside, inaugural season opens tonight!
Screen Epiphanies With Bowen Yang And TOUKI BOUKI And BREATHLESS In Beyond The Canon, Come To BAM
by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2019
This June, BAM continues two ongoing monthly programs: Screen Epiphanies on Thursday, June 6 with Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle (2004), chosen by comedian Bowen Yang, and Beyond the Canon on Saturday, June 29, with Djibril Diop Mambety's Touki Bouki (1973) and Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (1960).
Torn Out Theater Brings Naked Shakespeare Back To Prospect Park This Summer
by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2019
This August, Torn Out will present an anthology production as its its fourth Naked Shakespeare event. Titled Mere Flesh and Blood the piece will be presented at the Prospect Park Music Pagoda.
TFANA Announces 4-week Extension Of Soho Rep.'s Production Of FAIRVIEW
by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2019
Theatre for a New Audience has announced a four-week extension of Soho Rep.'s production of Jackie Sibblies Drury's Fairview, staged by Sarah Benson and choreographed by Raja Feather Kelly. The original cast has reunited for the June 2 June 30 engagement and will now continue for the extension, July 2 July 28, 2019, on the Samuel H. Scripps Mainstage at Polonsky Shakespeare Center, TFANA's state-of-the-art home in the Brooklyn Cultural District.
Via Brooklyn Presents MONICA: THIS PLAY IS NOT ABOUT MONICA LEWINSKY
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2019
Via Brooklyn is pleased to announce the New York preview of Dianne Nora's Monica: This Play Is Not About Monica Lewinsky from July 25-27 at 59E59 Theaters as part of the East to Edinburgh Festival. Shining a light on intimacy and privacy in a media-obsessed culture, this new play will travel to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for a two-week engagement immediately following its East Coast debut. Priced at $15, tickets for the New York engagement go on sale on May 21 for 59E59 members and on May 29 for the general public. To purchase tickets, visit www.59e59.org or call the box office at 646.892.7999.
Moliere In The Park Announces Full Cast for Inaugural Season
by Sarah Hookey - May 16, 2019
Moliere in the Park, presented in partnership with the Prospect Park Alliance and the LeFrak Center at Lakeside, has announced its full cast for its inaugural season. The three-day event begins with the company launch and fundraiser on Saturday, May 18 at 7pm, followed by two free staged public readings of two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Wilbur's translation of Moliere's THE MISANTHROPE, directed by Moliere in the Park's Founding Artistic Director Lucie Tiberghien, with original songs by Tony and two-time Obie Award winner Stew, on Sunday, May 19 at 7pm and Monday, May 20 at 7pm.
Applications Will Soon Be Accepted for Nation's Largest LGBT-Friendly Housing Development in Brooklyn
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2019
On Wednesday, May 29, beginning at 11 a.m., applications will be accepted for Ingersoll Senior Residences. Located in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, Ingersoll Senior Residences will be the largest LGBT-friendly elder housing development in the country and the first in New York City and State.
The Playwrights Realm Announces 2019/20 Season And Radical Parent-Inclusion Project
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2019
The Playwrights Realm announces its 2019-2020 season productions, with world premieres of Anna Moench's Mothers (beginning September 13, 2019 at the Duke on 42nd Street, 229 W 42nd St), and Noah Diaz's Richard & Jane & Dick & Sally (beginning April 3, 2020 at A.R.T./New York Theatres, 502 W 53rd St), two bold new works from early-career playwrights about parental care-and what that means in circumstances that have catapulted beyond anyone's control.Inconjunction with Mothers, the Playwrights Realm proudly pilots the Radical Parent-Inclusion Project, which seeks to dismantle the barriers preventing parent-artists from succeeding in the theater by illuminating, creating, and tracking new pathways of access and approaches to production.
SAAS Presents INTER-NATIONAL TRAVEL SERIES
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2019
Mara-Diane (Jessy Morner-Ritt) and Janice (Caroline Yost) the founders of Smaltown Arts Appreciation Society, have bravely left their Smaltown and traveled around the North-East. From Hudson to Atlantic City, Mara-Diane and Janice made their first travel show with the help of town locals.
SILVER DREAM: OASIS Debuts In Brooklyn Next Month
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2019
June 1st community block party, directly off the Morgan L Subway stop at Bogart Street, in Brooklyn, eagerly awaits the installation of ?SILVER DREAM: OASIS,? an immersive alternate reality that will transport participants into a fully serialized immersive narrative above and about the L train route. Still waiting 20 minutes for the L-Train? Spend it with us. A lot can happen in 20 mins.
Performers Announced For MAGIC AT CONEY!!! - The Sunday Matinee, May 19
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2019
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.
Irondale To Honor Award-Winning Phylicia Rashad At Inspire Benefit Celebration
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2019
Irondale, Brooklyn's leading theatrical ensemble producing immersive and non-traditional performance experiences, will present the M. Edgar Rosenblum Award to Tony Award winner, actress, singer and director, Phylicia Rashad. 
Stefon Bristol's SEE YOU YESTERDAY And Storm Saulter's SPRINTER Announced At BAM
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2019
BAM and Caribbean Film Series present two special events this June: Stefon Bristol's Spike Lee-produced sci-fi feature See You Yesterday (2019) on Tuesday, June 4 at 7pm, and Storm Saulter's Jamaican sports film Sprinter (2018), screening on Wednesday, June 26 at 7:30pm.

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