Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Broadway Review: “Purpose” at the Hayes Theatre (Currently On)

Currently running at the Hayes Theatre, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s “Purpose” joins the important pantheon of plays about families, dysfunctional families in particular. These plays, including Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s recent “Appropriate,” focus on the behavior patterns and the social practices that undermine and often destroy the integrity of family systems. Sometimes there is confession, forgiveness, and redemption in these narratives. Far too often…

Theatre News: SoHo Rep and Playwrights Horizons Enter Space-Sharing Partnership as SoHo Rep Departs Home of Nearly 30 Years

July 29, 2024 | Uncategorized, water for > | Adam Greenfield, Alina Troyano, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Caleb Hammons, Casey York, Cynthia Flowers, Eric Ting), Give Me Carmelita Tropicana!, Peter Jay Sharp Theater, Playwrights Horizons, SoHo Rep

Soho Rep (Directors Cynthia Flowers, Caleb Hammons, Eric Ting) and Playwrights Horizons (Artistic Director Adam Greenfield, Managing Director Casey York), two of New York’s most influential champions of new theatrical work, announce a historic partnership meant to leverage the strengths of both organizations. Soho Rep will depart its longtime space at 46 Walker Street this January after more than 30…

Broadway Review: “Appropriate” at the Hayes Theater (Currently On)

According to the dictionary, there are several definitions of the word ‘appropriate,’ but there may possibly be one that could be added, that being “a brilliant play by Brandon Jacob-Jenkins.” which is now having a stunning production mounted on Broadway by Second Stage Theater. Aptly titled “Appropriate” follows the ultra-dysfunctional Lafayette clan back to their family plantation home in Southeast…