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Adrian Blake Enscoe is an actor and musician starring in “Swept Away,” a Broadway musical about a group of four whalers stranded at sea. Enscoe is also working on developing a Broadway production of “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?” with Peter Hedges, a writer and filmmaker known for “Dan in Real Life,” “About a Boy” and…

The Blue Hill Troupe, New York City’s only philanthropic musical theater group, will kick off its 101st season with Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella.” The leading cast boasts five Brooklynites, including Troupe President David Pasteelnick and Rachel Naugle, who plays Ella. With glorious songs by the incomparable duo of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II —…

The Blue Hill Troupe, New York City’s only philanthropic musical theater group, will kick off its 101st season with Rodgers + Hammerstein’s “Cinderella.” With glorious songs by the incomparable duo of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II — including “In My Own Little Corner,” “Ten Minutes Ago,” “Impossible” and “A Lovely Night”— this 2013 Broadway…

SUNSET PARK  — Brooklyn-based Regina Opera Company recently opened its 2024-2025 season with a two-hour “All-Puccini Concert” commemorating the 100th anniversary of Italian composer Giacomo Puccini’s death.  The Oct. 6 performance, which took place at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Academy at 5902 Sixth Avenue, boasted various selections from his more famous works. They included…

SUNSET PARK  — Brooklyn-based Regina Opera Company recently opened its 2024-2025 season with a two-hour “All-Puccini Concert” commemorating the 100th anniversary of Italian composer Giacomo Puccini’s death.  The Oct. 6 performance, which took place at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Academy at 5902 Sixth Avenue, boasted various selections from his more famous works. Regina Opera…

INDUSTRY CITY — Why travel more than 4,000 miles to Rome to see something that can be viewed — more intimately and up close — in your own Brooklyn backyard?  After making its way through London, Shanghai, Toronto, Chicago, Vienna and many other cities around the world, reproductions of the renowned ceiling frescoes from the…

Brooklyn native Alec Moore crossed his interest in science with his passion for filmmaking in his latest project, the romantic comedy “Advanced Chemistry.”  “I wrote the script based on real science that I found out about, which is that there are two species of voles, and one is naturally monogamous, and one is naturally polygamous.…

Brooklyn Museum kicks off its bicentennial celebration, programming and exhibitions on Friday with “Toward Joy: New Frameworks for American Art” and “The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition.” The rest of the weekend is packed with activities and events as part of the museum’s Birthday Bash.  “Our anniversary programming embodies everything we stand for: championing trailblazing art, expanding…

The Back Parlor created by Steven Walsh Design is a sophisticated and inviting space for entertaining and relaxing. Much of the artwork was taken from Walsh’s personal collection. Photo by Beth Eisgrau-Heller BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Hundreds of guests mingled at Wednesday night’s opening party for the 2024 Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse, the biannual event which…

Sam Gold, a Brooklyn-based director, adapted “Romeo and Juliet” as a way of connecting to a younger audience through theater. Gold’s directorial work on “An Enemy of the People,” starring Jeremy Strong of “Succession” fame and Michael Imperioli from “The Sopranos” and “The White Lotus,” drew a younger crowd and was well-received online, which ignited…