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Molière in the Park garnered praise for Zoom productions of “Tartuffe” and other plays. Putting on an outdoor show in Brooklyn has been another matter.
Photos by Paul Martinka for the Prospect Park Alliance
After being closed to the public for nearly seven years, the historic Concert Grove Pavilion in Prospect Park reopened this week following a restoration. Designed in 1874 by Calvert Vaux, who co-designed the Brooklyn park with Frederick Law Olmsted, the stunning structure features colorfully painted wood ceilings and iron columns, ornate wooden trim, and a star-patterned stained-glass dome.
The 19th-century pavilion draws on “Hindu, Chinese, Moorish, and Egyptian motifs”, a popular design trend at the time, according to the Prospect Park Alliance, which oversaw the $2 million restoration along with NYC Parks.
Located in the southeast section of the park next to the LeFrak Center and facing Prospect Park Lake, the structure was nearly destroyed by a fire in 1974. Its iron columns were saved and the pavilion last underwent a restoration in 1988. It closed to the public in 2014 because of structural damage.
BAMâs 2021 Season Will Be Outdoors and Online
The Brooklyn Academy of Musicâs programming will feature intimate concerts, dancers on ice skates and a play presented in the Botanic Garden.
âInfluences,â which dancers perform on ice skates, will be part of the Brooklyn Academy of Music season.Credit.Rolline Laport
March 11, 2021
The Brooklyn Academy of Musicâs 2021 season will feature a mix of outdoor performances and public art â including concerts played to individual audience members â as well as lectures and music delivered virtually, the organization announced on Thursday.
While considerably scaled back from the Academyâs usual programming, the season will expand its footprint throughout Brooklyn. And it is one more addition to the growing slate of live arts events that are scheduled to gradually roll out across New York more than a year after the city was shut down by the coronavirus pandemic.