Soho Rep. Announces Complete Casting And Creative Team For Aleshea Harris's IS GOD IS
by Rebecca Russo - January 18, 2018 Soho Rep. (Sarah Benson, Artistic Director; Cynthia Flowers, Executive Director) today announces the complete cast and creative team for the world premiere of Aleshea Harris's Relentless Award-winning Is God Is, directed by Taibi Magar (Ars Nova's Underground Railroad Game), February 6 - March 11, 2...
BWW Review: LAINIE KAZAN Cuts Her Suit To Fit Her Cloth and Shows Laryngitis Can't Stop Lainie at Feinstein's/54 Below
by Bobby Patrick - November 10, 2019 Lainie has performed in Nightclubs, Grand Hotels, and Concert Halls around the world. She partnered with Hugh Hefner and opened a?oeLainie's Rooma?? and a?oeLainie's Room Easta?? at the Los Angeles and New York Playboy Clubs. Lainie recorded five albums for MGM and she produced her most recent CD's ...
Fundraiser Party for Rafael Espinal's Campaign for NYC Public Advocate at Town Stages
by Tori Hartshorn - January 08, 2019 Rafael Espinal, candidate for NYC Public Advocate, will be highlighting environmental issues and his commitment to supporting New York's nightlife and entertainment industries at a fundraiser party at Town Stages in Tribeca on Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 6:30pm....
ONE BROOKLYN JAZZ FESTIVAL Begins December 4
by A.A. Cristi - November 20, 2020 Plan to experience the One Brooklyn Jazz Festival, December 4 to 13, 2020. The event is produced by the Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium (CBJC). The series is a blend of in-person, livestream, and pre-recorded music for the holiday season. ...
Soho Rep Adds Second Extension For IS GOD IS, Now Through 3/31
by A.A. Cristi - February 21, 2018 Soho Rep. (Sarah Benson, Artistic Director; Cynthia Flowers, Executive Director), has extended the world premiere of Aleshea Harris's Relentless Award-winning Is God Is, directed by Taibi Magar, a second time, through March 31....
NeON Arts Summer 2017: GOING PUBLIC Set for Tonight at Carnegie Hall
by BWW News Desk - August 28, 2017 On Monday, August 28 from 5:30 to 8 p.m., youth from across New York City will present original paintings, songs, films, beats, poetry and more in Carnegie Hall's Resnick Education Wing as part of NeON Arts, a program of the NYC Department of Probation (DOP) in partnership with Carnegie Hall's Weill...
BROOKLYN PHOTOGRAPHS, BRIC TV, The Knights and More Set for BRIC's Fall 2017 Season
by BWW News Desk - August 10, 2017 BRIC, the largest presenter of free cultural programming in Brooklyn, has announced the fall 2017 season at BRIC House, the organization's 40,000 SF home in Downtown Brooklyn....
Young New Yorkers to Share Stories in Ping Chong + Company's 'UNDESIRABLE ELEMENTS'
by BWW News Desk - January 13, 2018 Ping Chong + Company casts young New Yorkers to share the jubilant victories, recent discord and distant dreams of coming of age in this great, complicated city. Created exclusively for The New Victory Theater and featuring a cast of seven in their theatrical debuts, the world premiere of Und...
Exclusive: Watch Ruben Santiago-Hudson in a Clip From EAST NEW YORK on CBS
by Michael Major - October 14, 2022 Watch an exclusive video preview of the upcoming episode of East New York on CBS starring Tony winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson. The episode takes place during an investigation into a fatal shooting, the team crosses paths with Demonté Green (Woody McClain), a smooth-talking businessman who may have bee...
Carnegie Hall & DOP's NeON Arts In-Person Workshops to Resume in Spring 2022
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 02, 2022 Carnegie Hall, in partnership with the New York City Department of Probation (DOP), today announced that hundreds of young people from across New York City will participate in free creative workshops—including music production, fashion, spoken word, photography, filmmaking, and more—in person this s...
Soho Rep. Extends Aleshea Harris's IS GOD IS Through March 25
by Julie Musbach - February 05, 2018 In response to popular demand, Soho Rep. (Sarah Benson, Artistic Director; Cynthia Flowers, Executive Director) extends the world premiere of Aleshea Harris's Relentless Award-winning Is God Is, directed by Taibi Magar by two weeks, through March 25. In this play, which dauntlessly cracks jokes as i...
Jaamil Olawale Kosoko to Explore Loss, Paranormal Activity and More in SEANCERS at Abrons Arts Center
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2017 Abrons Arts Center will present the world premiere of S ancers, a new dance-based performance work by Jaamil Olawale Kosoko featuring performances by Kosoko, performance artist IMMA and a live sound score by Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste. Setting the fugitive experience afforded Black people on fire wit...
