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Brooklyn Center for the Performing Artsat Brooklyn College announces its 57^th season of diverse, family friendly theater and musical theater performances, including the premiere U.S. tour of the National Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China; the Tony Award-nominated playSay Goodnight Gracie; the Off-Broadway hit My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m in Therapy, and three theater performances for children as part of Brooklyn Center’s Target FamilyFunseries. 

 

“It is an incredibly exciting time for the arts at Brooklyn College,” said Managing Director Lana Rogachevskaya. “With construction starting on the brand new Leonard and Claire Tow Performing Arts Center, the College’s profile as a destination for world-class arts will

American Family Theater’s award-winning production of the classic fairy tale Cinderella bursts with excitement, fantasy and song as it tells the story of a lowly servant girl whose one wish is to attend the royal ball.  In this all-new children’s musical, Cinderella sings and dances her way from the kitchen of her stepmother's house into the arms of Prince Charming, helped by her good friend Mortimer Mouse and her magical Fairy Godmother.  

 The Collegiate Chorale presents Contemporary Voices on May 21, 2012 at 7pm at St. Bartholomew’s Church, 325 Park Avenue, NYC.  The concert features five musical gems by 20^th and 21^st Century masters of choral composition.  Single tickets start at $20 and are available online at collegiatechorale.org or by phone at The Chorale office at (646) 435-9465.

The performance will open with a work that The Chorale premiered in 1947, Aaron Copland's In The Beginning, for

A Musical for Children performed by Adults!

Captain Squid and his fun-loving band of pirates are being hunted by Sir Nigel, the maniacal leader of the British Navy.  They need to clear out of Nigel’s waters, and fast, but there aren’t enough pirates to man the ship.  In a stroke of genius, Squid recruits the audience and teaches your children the tools of the pirate trade!  The audience moves from one location to the next, learning how to walk, talk and squawk like a pirate!  Will Squid’s new recruits (that’s you) be ready in time to find the treasure?   No two shows are the same in this delightful interactive musical.
 

The cast features the talents of JESSICA KAUFMAN (Dear Edwina), JAMES DAVID LARSON (Spamalot Nat’l Tour), KATIE CORTEZ (Go Diego Nat’l Tour),

Julius Caesar marks the fourth annual FREE Shakespeare production that SSP has shared with New York audiences at Central Park's Summit Rock.  Dedicated to bringing the Shakespeare of olden times to modern audiences, SSP uses original Elizabethan performance techniques—involving audience interaction, cue scripts-in-hand and LOTS of spontaneity—to bring Shakespeare's words to life in a thrilling and hilarious way.  This is seriously entertaining Shakespeare, the like of which you have never seen before, performed by actors trained in Original Practice rehearsal techniques.  Julius Caesar is performed outdoors for FREE so pack your picnic blankets and Central Park friendly lunches.  It’s fun for the whole family!

MAN AND SUPERMAN is generally considered to be one of Shaw's comedic masterpieces. The story involves the simple premise of a man, Jack Tanner, determined not to marry his ward, Ann Whitefield, who is equally determined to land him. Ann chases Jack from London, across More Information »

It's September, 1981 at Millard Fillmore Elementary School in Randy Lakes, NJ.  Post it notes have just been invented, MTV has hit the airwaves and Ronald Regan is President.  Follow the students of Mrs. Carrol's Spelling and Vocabulary Class as they improvise their way through the 3rd grade armed only with their Houghton Mifflin primers.

IRTE is heading back to school with their latest long-form improvised comedy. Long form improv is "unscripted theater" focused on developing strong, fun characters and plot. Taking just a few suggestions from the audience, the cast of Mrs. Carrol's will create a new play every night, completely on the fly.

Starring Nannette Deasy, Robert Baumgardner, Alex Decaneas, Curt Dixon, Jamie Maloney, Vicky Mesrie, Isabelle Owens, and Johnny Zito.

the beautiful soup theater collective is proud to present the new york premiere of steven carl mccasland's play "neat & tidy". this chilling and poetic drama features an intimate cast performing multiple roles.

when a child is brutally murdered, the seismic aftershocks r...ipple throughout a small town. at its center, a marriage is crippling under the weight of the tragedy. with its cast tackling multiple characters, "neat & tidy" speaks about grieving and learning to live alone. see tom run. see tracy scream. see christine lie. see luke break. see tom hide. see tracy jump.

"neat & tidy" previews on may 15th, 2012 with an official opening night scheduled for may 16th, 2012.

LOVE IS REVOLUTION. 

Politics, passion, money, revenge, rebellion, deceit, and ten tons of love provide the powder keg of Empirical Rogue’s inventive take on Romeo and Juliet. The site-specific, immersive production unfolds from the moment  audience members step inside the abandoned garage, formerly Moe’s Taxi, in Long Island City.  A Romeo and Juliet so clear and relevant, you'll think it's your family teetering on the brink, your friends in mortal danger, your greatest love affair.

Four actors – Jacob Martin (Romeo), Susannah Hoffman (Juliet, Mercutio), Sarah Baskin (Nurse, Tybalt, Paris) and Doug Chapman (Friar, Benvolio) – perform all of the roles in the classic play.

 

Horse Trade Theater Group will present their resident acting ensemble, The Drafts in the World Premiere of when half the sphere is visible, written by Jesse Cameron Alick (Artistic Director of Subjective Theatre Company; Artistic Associate at The Public), Matthew Gutschick (Rubber Doves, winner of the New Horizons Playwrighting Competition), Michael McGuire (Sometimes I Feel Like I Missed the Train at The Lark Play Development Center), and Germono Toussaint( Caged at the 2006 Not for Broadway Theater Festival; The Anointed at The 2010 Fire This Time Festival), May 10-26 at The Red Room (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and