NYC Arts: The Complete Guide to Art and Culture

Bleecker Street Theatre

Manhattan

This small theater is on the edge of the East Village and often hosts one-person shows and comedic productions.

Blue Hill Troupe

Manhattan

Since 1924, the Blue Hill Troupe has produced a large-scale Gilbert & Sullivan operetta every spring, with lavish production values and full orchestra. Each year, the net proceeds benefit a different New York City charity.

Bond Street Theatre

Manhattan

Bond Street Theatre creates non-verbal, physical, visual and musical performances that cross cultural borders. It initiates theater-based projects for education, healing and empowerment in conflict zones and other critical areas worldwide. Current focus areas are Afghanistan, India and Myanmar. Projects feature creative collaboration with local artists, teacher training and workshops for children, women and disadvantaged communities.

BRICstudio

Brooklyn

BRICstudio provides subsidized rehearsal, performance and event rentals for artists and nonprofit organizations. Centrally located in Brooklyn's Fort Greene Cultural District, the 4,000-square-foot, black box studio theater accommodates up to 74 people in a comfortable, cabaret setting and is equipped with audio, lighting and video projection systems to support multi-disciplinary performance. It provides a full professional staff for each performance rental, including sound and lighting technicians, house manager and more.

Bronx Opera Company

Bronx

This small classical company performs at Lehman College's Lovinger Theatre and elsewhere in New York City and Long Island, in English, with full orchestra and chorus.