This weekend the Heights Players are premiering their new production of Douglas Carter Beane’s As Bees in Honey Drown, described by The New York Times as “a delicious soufflé of satire.” Performances are at 8:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Make reservations here. The Brooklyn Heights Cinema, which is trying to […]
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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Bargemusic returns from a mid-winter break this weekend, with a full schedule of “Masterworks” concerts: one on Friday evening, February 21 at 7:00 featuring works by Joseph Joachim, György Ligeti, Toru Takemitsu, and Ernest Bloch performed by Nicholas Cords on viola and Jeewon Park on piano; another on Saturday evening, February 22 at 7:00 featuring […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This is a big weekend for live theater in Brooklyn Heights. Theater 2020’s Candide opens Friday–Valentine’s Day–evening at St. Charles Borromeo Church. There will also be performances on Saturday and Sunday, and on the following three weekends. Follow the link above for details. This weekend is your last chance to see the Heights Players’ production […]
Theater 2020 to Present Candide
Theater 2020, Brooklyn Heights’ own professional theater company, will present a fortieth anniversary revival of the Hal Prince version of Leonard Bernstein’s (photo) musical comedy Candide, based on the novel with the same title by Voltaire. The show will run for four successive weekends: February 14, 15, and 16; 21, 22, and 23; 28, March […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Don’t forget Theater 2020’s production of “A Radio Christmas Carol” starting at 3:00 p.m. (doors open at 2:30) this Saturday, December 21, at St. Charles Borromeo Church, 19 Sidney Place. This is “Charles Dickens’ Christmas classic performed as a radio play, complete with Foley artist sound effects.” Your correspondent attended last year’s performance, and attests […]
Toys for Tots Drive a Success For Custom House And St. Charles Borromeo Church
Representatives of Custom House, which hosted the event, the Salvation Army, and St. Charles Borromeo Church hold toys donated to Toys for Tots yesterday. A burgeoning pile of toys is behind them; as the afternoon progressed more and more were brought in. Your correspondent enjoyed holiday cheer with Homer and Mrs. Fink and their delightful […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
The Heights Players are opening their production of Big River, a musical based on Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, with a score by Roger Miller and book by William Hauptman. Shows will be at 8:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, at the Playhouse at 26 Willow Place. There’s more […]
Theater 2020 Presents Two Holiday Events
They were a great success the past two years, so our Brooklyn Heights neighbors, David Fuller and Judith Jarosz of Theater 2020, are presenting holiday events (video after the jump) on two weekends this month. Both will be happening at St. Charles Borromeo, 21 Sidney Place. The first, on this coming Sunday, December 8, starting […]
Brooklyn Heights’ Theater 2020 Nominated for Four Awards
Theater 2020, Brooklyn Heights’ own professional theater company, with Montague Street residents Judith Jarosz and David Fuller as producing artistic directors, has been nominated for four New York Innovative Theater Awards this year for its production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which played at St. Charles Borromeo Church in late May, then had several […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Step out into the cool(er) evening air and do some stargazing this Saturday (June 1) evening at Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, starting at 8:00. Feel like making some music? The Sing For Hope pianos will be available this Saturday through Sunday, June 16. In our area, pianos can be found at Pier 1, Brooklyn […]
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