Kenneth Jones
@bykennethjones.bsky.social
Playwright, arts advocate, former Michigander now in NYC. ByKennethJones.com
The Berkshire Edge raves about Barrington Stage Company's "fuzzy," a new musical by Jeff Talbott and Will Van Dyke. A musical (with puppets!) about family, coming home, showing up and taking care of one another. Also, it's a love letter to storytelling. Find it. theberkshireedge.com/theater-revi...
THEATER REVIEW: The world premiere of the musical 'Fuzzy' plays at Barrington Stage Company through July 27 - The Berkshire Edge
I think I could watch this musical over and over and never tire of it, never be bored, never imagine a different scenario.
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July 16, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The Berkshire Edge raves about Barrington Stage Company's "fuzzy," a new musical by Jeff Talbott and Will Van Dyke. A musical (with puppets!) about family, coming home, showing up and taking care of one another. Also, it's a love letter to storytelling. Find it. theberkshireedge.com/theater-revi...
First preview tonight, July 8, for the world premiere of "fuzzy" at Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, MA. Check out my interview with the authors Jeff Talbott and Will Van Dyke. John Cariani, Cass Morgan and Teddy Yudain star. bykennethjones.com/new-musical-...
New Musical “fuzzy” Is a Story of Children, Parents, Processing and Puppets - By Kenneth Jones
From the hearts and minds of the songwriting team of Will Van Dyke and Jeff Talbott comes a new musical — with puppets! — called fuzzy, a title so adorable you’d guess it might be Barrington Stage Com...
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July 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
First preview tonight, July 8, for the world premiere of "fuzzy" at Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, MA. Check out my interview with the authors Jeff Talbott and Will Van Dyke. John Cariani, Cass Morgan and Teddy Yudain star. bykennethjones.com/new-musical-...
It’s Liz Callaway tonight! In Chicago!
June 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
It’s Liz Callaway tonight! In Chicago!
RIP, Charles Strouse, the Broadway composer who had a gift for a catchy melody, spinning gold with lyricists Lee Adams ("Bye Bye Birdie," "Applause," "Golden Boy"), Martin Charnin ("Annie") and Stephen Schwartz ("Rags"). When I think of a show tune, I think of him. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDNq...
Bye Bye Birdie - Original Broadway Cast: Put on a Happy Face
YouTube video by Dick Van Dyke - Topic
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May 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
RIP, Charles Strouse, the Broadway composer who had a gift for a catchy melody, spinning gold with lyricists Lee Adams ("Bye Bye Birdie," "Applause," "Golden Boy"), Martin Charnin ("Annie") and Stephen Schwartz ("Rags"). When I think of a show tune, I think of him. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDNq...
Happy opening to the freshman players of the theater department of the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, offering the college premiere of my comedy TEN MINUTES ON A BENCH April 23-27. Break legs! #collegetheater #playwrightsopfbluesky bykennethjones.com/ten-minutes-...
“Ten Minutes On a Bench,” a Vignette Play of Two-Handers, Gets University of Wisconsin Run - By Kenneth Jones
A new romantic comedy about dating, comprised of two-character scenes.
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April 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Happy opening to the freshman players of the theater department of the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, offering the college premiere of my comedy TEN MINUTES ON A BENCH April 23-27. Break legs! #collegetheater #playwrightsopfbluesky bykennethjones.com/ten-minutes-...
The 2025-26 season at Theatre Tuscaloosa includes ALABAMA STORY, my play about a librarian at risk for promoting a children's book. Another booking through Dramatists Play Service. #playwright bykennethjones.com/alabama-stor...
April 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The 2025-26 season at Theatre Tuscaloosa includes ALABAMA STORY, my play about a librarian at risk for promoting a children's book. Another booking through Dramatists Play Service. #playwright bykennethjones.com/alabama-stor...
My three-character, one-set comedy-drama WHY WE GO TO FLORIDA has been invited to the 2025 PlayLab at Florida Repertory Theatre May 1-4. See you in Fort Myers. area.https://bykennethjones.com/florida-reps-playlab-invites-kenneth-jones-stacey-isom-campbell-lindsay-joelle-samara-siskind-jesse-corbin/
Florida Rep’s PlayLab Invites Kenneth Jones, Stacey Isom Campbell, Lindsay Joelle, Samara Siskind, Jesse Corbin - By Kenneth Jones
Florida Repertory Theatre’s 2025 PlayLab Festival of New Works will feature readings of new scripts by Jesse Corbin, Stacey Isom Campbell, Lindsay Joelle, Kenneth Jones and Samara Siskind. Staged read...
