Queens Center Mall 82 a to senior Innovative Center Stage celebrating center professional Charlie emphasis on the African-American and Caribbean-American experiences. Roughly 20,000 people attend events at the 325-seat theater every year. Founded in 1970, the company strives to involve local residents in its projects. It has a youth company that has produced such stars as Lisa Nicole Carson from the TV show Ally McBeal and Desiree Coleman from Mama I Want to Sing. Inside scoop: The venue is within Roy Wilkins Park, a 54-acre spread of playgrounds, baseball fields, basketball courts, handball courts, tennis courts, picnic areas, and a jogging track. Address: 177th Street and Baisley Boulevard, Jamaica, and www.blackspectrum.com. Rockaway Theatre Compa ny Founded in 1997, the Rockaway Theatre Company offers performances intermittently throughout the year, usually Broadway musicals, comedies, and dramas. Past performances include Guys and Dolls, The King and I, My Fair Lady, Fiddler On the Roof, Oklahoma, and Annie Get Your Gun. This nonprofit’s faculty teaches workshops in such subjects as acting, vocal, tap dance, dancing, stage management, sound, light design, and musical theater history. Inside scoop: The company performs at a renovated theater that was once a cinema for United States Army personnel. Address: Fort Tilden’s Post Theatre (Building T4), The Rockaways, and www.rockawaytheatrecompany.org. 82 QUENS IN YOUR POCKET • www.itsinqueens.com
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