Brooklyn 2003

Michael Apted's documentary about Soviet rock legend Boris Grebenshchikov returns in a newly remastered edition, featuring appearances by Dave Stewart, Annie Lennox, and Chrissie Hynde.

BroadwayWorld looks back on the 1981 Broadway musical 'Dreamgirls,' which ran for more than 1,500 performances, and what members of its cast are up to now.

Theatre 4 the People will present six productions at IRT Theater, featuring an EP release concert, solo performances, and a portrait of activist Rachel Corrie exploring identity, family, and masculinity.

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center will present its 23rd annual PRELUDE Festival, featuring works-in-progress, performances and conversations across contemporary theatre, dance and interdisciplinary performance. Events will take place at multiple venues in Manhattan and Brooklyn, with free admission.

The City University of New York's network of 51 performing arts venues will present theater, dance, music, film and family programming across its 14 campuses, with many events free and open to the public.

A new book by Brian Beck and Piotr Orlov features essays from 80 celebrated musicians, including Dolly Parton, Erykah Badu, Chris Stapleton, and Jamie xx, highlighting overlooked and beloved albums.

Tom Gammill's new play about cartoonist Ernie Bushmiller, creator of the classic NANCY comic strip, will play six performances at Brooklyn's Mark O'Donnell Theater. Directed by filmmaker Owen Kline, the production examines Bushmiller's legacy as his once-popular work loses cultural relevance.

Cabaret artist Travis Moser will present MIXTAPE at The Green Room 42 at Hudson Local, featuring Tony Award-nominated playwright Charles Busch. The show spans the American Songbook with arrangements of Billy Joel, Stephen Sondheim, Bob Dylan and others.

Pluto TV's Halloween Hits collection streams free horror films throughout the month, including 30 titles spanning major franchises, Stephen King adaptations, found-footage films, and box-office hits.

Lil' Kim has announced a second orchestral performance following the sold-out debut of HARD CORE SYMPHONY, featuring Thee Phantom & The Illharmonic Orchestra.

Coy Middlebrook has been appointed Artistic Director of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, overseeing artistic planning, programming, and education initiatives.

Michael Apted's documentary about Soviet rock legend Boris Grebenshchikov returns in a newly remastered edition with an epilogue charting the musician's life as an exile and Putin critic.

Maximum Entertainment Productions announced a 20-city national tour of THE HIP HOP NUTCRACKER starting November 14 in Purchase, New York. Hip hop pioneer Kurtis Blow returns as special guest MC, while Da Brat joins the production for Washington, D.C. and Chicago performances.

Thirsty Girl Productions will present over 50 burlesque, drag, circus, and music performances across three Brooklyn and Manhattan venues during the festival's three-night run.

A 26-song tribute to Jesse Malin featuring GOGOL BORDELLO, DEAD MILKMEN, Bebe Buell, Sami Yaffa, Valley Lodge, Trapper Schoepp, and Prima Donna will arrive via Wicked Cool Records.

Kristeen Young released the gritty single NUMBERS, a track examining the emptiness of capitalism, ahead of her upcoming album FULL SCROTAL SCORPIO.

White Horse Theater Company will present the Los Angeles premiere of Cyndy A. Marion's THISTLES, directed by Tamara Ruppart, at The Emerson at Theatre 68 Arts Complex in North Hollywood.

Lil' Kim will add a second orchestral performance of HARD CORE with Thee Phantom & The Illharmonic Orchestra at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn after the first show sold out in four days.

SHINER released the track "Two Black Eyes" from its rarities collection THE Y SECTION, due October 9 via Spartan Records. The band's North American tour with FOTOCRIME, CRITERIA and BURSTING begins September 4 in Milwaukee.

Thirsty Girl Productions will present three nights of performances across Brooklyn and Manhattan, featuring international burlesque, drag, and circus acts at three venues.

The Location Managers Guild International honored ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER and MARTY SUPREME as top motion picture winners, alongside television honorees PLURIBUS, FALLOUT and BLACK RABBIT at its 13th annual awards ceremony.

The Location Managers Guild International honored ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER and MARTY SUPREME as Motion Picture winners, with PLURIBUS, FALLOUT and BLACK RABBIT taking Television honors at the ceremony in Santa Monica.

Lil' Kim will perform a one-night orchestral tribute to her album HARD CORE at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, joined by Thee Phantom & The Illharmonic Orchestra.

The Swedish post-metal band released a slow-burning new track from its upcoming tenth studio album, set for release via RED CRK Recordings.

Roundabout Theatre Company has just announced the complete cast and design team for the upcoming production of The Imaginary Invalid by Molière translated by Doug Skinner, adapted by Tony Award winner Bill Irwin (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) with direction by Tony Award nominee Brandon J. Dirden (Waiting for Godot) making his Broadway directorial debut.