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In Context: King Lear
Photo: Johan PerssonKing Lear runs at the BAM Harvey Theater through February 9. Context is everything, so get even closer to Frank Langella and the rest of the production with this curated selection...
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In Context: Billy Budd
Billy Budd runs at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House from February 7—13. Context is everything, so get even closer to Glyndebourne Festival Opera's spectacular production with this curated selection of...
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Billy Budd—The Far-Shining Sail
by Marina HarssPhoto: Richard Hubert SmithIn January 1949, Benjamin Britten, librettist Eric Crozier, and novelist EM Forster met at Britten’s home in Aldeburgh, on the Suffolk coast, to discuss ideas...
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In Context: Green Porno
Green Porno runs at the BAM Fisher through January 25. Context is everything, so get even closer to Isabella Rossellini's kinky beasts and bugs in this curated selection of articles, audio, and video...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, José James
We were lucky to have jazz crooner José James as one of the musical guests at BAM's annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a lively celebration of the great man that also featured remarks by...
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NYC Porno
Puppies!This week, Isabella Rossellini continues her one-woman monologue, Green Porno, about the fascinating and sometimes surprising mating rituals of animals, insects, and sea creatures. Inspired by...
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Top Ten BAM Blog Posts of 2013
By Robert WoodCarl Einhorn and Karen Weiss in Paradise Now, Living Theatre, 1968.Photo: Kenneth L. McLarenFor most respectable publications, the window for posting 2013-related top 10 lists closed a...
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10 Years of Eating, Drinking & Being Literary
Photo: Beowulf SheehanAny good host knows the secret to a great dinner party is to invite guests who can bring intelligent conversation, often the most hard-to-find gift. No wonder BAM’s Eat, Drink...
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Toasting Lear: The Young Producer’s Benefit
Photo: Elena OlivoOn the night of January 15, BAM celebrated the opening of Chichester Festival Theatre's lauded production of King Lear at the Harvey Theater, directed by Angus Jackson. The Young...
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The Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute Breakfast
The Christian Cultural Center Choir. (Photo: Elena Olivo)On Monday morning, the building was abuzz for the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute breakfast, an annual BAM event and the prelude to the...
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Billy Budd: Britten’s Musical Morality Play
by Paul CrabtreePhoto: Alastair Muir, courtesy Glyndebourne Festival OperaAt the beginning of his career in the early 1930s, two decades before composing Billy Budd, Benjamin Britten collaborated on...
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#Leargram, a visual King Lear on Instagram
2014 is the Year of Lear, especially here in Kings County with our current presentation of Chichester Festival Theatre’s King Lear starring Frank Langella, and Theatre For a New Audience’s upcoming...
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Shining Light into Dark Corners—Q&A with Simon Stephens
by Alicia Dhyana HouseHattie Morahan and Dominic Rowan. Photo: Johan PerssonEnglish playwright Simon Stephens had never written a new version of a classic play until this Young Vic production of Henrik...
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BAM Blog Questionnaire: Amaranta Leyva
by Jessica Goldschmidt and Claire FrisbieAward-winning Mexican playwright Amaranta Leyva thought she knew the story of The Sleeping Beauty. But when she sat down to write her adaptation, Sleeping...
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BAM Illustrated: Vengeance is Graphic
On Friday February 7, BAMcinématek returns from hiatus—with a vengeance! As the first series of the new year, Vengeance is Hers is an eclectic mix of movies featuring women seizing control and settling...
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Matthew Barney—Fluid States
by Susan YungPhoto: Hugo GlendinningIf you could make real your wildest thoughts and dreams, would you? Matthew Barney has—on film, the most searing and unforgettable genre in his sui generis oeuvre...
View ArticleUnlikely Britten
You might have heard that the Benjamin Britten centenary is in full swing. BAM is certainly participating, staging Glyndebourne Festival Opera's dramatic production of the composer's Billy Buddfrom...
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A Message from Karen Brooks Hopkins
Photo by Erin TreibI wanted to elaborate, in my own words, on the announcement in today’s New York Times that I have decided to retire from BAM in June 2015. In 1979 I joined BAM as an assistant in the...
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BAM Illustrated: King Lear, charted
From a king in decline to a son in disguise, feuding sisters to a blinded Earl, it’s easy to lose track of what all the characters are up to in the Bard’s tragedy. So we’ve put together this handy...
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In Context: A Doll's House
Photo by Richard Hubert SmithA Doll's Houseruns at the BAM Harvey Theater from February 21—March 16. Context is everything, so get even closer to the Young Vic's critically lauded production with this...
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