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‘Bottom of the Ocean’ Takes Viewers on an Immersive Journey in the Hidden Underworld of Bushwick

‘Bottom of the Ocean’ Takes Viewers on an Immersive Journey in the Hidden Underworld of Bushwick

Described by its creator as a “serene guided meditation,” Bottom of the Ocean takes audience members to an underground world full of unusual rituals.

Free Theater in Brooklyn’s Community Gardens Through Sept. 29

Free Theater in Brooklyn’s Community Gardens Through Sept. 29

Experience an outdoor show, where the neighborhood becomes part of the story.

Citizenship, Identity, and Immigration: A New Play by Women of Color Will Debut in Ridgewood

Citizenship, Identity, and Immigration: A New Play by Women of Color Will Debut in Ridgewood

“No Place” poses the question: “What happens to a person when undertaking an extreme journey of migration?”

Experimental Clowns Get Deep with New Philosophical Comedy Show in Ridgewood

Experimental Clowns Get Deep with New Philosophical Comedy Show in Ridgewood

Do not stop clowning around!

Queer Immersive One-Man Show BLEACH Makes All of Bushwick its Stage

Queer Immersive One-Man Show BLEACH Makes All of Bushwick its Stage

A one-man show in a Wilson Avenue basement makes Bushwick a new theater destination.

Church of Trouble: How an Ex-Dominatrix Started an Interdisciplinary Studio in Bushwick

Church of Trouble: How an Ex-Dominatrix Started an Interdisciplinary Studio in Bushwick

After many odd jobs and a corporate gig, Rachel Music founded a sex-positive and feminist studio for all kinds of creatives.

Come Sleepover at Bushwick Starr’s Sex-Positive Party with Diane Oh

Come Sleepover at Bushwick Starr’s Sex-Positive Party with Diane Oh

Queer or not, put on your best glitter and pajamas. It’s time to slumber party!

Meet Melissa Rocha, the Local Latinx Performance Artist Behind East Williamsburg’s Latina Nite

Meet Melissa Rocha, the Local Latinx Performance Artist Behind East Williamsburg’s Latina Nite

Bringing intersectional comedy to North Brooklyn.

The Former Ridgewood Theater is Now Officially a Blink Fitness Gym

The Former Ridgewood Theater is Now Officially a Blink Fitness Gym

Peephole Cinema’s Latest Program “Relocated” Tackles Sexuality

Peephole Cinema’s Latest Program “Relocated” Tackles Sexuality

The opening of Peephole Cinema’s latest screening “Relocated” brought New York City based film makers and artists to Bushwick for a one night event.

The Former Ridgewood Theater Building is Getting a Blink Gym

The Former Ridgewood Theater Building is Getting a Blink Gym

What once was an affordable multi-screen cinema is now housing, and soon to be a theater.

Relocated: A New Program at Peephole Cinema Opens This Friday

Relocated: A New Program at Peephole Cinema Opens This Friday

This project offers a new way to experience a movie in the area.

Bushwick Native Seeks to Defend Historic Ridgewood Theatre From Real Estate Moguls

Bushwick Native Seeks to Defend Historic Ridgewood Theatre From Real Estate Moguls

The Bushwick Starr’s New Season Will Bring More Groundbreaking Theater to the Neighborhood

The Bushwick Starr’s New Season Will Bring More Groundbreaking Theater to the Neighborhood

The 2017-2018 season is packed with music, dance, comedy and more!

This Sunday, Maria Hernandez Park Will Transform into an Art Haven

This Sunday, Maria Hernandez Park Will Transform into an Art Haven

Music, food, poetry, theater, and action come together for a day-long celebration, and it’s all free.

The Bushwick Starr’s New Play, “Frontiéres sans Frontières,” Explores Topical Themes of Displacement

The Bushwick Starr’s New Play, “Frontiéres sans Frontières,” Explores Topical Themes of Displacement

Your Dirty, Old Panties Can Become Part of a Set at a House of Yes Show This Weekend

Your Dirty, Old Panties Can Become Part of a Set at a House of Yes Show This Weekend

Donations are being accepted at Queen of Falafel until Friday afternoon.

This One Woman Show Performed in a Bushwick Bathtub Is a Must-See!

This One Woman Show Performed in a Bushwick Bathtub Is a Must-See!

The award-winning immersive performance “Broken Bone Bathtub,” by Siobhan O’Laughlin is playing in a Bushwick apartment until February.

A New Play at The Bushwick Starr Delivers Laughs Straight Out of a Committee Meeting Nightmare

A New Play at The Bushwick Starr Delivers Laughs Straight Out of a Committee Meeting Nightmare

“Miles For Mary” gives us six school employees trying to plan a 24-hour telethon as the veneer of politeness wears thin.

Ebb and Flow Productions Brings More Experiential Theater to the Neighborhood

Ebb and Flow Productions Brings More Experiential Theater to the Neighborhood

A new theater company hopes to dazzle with an immersive theater experience.

Bohemian Grove’s New Sister Venue The Glove is Building Momentum on the Bushwick Bed-Stuy Border

Bohemian Grove’s New Sister Venue The Glove is Building Momentum on the Bushwick Bed-Stuy Border

The Glove held its soft opening on June 8th.

