Local Expeditions

Theatre Talks has joined with Local Expeditions to present a series of walking tours.

The Yiddish Rialto,  Sundays, November 27, December 4, and  December 11

On East 4th Street, part of Theatre Talks "Jewish Rialto" tour for the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation. January 8, 2012. Photo copyright Betty Sword, all rights reserved. 


The Downtown Brooklyn Cultural District, Saturdays December 3, December 10, December 17

The tour begins at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (in the background to the left) and following a circular route ends at the Theatre for a A New Audience’s Polonsky Shakespeare Center (right). Photo copyright Betty Sword, all rights reserved.

Legendary theatre historian, Cezar Del Valle is celebrating 20 years of theatre talks and walks, 1996-2016. Currently accepting bookings for historical societies, libraries , senior centers, etc.  Details of independent walks will be published this fall.

Del Valle is the author of the Brooklyn Theatre Index, a three-volume history of borough theatres. The first two chosen 2010 OUTSTANDING BOOK OF THE YEAR by the Theatre Historical Society. Final volume published in September 2014.

Currently editing and updating the third edition of the Brooklyn Theatre Index, Volume I.

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November 9, 2013 Walking Tour: Downtown Brooklyn Cultural District

Theatre for a New Audience 

Walking Tour: Downtown Brooklyn Cultural District

With Theatre Historian Cezar Del Valle

Saturday Saturday, November 9, 2013

 10am-12pm

Free

 Reservations Required

email humanities@tfana.org  or call 212-229-2819x31

Meet in front of BAM Howard Gilman Opera House 

Includes interiors of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, BAM Harvey, and the new Polonsky Shakespeare Center

Come honor Brooklyn's history and celebrate our new home with a portable soirée. Theatre for a New Audience is offering a walking tour led by historian Cezar Del Valle, author of The Brooklyn Theatre Index, Vols. I and II. Cezar will guide participants through Downtown Brooklyn’s theatrical past, present, and future. The tour will start in front of BAM Howard Gilman Opera House and end at Theatre for a New Audience’s Polonsky Shakespeare Center. We'll be making stops at BAM Harvey and at historical sites of theatres past. We hope to see you there. 

Let's take a stroll! Through Downtown Brooklyn that is, home to some of the most impressive arts and cultural institutions in New York City. At the heart of it lies the Downtown Brooklyn Cultural District, where Theatre for a New Audience is setting up camp. We're proud to open our new home, Polonsky Shakespeare Center, just steps away from BAM Howard Gilman Opera House and around the corner from the Mark Morris Dance Center. We couldn’t be more excited about putting down roots in a vibrant community that, like us, has a rich and evolving history.

Special thanks to Sharon Lehner, BAM Archivist, for her help in researching and organizing this tour.

For more information on this or any of Theatre for a New Audience’s Humanities programming, email humanities@tfana.org  or call 212-229-2819x31.

Theatre for a New Audience

Downtown Brooklyn Cultural District

New York Times

Huffington Post

Cezar Del Valle is the author of the Brooklyn Theatre Index, chosen 2010 Best Book of the Year by the Theatre Historical Society.

He is currently accepting theatre talks and walks for 2014-historical societies, libraries, senior centers, etc.