Reel Sisters Kicks off Annual Film Festival with Awards Ceremony at Billie Holiday Theatre October 5, 2017 Brooklyn Reader October 5, 2017 Reel Sisters Kicks off 20th Anniversary with an Awards Ceremony honoring trailblazing actresses at Legendary Billie Holiday Theatre On Saturday, Oct. 7, from 6:30pm - 8:00pm, Reel Sisters of the Diaspora...
The Billie Holiday Theatre Announces its 2017-2018 Season August 18, 2017 Andrea Leonhardt August 18, 2017 The Billie Holiday Theatre's inaugural season reflects on the past into the future, exploring notions of sisterhood, family ties, love and loneliness, domestic terrorism against Blacks in the US, and...
Cast of ‘Pipeline’ Joins Community Conversation at Bed Stuy’s Billie Holiday Theatre August 3, 2017 Andrea Leonhardt August 3, 2017 The conversation will provide a unique opportunity to connect with cast members from "Pipeline" discussing issues reflected in Dominique Morisseau's new play RestorationArt and Walk Tall Girl Productions...
The Billie is Back! May 9, 2017 Brooklyn Reader May 9, 2017 Former City Councilmember Al Vann leads the ribbon-cutting of the re-opening of the Billie Holiday Theatre Can we all say: The Billie is Back! Bed-Stuy's legendary Billie Holiday Theatre officially...
Bed-Stuy Restoration Corporation Launches “RestorationArt” April 19, 2017 Andrea Leonhardt April 19, 2017 photo credit: NY Times Celebrating its 50th anniversary, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation (Restoration) announces the launch of its 21st century creative complex: RestorationArt, as Broadway...
Call for Black Women Writers: ‘Writing Ourselves into Existence” April 6, 2017 Brooklyn Reader April 6, 2017 “bein alive & bein a woman & bein colored is a metaphysical dilemma/ i havent conquered yet." --Ntozake Shange, For Colored Girls…, Acclaimed playwright Dominique Morriseau has teamed up with...
Back by Popular Demand, ’12 Angry Men: True Stories of Being a Black Man in America Today’ February 17, 2016 Brooklyn Reader February 17, 2016 Beginning Friday, February 19, the Billie Holiday Theatre at The Center for Arts & Culture presents 12 Angry Men: True Stories of Being a Black Man in America Today at the Kumble Theatre. Back by...
Billie Holiday Theatre Extends its Sold-out Run of ’12 Angry Men’ November 3, 2015 Brooklyn Reader November 3, 2015 As stories of racial profiling resonate with Brooklyn audiences and across the country, The Center for Arts & Culture at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation and The Billie Holiday Theatre have...
Brooklyn Gets Misty-fied Over World-Class Ballerina February 24, 2015 Brooklyn Reader February 24, 2015 Misty Copeland poses with a young fan Photo: The Brooklyn Reader "You're my idol; you're the reason why I run every day," gushed a fan, after arriving at the front of the line to get her booked signed...
In Conversation: Wendell Pierce and Soledad O’Brian at Brooklyn Historical Society February 18, 2015 Brooklyn Reader February 18, 2015 Wendell Pierce and Soledad O'Brien Acclaimed actor Wendell Pierce (The Wire, Treme), is rehearsing now in Brooklyn for his debut appearance in the Billie Holiday Theatre's production of Brothers from the...
