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In Context: Cellular Songs
Context is everything, so get even closer to the production with this curated selection of related articles and videos. After you've attended the show, let us know what you thought by posting in the...
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Apartheid Swing: The Jazz Epistles’ Short-Lived Success
Superstar pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, a revered figure in jazz for over six decades, comes to BAM for two nights only to commemorate the short-lived, near-mythical South African group the Jazz Epistles....
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In Context: Qyrq Qyz (Forty Girls)
Qyrq Qyz (Forty Girls), a multimedia retelling of a ancient Central Asian epic, comes to the BAM Harvey Theater for two nights. Context is everything, so get even closer to the production with this...
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Behind the Scenes with the Queen of Crowns
Photo by Andrew Fox, courtesy RSCThe Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of King Lear, starring Antony Sher and directed by Gregory Doran, is at the BAM Harvey Theater from April 7 to 29.By...
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In Context: King Lear
The Royal Shakespeare Company returns to BAM Apr 7—29 with this unforgettable rendition of King Lear, starring Sir Antony Sher as the addled patriarch whose reign gives way to ruin. Context is...
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Behind the Scenes—Coco Killingsworth
Photo: Jesse WinterBy Sandy SawotkaIn February 2017, BAM welcomed Coco Killingsworth as its new Vice President of Education and Community Engagement. A longtime Brooklyn resident, educator, parent, and...
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“Their own images of Africa": The cinema of Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, left, in Bye Bye Africa (1999).By Ashley Clark Although the cinema of Mahamat-Saleh Haroun is far less well-known in America than it should be, the Chadian filmmaker is one of the...
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A Deluxe Treatment of Love and Intrigue at BAM
Elizaveta Boyarskaya and Danila Kozlovsky in Love and Intrigue. Photo: Viktor VasilievBy David HsiehTwo young people, madly in love. Unfortunately unswayable disapproval from their parents would...
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BAMcinématek's Beyond the Canon—One False Move + Touch of Evil
One False Move, courtesy Sony Pictures; Touch of Evil, courtesy Universal PicturesIt is no secret that the cinema canon has historically skewed toward lionizing the white, male auteur. This monthly...
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In Context: The Jazz Epistles
Superstar pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, a revered figure in jazz for over six decades, comes to BAM for two nights only to commemorate the short-lived, near-mythical South African group the Jazz Epistles....
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Abdullah Ibrahim: An Illustrated Epistle for a Jazz Apostle
This week, we celebrate the Jazz Epistles—South Africa’s near-mythic bebop band—with two electrifying evenings of music co-presented by the World Music Institute. Each night, superstar pianist Abdullah...
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Manville + Irons
Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville. Photo: Hugo GlendinningBy Harry Haun In 1941, for their 12th wedding anniversary, Eugene O’Neill gave his wife Carlotta a gift that’s kept on giving—more to the world...
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What's BMAP?
Photo by Mikal Amin LeeBy Christian Barclay BAM Education connects learning with creativity, engaging imagination by encouraging self-expression through in- and after-school programs for students and...
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A Different Picture: Women Filmmakers in the New Hollywood Era
This month we're paying tribute to the true revolutionaries of the celebrated New Hollywood: the trailblazing women filmmakers who defied historic inequity to bring their stories to the...
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Sir Richard Eyre directs Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville in Eugene O’Neill’s devastating Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork about love, illness, and addiction. Context is everything, so get even closer...
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Behind the Scenes—Gina Dyches Superstar!
Gina Dyches (front row, 3rd from right) with most of the cast of Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert. Photo courtesy the artist.By David HsiehGina Dyches is a special events coordinator at BAM and...
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Beyond the Canon—The Watermelon Woman + Imitation of Life
The Watermelon Woman, courtesy of First Run Features; Imitation of Life, courtesy of Universal PicturesIt is no secret that the cinema canon has historically skewed toward lionizing the white, male...
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King Lear Community Chorus
Photo: Richard TermineFor last month's production of King Lear, members of the Royal Shakespeare Company traveled from London to perform at the BAM Harvey Theater. But many of the actors in the run...
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In Context: DanceAfrica
This year’s DanceAfrica performance offers a taste of the rhythm and spirit of South Africa, acknowledging Nelson Mandela’s centennial birthday and the contributions of freedom fighters past and...
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Eat, Drink AND Be Literary?
On Tue, May 29, we're pleased to welcome Valeria Luiselli–the Mexico City-born author of Tell Me How It Ends and The Story of My Teeth–to BAMcafé for our Eat, Drink & Be Literary series. For those...
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