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Bedford-Stuyvesant

Bed-Stuy teacher wins Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre Education

By Olivia Seaman

axes herbs and satchele maternal mortality play

Arts & Entertainment

“axes, herbs, and satchels: open the archives” connects Black maternal mortality crisis with the erased history of Black midwives

By Gabriele Holtermann

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DUMBO

New York City Fringe Festival expands to Brooklyn as four new shows debut in Dumbo

By Kirstyn Brendlen

secret's out at brooklyn comedy collective

‘Secret’s Out’: Brooklyn Comedy Collective’s improvised musical reveals hidden truths

By Carrene Gepilano

39th Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Honoring a dream: BAM’s annual MLK tribute brings inspiration and reflection

By Lauren Rapp

to protect serve and understand police program at the irondale

‘To Protect, Serve, and Understand’: The Irondale marks 10 years of landmark program connecting police and the public

By Kirstyn Brendlen

planting a seed play at el puente

El Puente debuts new youth play, ‘Planting a Seed,’ for 38th annual Three Kings Celebration

By Lauren Rapp

fish queen of the gowanus canal

Gowanus

‘The Fish Queen of the Gowanus Canal’ explores love, history and waste in floating production

By Kirstyn Brendlen

old stone house musical performance

Bay Ridge

Bay Ridge teen turns lockdown blues into art, premieres pandemic-inspired musical at Old Stone House

By Natalie Dahan

three performers dressed at the Marx Brothers during Marxfest 2024

AMNY

Marxfest 2024 celebrates more than 100 years of Marx Brothers comedy in NYC

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BrooklynONE Productions cuts ribbon on Tom Kane Theatre, paying tribute to late co-founder in new Industry City space

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

woman on stage in remember this trick

‘Remember This Trick’ explores antisemitism, complex history, and tales of Jewish survival at the Target Margin Theater

By Kirstyn Brendlen

crown hill theater

Crown Hill Theater debuts in former home of contested Black Lady Theatre

By Anna Bradley-Smith

Theater play Poison in bushwick

Bushwick

‘A very good punch in the stomach’: Last chance to see Katina Medina Mora’s intimate production of ‘Poison’

By Ximena Del Cerro

Marley Armstrong.

Gay City News

Cocktail Magique will draw you to Brooklyn

Bomba and the Coquí poster

Park Slope

Puerto Rican musical ‘Bomba and the Coquí’ to open Piper Theatre’s summer season in Park Slope

By Ximena Del Cerro

The new art space will bring performances and activities to the repurposed industrial development all year.

Theater

Arts company BkOne opens new 100-seat theater in Industry City

By Ximena Del Cerro

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Music

On Stage At Kingsborough brings back free outdoor concert series

By Jessica Parks

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Theater

On Stage at Kingsborough to return to in-person performances in March

By Jessica Parks

Flatbush

New play performed on a Flatbush terrace explores the unseen effects of gentrification

By Ben Verde

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