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BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech Preview:Bombino
By Robert WoodThe BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech—BAM's free summertime showcase of heavy hitters from R&B, reggae, funk, and other genres—runs this year through August 8, with concerts happening...
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Meet a Friend of BAM: Candace
Welcome to Meet a Friend—a new series of brief Q&As with Friends of BAM members, the utterly unique individuals who help bring art to our stages. From different zip codes, boroughs, and...
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DanceMotion USA 2013 in Review:Spectrum Dance Theatre in South Asia
by Sophie ShackletonSince 2010, BAM has produced DanceMotion USA, a program funded by the US Department of State to promote diplomacy and cultural exchange through dance. This year, we sent four...
View ArticleEight Movies About Photographers
Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer opened today, and because we know BAM filmgoers are diligent about their favorite pastime, we thought they might want to do some pre-show preparation. Below, find...
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Tragedy in Blonde—Anna Nicole
by Sandy SawotkaSarah Joy Miller. Photo: Pari DukovicIt’s a special night at the opera when propulsive and richly idiomatic music is paired with a sharp and witty libretto. And it’s a unique night at...
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BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech Preview:Shuggie Otis
By Robert WoodThe BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech—BAM's free summertime showcase of heavy hitters from R&B, reggae, funk, and other genres—runs this year through August 8, with concerts happening...
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The Tramp at BAM
Click here for more vintage Chaplin postersThis weekend, several of Charlie Chaplin's films will be screened at BAM in a series called Chaplin in 35mm, from early career favorites to his controversial...
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Only God Forgives' Star-Studded Premiere at the BAM Harvey
Ryan Gosling. Photo: GodlisOn July 16, BAMcinématek presented the New York premiere of Nicolas Winding Refn’s (Drive) newest film Only God Forgives on the brand new Steinberg Screen at the BAM Harvey...
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We Love You, Shirley!
by Nathan GelgudThey don’t come cooler than Cool World director Shirley Clarke. A pioneer in sixties independent movies, an innovator of the avant-garde, and key member of filmmaking collectives like...
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DanceMotion USA 2013 in Review:Illstyle & Peace Productions in Eastern Europe
by Sophie ShackletonSince 2010, BAM has produced DanceMotion USA, a program funded by the US Department of State to promote diplomacy and cultural exchange through dance. This year, we sent four...
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Fisher Performances—In Your Face
by Susan YungKate Weare Company. Photo: Keira Heu-Jwyn ChangAfter just one season, the new BAM Fisher (Fishman Space) has become a favorite BAM destination, alongside the Howard Gilman Opera House and...
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Thirteen Years of Robert Lepage at BAM
by Joseph BradshawRobert LepageFrom his recent upturning of Wagner’s Ring Cycle at the Met to his reinvention of the hardboiled detective story in Polygraph (presented at 1990’s Next Wave Festival),...
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DanceMotion USA 2013 in Review:Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
by Sophie ShackletonSince 2010, BAM has produced DanceMotion USA, a program funded by the US Department of State to promote diplomacy and cultural exchange through dance. This year, we sent four...
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Curating BAMcinématek's Civil Rights Film Series: An Interview with Nellie...
BAMcinématek programmer Nellie Killian speaks about the process of researching and curating the monumental 40-film series A Time For Burning: Cinema of the Civil Rights Movement, which culminates on...
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DanceMotion USA 2013 Review:Doug Varone and Dancers
by Sophie ShackletonSince 2010, BAM has produced DanceMotion USA, a program funded by the US Department of State to promote diplomacy and cultural exchange through dance. This year, we sent four...
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Looking for Lethem: A Field Guide
by Jessica GoldschmidtJonathan Lethem joins us next week to celebrate the release of his newest book, Dissident Gardens—and we couldn’t be more excited about it.So, apparently, is everyone else.To save...
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The Labors of Silence
Obie award-winner Ain Gordon’s new work, Not What Happened, fills a historical void by imagining what happened in a woman’s quotidian 19th-century existence. Forrest Holzapfel, a photographer and...
View ArticleGreat Scott
Warm birthday wishes are in order for composer and inventor Raymond Scott, who would have been 105 today. Best known as the go-to man for musical zaniness in the 50s and 60s—Looney Tunes purchased his...
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The Executive Files: Casting pole dancers for Anna Nicole
by Alice BernsteinFrom the 2011 Royal Opera House production of Anna NicolePhoto: ROH/Bill Cooper6 FEMALE DANCERS: All Ethnicities, height range: 5’2 – 5’6, dress size range: 4-6; dance detailed,...
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Shanghai in Next Wave—From Dragon to Heaven
by David HsiehTai Wei Foo and Robert Lepage in The Blue Dragon. Photo: Louise LeblancRobert Lepage directs and acts in The Blue Dragon; his character Pierre is a Canadian expat living in present-day...
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