Brooklyn Theatre Newsroom

What Will the Neighbors Say? has been awarded $20,000 by the New York State Council on the Arts to support the nonprofit arts and culture sector. Learn more about the grant.

Brooklyn Rep will present These Gays! They're Trying To… - a celebration of queer tv meme culture which offers the rollicking colonic so often needed after Christmas. 

The Exponential Festival and The Brick will present Sapphire by Ella Lee Davidson this January at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn. Learn more about the production and how to get tickets here!

Brooklyn Botanic Garden has officially opened Lightscape, its mile-long illuminated trail. Now in its fourth year, Lightscape has become a contemporary classic for the New York City holiday season. Check out photos here!

Essential Voices USA invites the public to join in a Christmas Sing-Along of Handel's Messiah on Saturday, December 14, 2024, at 7: 30 PM, at Grace Church, Brooklyn Heights, 254 Hicks Street.

Dialogue with Three Chords and brooklynONE Productions are teaming up to present a season of holiday theatre at Industry City, featuring A Christmas Carol and more. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

Join the Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble at The Rat for TELL ME SOMETHING, an evening of joyful resistance.

The Brooklyn Conservatory Community Orchestra will present the BCCO Winter Concert featuring Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, and more. Learn how to purchase tickets to the concert!

This December, Empire City Men's Chorus will present Dancing Day, a unique holiday concert that intertwines music and traditions from around the world in a vision of unity and peace.

Hans Zimmer revealed five final shows for his North American tour in winter 2025. Learn more about the tour stops and see how to purchase tickets. Zimmer says these performances are the last opportunity for fans to see Hans Zimmer Live.

Stage Aurora announced its production of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST JR., bringing the beloved tale to life with performances that promise to captivate audiences of all ages.

The dark yet comedic family drama by Matthew Gasda, directed by Tom Meglio, returns  this November after its North American debut in September. See photos of the cast below.

'The A Train Anthology' will serve up in this 90-minute world-premiere production at Brooklyn Art Haus this December. Learn more about the production and how to get tickets here!

Multiple Grammy winner Sharon Isbin will be featured premiering new chamber works and a guitar concerto at National Sawdust in December. Learn more about the performance and how to get tickets here!

The Jingle Bar, known for delivering their pop-up bar experience, is coming to New York this holiday season, offering cocktails, games, and festive fun.

What Will the Neighbors Say? announced the inaugural cohort of their 'New to the Neighborhood' residency, featuring Taji Senior and Claire Soleil Gardner.

Explore Nora Chellew's 'THE SALT THAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE' at Brick Aux Gallery from Nov 14 to Dec 15.

Explore the Italian-American immigrant experience in 1960s Brooklyn with the new play IT'S MY BROOKLYN, TOO!, premiering in Brooklyn. Written by John N. Frank, it offers a unique look at family life. Learn how to purchase tickets.

As a part of its 2024-25 Season, The Billie Holiday Theatre - one of the nation's preeminent arts and culture organizations - will launch the inaugural “Black Narrative” theater series.

Hosts Ian Goldstein, Diana Aydin, Ali Levin, and the Debt Collective will welcome a variety of talented performers who will share comedic stories and bits about their medical debt experiences! Learn mroe about Rage Against Medical Debt here!

Renowned Iranian musicians Ali Akbar Moradi and Pejman Hadadi will perform a rare concert in New York on November 23 at Roulette, showcasing traditional Persian music.

The Heights Players is presenting Tom Stoppard's Arcadia through November 10th, 2024. Through the masterful interplay of past and present, the play weaves together threads of mathematics, poetry, landscape gardening, romantic entanglements, and most importantly: order and chaos.

Accordion legend Guy Klucevsek and trumpeter Volker Goetze celebrate the digital release of LITTLE BIG TOP with a performance at Roulette in Brooklyn, featuring their new quartet. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Opera On Tap has announced a special LGBTQ+ themed show on November 8th, featuring performances that celebrate diversity and inclusion in the opera community.

St. Ann’s Warehouse has revealed programming for its 2024-25 season, a robust lineup of five new shows that mirror its vital presence in the international performing arts firmament. See the lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.