Bizzy Banks Returns With 'Same Energy'
by TV News Desk - July 23, 2021 In addition, SAME ENERGY sees Bizzy teaming up with multi-platinum superstar PnB Rock on the amorous single, “Adore You (Feat. PnB Rock),” which sees Bizzy veering from his niche with a record geared towards his female fans....
Anaya Lee Willabus, Age 11, Talks With Brooklyn Kids About Her Book ' A Bully's Disguise'
by A.A. Cristi - November 27, 2017 Author Anaya Lee Willabus, who at age 9 became America's youngest chapter book author, talked with elementary students from Brooklyn Community Services Gary Klinsky Children's Centers (GKCC) After-School program in November about her book A Bully's Disguise and shared insights on children's l...
Jaamil Olawale Kosoko to Explore Loss, Paranormal Activity and More in SEANCERS at Abrons Arts Center
by BWW News Desk - December 06, 2017 Abrons Arts Center will present the world premiere of S ancers, a new dance-based performance work by Jaamil Olawale Kosoko featuring performances by Kosoko, performance artist IMMA and a live sound score by Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste. Setting the fugitive experience afforded Black people on fire wit...
NeON Arts Summer 2017: GOING PUBLIC Set for Tonight at Carnegie Hall
by BWW News Desk - August 28, 2017 On Monday, August 28 from 5:30 to 8 p.m., youth from across New York City will present original paintings, songs, films, beats, poetry and more in Carnegie Hall's Resnick Education Wing as part of NeON Arts, a program of the NYC Department of Probation (DOP) in partnership with Carnegie Hall's Weill...
Encore Performance For THE MILE-LONG OPERA Added 10/8
by A.A. Cristi - September 25, 2018 This October, 1,000 singers from across New York City's five boroughs will come together on the High Line for the premiere performances of The Mile-Long Opera: a biography of 7 o'clock. Due to overwhelming demand for tickets to the previously announced performances (October 3-7), an encore performan...
New 42 Announces 2022-23 Cohort of New Victory LabWorks Artists
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 16, 2022 Today, New 42 announced the tenth group of New Victory LabWorks and LabWorks Launch artists for the 2022-23 season. LabWorks explores, devises and reimagines what theater for families can be by supporting New York-based artists of all disciplines....
Episcopal Actors' Guild Presents BLACK DOVES By Reynaldo Piniella
by A.A. Cristi - March 07, 2019 Loosely inspired by Chekhov's The Seagull, Black Doves by Reynaldo Piniella follows a middle-class African-American family in present-day Brooklyn, New York. When a loved one commits an unforgivable crime, will the family deal with the generational trauma that has shaped their lives, or will they ch...
Episcopal Actors' Guild Presents BLACK DOVES By Reynaldo Piniella
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2019 Loosely inspired by Chekhov's The Seagull, Black Doves by Reynaldo Piniella follows a middle-class African-American family in present-day Brooklyn, New York. When a loved one commits an unforgivable crime, will the family deal with the generational trauma that has shaped their lives, or will they ch...
Photo Flash: Stars Come Out for Good Causes at SPEAK UP, RISE UP
by Julie Musbach - August 19, 2017 Speak Up, Rise Up, runs until Sunday, August 20 at the historic Connelly Theater in the East Village. The inaugural festival has featured 18 diverse solo and storytelling shows, and 7 community workshop performances over the past week....
OUR/VODKA Opens OUR/NEW YORK: The First Distillery In Manhattan Since Prohibition
by Marina Kennedy - May 21, 2018 Our/New York is a new, small batch, high-quality vodka from the first legal distillery to open in Manhattan since Prohibition. Our/New York is a subsidiary of Our/Vodka,a global family of local vodkas made in micro-distilleries in cities around the world, which was started in 2010 by a group of Swed...
GENERATION RISE to be Presented by PCC and Urban Word NYC
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 11, 2021 Ping Chong and Company, founded by the influential theater-maker Ping Chong and a home for a diverse, intergenerational group of affiliated artists, partners with Urban Word NYC for a preview presentation of the latest Undesirable Elements work, Generation Rise, commissioned by New Victory Theater/N...
DANCE PARADE Announces Grand Marshals
by Julie Musbach - April 12, 2018 Dance Parade New York is pleased to announce four Grand Marshals will kick off its street parade and festival with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 12:45pm on Saturday May 19, 2018 at 21st Street and Broadway....
BRIC's 'This Land Is...' Presents Contemporary Multimedia Art by 800 Brooklyn Students
by BWW News Desk - April 27, 2017 BRIC is pleased to present This Land Is…, the 29th Annual Contemporary Art Exhibition developed by BRIC's Education team, Teaching Artists and students from throughout Brooklyn.... |