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February 16, 2008 / GO Brooklyn / Theater / Waiting in the Wings

The great, Ridge way

By Adam Rathe
The Brooklyn Paper

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Despite the end of the writer’s strike and the return of our favorite television series, live theater is still booming in Brooklyn. From classics to the cutting edge, theaters across the borough are mounting exciting and innovative productions this season. TV shows will always have reruns, but catching these productions is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Beginning Saturday, Feb. 16, Williamsburg’s Brick Theater will welcome “Notes from Underground,” based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel, for a month-long run. The theater bills the show as “a disgusting play,” and its Web site warns, “Limited and uncomfortable seating is available.” The show will run through March 22. For information, call (212) 352-3101 or visit www.bricktheater.com.

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On Saturday, Feb. 23, the Ridge Repertory Company will debut “From Broadway to Bay Ridge,” a six-night extravaganza directed by James Martinelli. The show will feature professional actors and singers performing songs from Broadway musicals like “Chicago,” “Funny Girl,” “Gypsy” and “Fiddler on the Roof.” For information, call (718) 836-3103.

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Over at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts presents “Cirque Le Masque,” a European-style circus, on Sunday, Feb. 24 for a matinee performance. Combining acrobatics, elaborate costumes and original music, this won’t be just another day under the big top! For information, call (718) 951-4500 or visit www.brooklyncenter online.org.

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Pitchers and catchers have reported to spring trainig, so it’s only fitting that on Thursday, Feb. 28, the Brooklyn College Theater Department will open its production of Richard Greenberg’s “Take Me Out,” the 2003 Tony-award-winning story of a star ballplayer who comes out to his colleagues and fans just as his team is about to enter the World Series. Directed by Rose Burnett Bonczek, the show will run at the Gershwin Theater on the college’s Midwood campus through March 9. For information, call (718) 951-4500 or visit www.brooklyn.cuny.edu.

©2008 Community Newspaper Group

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