Downtown Brooklyn

Hamlet
2026-05-01 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-05-02 13:30 - 15:30, 2026-05-02 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-05-03 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-05-05 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-05-06 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-05-07 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-05-08 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) and 10 more dates
Kicking off an ongoing partnership between BAM and London’s National Theatre, director Robert Hastie (Operation Mincemeat) brings his witty, fearlessly contemporary take on Hamlet across the Atlantic for a four-week run. Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) stars in this sharp, darkly funny reimagining of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.

Moby Dick
2026-05-01 20:00 - 21:40, 2026-05-02 20:00 - 21:40, 2026-05-03 15:00 - 16:40
Regarded as one of the greatest of all American novels, Herman Melville’s Moby Dick comes to BAM in a new production created by the iconic avant-garde director Robert Wilson for Germany’s Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus. This classic tale of obsession and vengeance becomes enigmatic and new in Wilson’s mix of tart dialogue with indie-rock riffs and soaring ballads by British singer-songwriter Anna Calvi.

Sound + Fury Trivia Nights
2026-05-06 19:00 - 22:00, 2026-05-13 19:00 - 22:00, 2026-05-20 19:00 - 22:00
HOW IT WORKS:
• 4 rounds of 5 questions each.
• Wager 1, 2, 3, or 4 on the first 4 questions.
• 5th question is worth a fixed amount.
• Each question has a song clue to help you or maybe throw you off.
RULES:
• NO CHEATING. Cheating is for suckers.
• SUBMISSION IS ALL DIGITAL. Be sure to bring a charged phone.
• TEAMS are limited to groups of 7 or less.

Stevie: A Life in the Key of Songs
2026-05-14 19:30 - 21:15, 2026-05-15 08:00 - 21:15, 2026-05-16 08:00 - 21:15
PoetWarrior Productions and the Black Rock Coalition present Stevie: A Life in the Key of Songs, a three-night celebration.
Between 1972 and 1976, Stevie Wonder released five albums that changed the course of popular music: Music of My Mind, Talking Book, Innervisions, Fulfillingness’ First Finale, and Songs in the Key of Life. The BRC Orchestra, an all-star collective of premier musicians and world-renowned guests, performs those five masterpiece albums in their entirety over the course of three nights.

The Post Office
2026-05-16 19:30 - 20:40, 2026-05-17 19:30 - 20:40, 2026-05-19 19:30 - 20:40
The ghost of Benjamin Franklin, the first US Postmaster General, is drawn into a thoroughly contemporary conflict among co-workers in a one-room post office about gay marriage, free speech, racial and class divides, and democracy itself in a provocative new opera by composer Laura Kaminsky (As One) and poet/librettist Elaine Sexton (Site Specific).
Produced by American Opera Projects, The Post Office makes its New York premiere featuring a cast of five singers and piano, and a set designed by Charles Renfro, a partner in the distinguished architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro with a long history of involvement in the performing arts.
