Mohammed Saad Ali News

The M Center, a training ground for performing artists of all levels, opened its first class this past week - Playwriting. Produced and published playwright, Robert Liebowitz, a lifelong Brooklynite, teaches an eager group of artists the ways of storytelling for the stage.

Celebrated author and playwright, Robert Liebowitz, will present a night of new works by burgeoning playwrights located in Brooklyn. Bay Ridge presents WRITER'S BLOCK: Plays about Vietnam, Watts, Arab-Americans, and Dead Fathers today, November 10, 2012 at 7 p.m. at RidgeWrites at the Block Institute, 376 Bay 44th Street in Brooklyn.

Celebrated author and playwright, Robert Liebowitz, will present a night of new works by burgeoning playwrights located in Brooklyn. Bay Ridge presents WRITER'S BLOCK: Plays about Vietnam, Watts, Arab-Americans, and Dead Fathers on Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 7 p.m. at RidgeWrites at the Block Institute, 376 Bay 44th Street in Brooklyn.

The Genesis Repertory company is expanding to utilize two theaters - their studio theater at Bay 44th, which has become an Equity Showcase 99-seat theater when needed; and now a 650-seat theater on 27th Avenue with it's own entrance, private bathrooms, dressing areas, and kitchen/concession to be renovated to accommodate full-scale musical and contract productions.

Genesis Repertory - in the 3+ years it maintained residence in Brooklyn - has continued its acclaimed classical stage, premiered musicals and new works, expanded its training program to include acting, voice, young people's programs, and playwrighting, and even premiered a film at New York's Anthology Film Archives, now takes on a second location: The Block Institute's Block Academy, located at 133 27th Avenue, houses a 650-seat theater with it's own entrance, private bathrooms, dressing areas, and kitchen/concession. Mary Elizabeth MiCari, Genesis' artistic director, decided to inaugurate this new space with the company's The Final Projects, part of its arts intensive training program, Genesis University on Stage. The event will be Saturday night, April 21 at 8:00 p.m. $10 All Seats.