During World War II, stage and film actors hosted military personnel at the East Coast’s Stage Door Canteen and the West Coast’s Hollywood Canteen, offering entertainment to cheer them up and lift their spirits.  David Greenspan’s Wartime Canteen for a New Era plans to do the same, as he and Jamie Lawrence perform in the windows of a brownstone in Boerum Hill to an audience in the street. October 17 and 18 at 11 a.m.
Space is limited to 50 people per showing, so reserve your spot today to find out the exact location in Boerum Hill. Reservations: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/1032458    

En Garde’s Uncommon Voices gave artists a platform to develop new projects in front of an audience in a 65 seat cafe.  With the advent of COVID-19, Uncommon Voices is now transforming to Uncommon Voices: Unexpected Places, bringing artists to open spaces where audiences can gather safely. We’re returning to our site-specific roots, using the city as our stage. In coordination with the city permitting office, we are making these public events free. We hope you will consider a donation to En Garde Arts to support our company and the artists we treasure. www.engardearts.org

Pan Asian Repertory Theatre (Tisa Chang, Founding Artistic Producing Director), supported by a prestigious $35,000 Award from the National Endowment for the Arts, in preparing for the return to live theater in 2021, has announced the cast for the re-envisioned revival production of the musical Cambodia Agonistes, from darkness into light, with text and lyrics by Ernest Abuba, original music by Louis Stewart.

Under the direction and with musical staging by Pan Asian Repertory Theatre’s Founding Artistic Director Tisa Chang, the seven-member cast will feature Sean Jones, Saki Masuda, Alexandra Palting, Chrissy Pardo, Tony Romero, Hyunmin Rhee, and Paulina Yeung as The Dancer. Performances will take place in The Mezzanine Theatre at A.R.T./NY Theatres (502 West 53rd Street). Pan Asian Repertory Theatre plans to pave the way for the return of live theater with a rescheduled premiere in 2021. Official performance dates will be announced shortly. www.panasianrep.org