Jenkins News

Theater To Go Continues Salute To NJ Playwrights At MCCC's Kelsey Theatre With A LOVESONG FOR MISS LYDIA February 9-11

by A.A. Cristi — January 31, 2024

Theater to Go presents 'A Lovesong for Miss Lydia,' a play by Don Evans, at MCCC's Kelsey Theatre.

MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN Extends Through March 9 At Trap Door Theatre

by A.A. Cristi — January 30, 2024

Trap Door Theatre Presents Mother Courage and her Children by Bertolt Brecht, translated by Eric Bentley and directed by Max Truax.

Collage Dance Collective Performs At Kenan Auditorium At The University Of North Carolina Wilmington

by A.A. Cristi — January 30, 2024

Collage Dance Collective Performs at Kenan Auditorium at the University of North Carolina Wilmington on February 24, 2024.

2 Broadway Shows Close Today

by Sidney Paterra — February 4, 2024

Purlie Victorious takes its final bow at the Music Box Theatre following 23 previews and 151 regular performances; and Harmony will conclude its run at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre following 28 previews and 96 regular performances.

Corinne Bailey Rae Confirms 'Plum Red Lipstick' Headline Tour

by Michael Major — January 30, 2024

Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae will embark on her Plum Red Lipstick Tour this summer, a headline tour with newly confirmed shows at Boston's The Wilbur Theatre, Washington, D.

Cast Set For PETER PAN GOES WRONG at Theatre Royal, Glasgow in March

by Stephi Wild — January 30, 2024

Mischief, the multi award-winning company responsible for the global comedy phenomenon, The Play That Goes Wrong, and the BBC One television series, The Goes Wrong Show, has announced full casting for its forthcoming UK Tour of Peter Pan Goes Wrong.

State Theatre New Jersey Presents RESPECT: A Tribute To Aretha Franklin With New Jersey Symphony

by A.A. Cristi — January 29, 2024

State Theatre New Jersey and New Jersey Symphony present RESPECT: A Tribute to Aretha Franklin with New Jersey Symphony on Sunday, February 18 at 3pm.

Colman Domingo Appointed to the Gotham Film & Media Institute's Board of Directors

by Michael Major — January 29, 2024

Colman Domingo will join Gotham's Board of Directors.

Industry Pro Newsletter: GALA Made Whole, Tony Eligibility, Royal Court Might Make Job Cuts

by Alex Freeman — January 29, 2024

This week, the NEA announced $32 million in grants to institutions across the country, and while these grants are going to be vitally important to the groups that received them, it is just a drop in the bucket to the economic impact that arts organizations have on their local communities.

New Jersey Symphony Performs 'Respect: A Tribute To Aretha Franklin'

by Stephi Wild — January 29, 2024

The New Jersey Symphony will present a concert dedicated to the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, featuring Capathia Jenkins and three-time GRAMMY Award-nominee Ryan Shaw, with Lucas Waldin conducting.

APPROPRIATE is a Revival, Tonys Seek New Spokesperson, and Shabbat Comes to Broadway

by Cara Joy David — January 29, 2024

I like to do one topic per week, but on rare occasions, so much happens that a subdivided column is necessary.

Review: Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT Proves to Be a Romantic Case of Mistaken Identities at Jobsite Theatre

by Drew Eberhard — January 28, 2024

Twelfth Night is a romantic comedy written by William Shakespeare.

Mellon Foundation Gives $1 Million To US Pavilion At 2024 Venice Biennale

by A.A. Cristi — January 25, 2024

Today, Portland Art Museum (PAM) in Oregon and SITE Sante Fe (SITE) in New Mexico, the commissioning institutions of the U.

Photos: Get a First Look at Jason Robert Brown's THE CONNECTOR at MCC Theater

by Chloe Rabinowitz — January 25, 2024

Get a first look at photos of Jason Robert Brown's The Connector at MCC Theater!

Can't Turn You Loose: A Love Letter to Black Dance Begins Today

by Chloe Rabinowitz — January 24, 2024

The International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) presents the 34th Annual International Conference and Festival of Blacks in Dance, Can't Turn You Loose: A Love Letter to Black Dance.

Broadway Licensing Global Acquires Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' THE COMEUPPANCE and Candrice Jones' FLEX

by Stephi Wild — January 24, 2024

Broadway Licensing Global has announced its acquisition of two critically acclaimed titles, including The Comeuppance, the Broadway smash hit new play, by two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, and Flex, the widely lauded new play by Candrice Jones.