Check Out This Live, Late-Night Comedy Show Called “Ike At Night” At The Bushwick Starr

Check Out This Live, Late-Night Comedy Show Called “Ike At Night” At The Bushwick Starr

Photos Courtesy of ikehimself.com Attention, Bushwick late-night fans: this one’s for you. An unscripted, locally-sourced show tailored specifically for Bushwick audiences is finishing its 3-week run in the neighborhood this week, and if you like to enjoy $4 glasses wine with a generous side of satire, you won’t want to miss it. This Wednesday, June 1st, through Saturday, […]

This Weekend, See Environmentalist Theater Written by Adorable Kids At the Bushwick Starr’s Big Green Theater

This Weekend, See Environmentalist Theater Written by Adorable Kids At the Bushwick Starr’s Big Green Theater

Happy Earth Day, Bushwick! Locals who are looking for a sweet way to observe the holiday can stop by the Bushwick Starr this weekend to take in the culmination of the 6th annual Big Green Theater, the eco-playwriting workshop that the Starr runs in collaboration with local eco-theater collective Superhero Clubhouse

The Working Theater Holds An Intergenerational Storytelling and Biography Workshop in Bushwick

The Working Theater Holds An Intergenerational Storytelling and Biography Workshop in Bushwick

In a New York City neighborhood like Bushwick where housing turnover is high and socioeconomic disparity is wide, it can hard for families who have lived in the neighborhood for a long time to maintain the kind of close relationships that are so demonstrably beneficial—and a local theater organization presents an innovative way to address that status quo

Explore the Shipwreck Lounge, the Grand Paradise Ticketholders Bar Now Open to the Public

Explore the Shipwreck Lounge, the Grand Paradise Ticketholders Bar Now Open to the Public

All Photos by Bryan Sargent The Grand Paradise, Bushwick’s larger than life “immersive theater experience” at 383 Troutman St, has its own bar open for theater goers directly after performances, but on Friday, February 26th, they opened its doors to the public for a peek inside. Now, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights exclusively from the hours of 1am-4am, […]

New Bushwick Play ‘Chinashop, Meet Bulls’ Promises to Be a Psychotic Mis-Adventure Comedy

New Bushwick Play ‘Chinashop, Meet Bulls’ Promises to Be a Psychotic Mis-Adventure Comedy

If you’re looking for some fun post-work plans this week, we’ve got a fun, theatrical option for you

An Immersive Play from the Creators of the Acclaimed “Then She Fell” is Coming to Bushwick

An Immersive Play from the Creators of the Acclaimed “Then She Fell” is Coming to Bushwick

When the immersive play “Then She Fell” premiered in 2012 at Arts@Renaissance, a former Greenpoint hospital, critics were outdoing themselves in their praises

Run Wild: Zany “Eco-Plays” On Deck All Weekend at The Bushwick Starr

Run Wild: Zany “Eco-Plays” On Deck All Weekend at The Bushwick Starr

The Princess of Atlantis is possessed! The possessor, a greedy sea witch, schemes to manipulate the King into building a lucrative (and environmentally unsustainable) car factory in the lost city

Philadelphia and Other Stories by Paul Rome & Roarke Menzies: A Well-Rounded Collaboration of Memory, Repetition, and Laughs

Philadelphia and Other Stories by Paul Rome & Roarke Menzies: A Well-Rounded Collaboration of Memory, Repetition, and Laughs

The Bushwick Starr has that distinct black box theatre smell; it’s paint, dust, and something else I can’t put my finger on

Bushwick’s Ghastliest Ghoul “Ghost Quartet” Playing at Bushwick Starr Is a Halloween Treat

Bushwick’s Ghastliest Ghoul “Ghost Quartet” Playing at Bushwick Starr Is a Halloween Treat

Forget zombies and vampires this Halloween, these so-called living dead are walking contradictions

A Quirky Theater Tale about Bushwick Opens at The Player’s Theater Loft

A Quirky Theater Tale about Bushwick Opens at The Player’s Theater Loft

I’m sitting with Kristina Birk writer and producer of In Thunder, Lightning, In Rain! at a rehearsal space in Gene Frankel Theater in SoHo. “I wanted to create a fairy tale,” she says. And she did. It’s a quirky fairy tale about a quirky neighborhood called Bushwick. But not all fairy tales need to be […]

Envelope Ensemble is Presenting A Free Sci-Fi Play Reading Starting This Sunday!

Envelope Ensemble is Presenting A Free Sci-Fi Play Reading Starting This Sunday!

Envelope Ensemble is back again with another jazzy theatrical evening

Your Perfect Fall Experience Tonight: Thrilling Theater Play in a Bushwick Backyard (Free & BYOB)

Your Perfect Fall Experience Tonight: Thrilling Theater Play in a Bushwick Backyard (Free & BYOB)

Some of the elevated backyards on Jefferson Street in Bushwick suspiciously resemble a theater stage

Twentysomethings’ Angst at “Actress Fury” at The Bushwick Starr

Twentysomethings’ Angst at “Actress Fury” at The Bushwick Starr

Be twenty something

House of Yes Returns to Bushwick with More Programming, Bar & Restaurant!

House of Yes Returns to Bushwick with More Programming, Bar & Restaurant!

In 2007 co-directors Kae Burke and Anya Sapozhnikova launched their DIY space in Ridgewood, self-described as a “hippie- punk squat house,” named House of Yes

The Lady in Red Converses with Diablo, Experimental Play at Arts@Renaissance Defies Real-Time Logic

The Lady in Red Converses with Diablo, Experimental Play at Arts@Renaissance Defies Real-Time Logic

Visceral, intimate and immersive, The Lady in Red Converses with Diablo at Arts@Renaissance is an experimental play that seamlessly integrates music, dance, drama, storytelling, and video