Celebrating Community
The new romantic drama by A. R. Garcia will need work before it’s good to the last drop. “She Hates Coffee,” a new play written and co-directed by A. R. Garcia, is melodrama of a classical tenor. A passionate romance, the action follows the character Jaden (Kevin Grullon) on the rebound after being left by his bride (Segen Genesis) at the altar. Within his […]
Brooklyn-based professional opera company Regina Opera’s next production for the 2019 season is “La Bohème.” “La Bohème” is a four-act Italian opera that was composed by Giacomo Puccini (Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa) and premiered at the Teatro Regio in 1896. As one of the most popular Italian operas of all time, it’s a tragic love story […]
Inspired by Black History Month, Calvary Baptist Church staged a work of community theater, Brother to Brother, which sought to honor both African-American luminaries of the past and ordinary Brooklynites of the present. The performance took place on Sunday, February 24, at 773 Hicks Street, with a cast of 25 locals. Drama Ministry Director Betty Moorning, a deaconess at the […]
Theater of the Oppressed gives teenagers an opportunity and an outlet to share stories and life experiences that they might not be able to otherwise. This program chose to partner with the Red Hook Justice Center because they they both engage young people in social justice issues. They will be wrapping up their third session of the year at the […]
German composer Engelbert Humperdinck’s first stage work was Hansel and Gretel. It was written in 1893, and was an immediate hit. Its strong Wagnerian themes are wondrous and the folk music and melodies resounding. Hansel and Gretel was given at BAM at a matinee on December 25th 1909 by the Metropolitan Opera on tour. Perfect Christmas entertainment! The Regina […]
On October 20, the Red Hook Library hosted a free performance of “Soft” by the Theater of the Liberated. Directed by Carolyn Ferguson, a resident of the Gowanus Houses, the play dramatized the administrative labyrinth that NYCHA tenants have to navigate when they request repairs for their apartments. Last year, the nonprofit Hester Street organized an arts forum called Making […]
The Rockaway Post Theatre Company presented an exciting production of Arthur Miller’s play A View From the Bridge on Saturday evening, October 6th. The company is located in Fort Tilden, an old historic Army installation between Riis Park & Breezy Point in the Rockaways. This whole area is now part of Gateway National Park along with Floyd Bennett Field which was a […]
“Three days after 9/11, a drama unfolds on the other side of the world.” In Bangalore, India in 2001, playwright Anand Rao offered a ride in his car to a family of strangers stranded on the sidewalk late at night. The events that followed, which he describes as “quiet and uneventful . . . but volatile and uncommon in hindsight,” […]
For a month-long run at the Waterfront Museum & Showboat Barge, the Bushwick based theater troupe, Cave Theatre Co., is giving a solid production of “Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead,” the 1964 Tom Stoppard absurdist comedy whose characters, plot, and meaning are all wrapped up in its title. After the Waterfront’s ship captain removed the plank, and rang a bell […]
Pay No Attention to the Girl, a devised play inspired by The Thousand and One Nights, is the first installment in Target Margin’s multi-year exploration of that text, as well as the company’s debut at their new home, the Doxsee Theater in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The Doxsee is cavernous and gorgeous; and it’s used to great effect here by director David Herskowitz — along with scenic […]