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Bedford-Stuyvesant

Academic affair: New play moves historic scandal to modern college

By Ben Verde

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Music

Songs of resistance: Holocaust survivor writes opera about Warsaw ghetto uprising

By Jessica Parks

Bedford-Stuyvesant

Strike the stage: Musical about labor organizing takes over Bed-Stuy bar

By Ben Verde

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Assembly required: Exciting new show turns a furniture store into a stage

By Ben Verde

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Theater

Mask for more: Brooklyn group brings 16th century comedy to modern day

By Rose Adams

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Power play: Obscure Shakespeare show confronts greed and gender

By Bill Roundy

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Marine Park students perform ‘Frozen Jr.’

By Jessica Parks

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Music

Five things to do this week!

By Bill Roundy

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Straight shooter: Puppet show explores gun violence, excessive fear in America

By Rose Adams

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Theater

Bigger and better: Experimental theater festival returns

By Kevin Duggan

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On the home ‘straight’: Queer road trip play debuts at Jack’s new space

By Kevin Duggan

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Sing along: Theater club presents audience-driven musical at W’Burg bar

By Jessica Parks

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Gowanus

Cellino and Barnes break up play to return to the Bell House

By Kevin Duggan

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A cut above: ‘Barber Shop Chronicles’ looks at common threads

By Ben Verde

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Film

Five things to do in Brooklyn, Nov. 15–21

By Bill Roundy

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Manhattan Beach

Good grief! ‘Charlie Brown Christmas’ jingles into Kingsborough

By Ben Verde

The cast of "Measure for Measure," dressed in Mardi Gras clothing, performs in a gymnasium

Theater

Girl problems: All-female cast takes on ‘Measure for Measure’

By Bill Roundy

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