BAM and the Making of the Big Arts Venue

Brooklyn Academy of Music is the oldest performing arts venue in America that is continually operating. It presents dance, theater, opera, music, and film, and its performances are known for being contemporary, experimental, global, and unusual, much like Brooklyn itself. Across the river in Manhattan, there’s a new major arts venue on the scene called The Shed - a massive structure on the west side of Manhattan with a movable glass façade that creates a shape-shifting performance space. It cost almost $500 million to build. When I scrolled through their line-up of events, my first thought was: any of these artists could be at BAM, and some already have. Do brand new arts venues pose a challenge to arts venues that already exist? Are there enough deep-pocketed donors and enthusiastic ticket buyers to go around? I decided to ask a producer at BAM, Amy Cassello. She says she’s not worried. Why not? That’s today’s episode. 

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