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April 10, 2025 at 6:36 AM
My three-character, one-set comedy-drama WHY WE GO TO FLORIDA has been invited to the 2025 PlayLab at Florida Repertory Theatre May 1-4. See you in Fort Myers. area.https://bykennethjones.com/florida-reps-playlab-invites-kenneth-jones-stacey-isom-campbell-lindsay-joelle-samara-siskind-jesse-corbin/
My 6-actor comedy HOLLYWOOD, NEBRASKA makes its Nebraska premiere tonight at Lofte Theatre in Manley, NE. A love letter to small towns, big dreams, theater people, creativity, family ties and coming home. Another booking through Dramatists Play Service. Break legs! bykennethjones.com/hollywood-ne...
“Hollywood, Nebraska,” a Comedy About Coming Home, Published by Dramatists Play Service - By Kenneth Jones
Hollywood, Nebraska, the six-actor comedy by Kenneth Jones about two actresses who return to their remote hometown to deal with separate family emergencies, is now published and licensed by Dramatists...
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March 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
My 6-actor comedy HOLLYWOOD, NEBRASKA makes its Nebraska premiere tonight at Lofte Theatre in Manley, NE. A love letter to small towns, big dreams, theater people, creativity, family ties and coming home. Another booking through Dramatists Play Service. Break legs! bykennethjones.com/hollywood-ne...
An essential American actress and song interpreter, Kate Baldwin, returns to @54below.bsky.social March 6-8, with special guests and musical director Georgia Stitt. Show tunes, pop hits and Stitt's new songs. Go! 54below.org/events/kate-...
Kate Baldwin: Let’s Not Talk About… | 54 Below
It’s 2025. What are we allowed to say? Two-time Tony® nominee Kate Baldwin (Hello, Dolly!, Big Fish, Finian's Rainbow) returns to 54 Below ...
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March 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
An essential American actress and song interpreter, Kate Baldwin, returns to @54below.bsky.social March 6-8, with special guests and musical director Georgia Stitt. Show tunes, pop hits and Stitt's new songs. Go! 54below.org/events/kate-...
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS DRANK HERE, my chewy new six-character play about three generations of white restaurateurs devouring each other over arguments of systemic racism in their family business, is getting a free Manhattan reading March 3 by Ground UP Productions. bykennethjones.com/restaurants-...
February 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS DRANK HERE, my chewy new six-character play about three generations of white restaurateurs devouring each other over arguments of systemic racism in their family business, is getting a free Manhattan reading March 3 by Ground UP Productions. bykennethjones.com/restaurants-...
I just snagged a fourth booking for my new salty and sweet romantic comedy, TEN MINUTES ON A BENCH, a collection of two-handers depicting first dates. Maybe you want it for your theater? Ask for a perusal copy. bykennethjones.com/ten-minutes-...
“Ten Minutes On a Bench,” a Vignette Play of Two-Handers, Gets University of Wisconsin Run - By Kenneth Jones
A new romantic comedy about dating, comprised of two-character scenes.
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February 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I just snagged a fourth booking for my new salty and sweet romantic comedy, TEN MINUTES ON A BENCH, a collection of two-handers depicting first dates. Maybe you want it for your theater? Ask for a perusal copy. bykennethjones.com/ten-minutes-...
My play ALABAMA STORY makes its Alaska premiere today, Feb. 7, 2025. The true story of a librarian persecuted for doing her job — ensuring the free flow of information. Thanks, Anchorage Community Theatre. Another booking through Dramatists Play Service. bykennethjones.com/alabama-stor...
“Alabama Story”: A New Play About Books, Race, Censorship and the American Character - By Kenneth Jones
Alabama Story, playwright Kenneth Jones’ six-actor, one-set drama about censorship, book banning, Civil Rights and American character in “the Deep South of the imagination,” had its world premiere by ...
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February 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
My play ALABAMA STORY makes its Alaska premiere today, Feb. 7, 2025. The true story of a librarian persecuted for doing her job — ensuring the free flow of information. Thanks, Anchorage Community Theatre. Another booking through Dramatists Play Service. bykennethjones.com/alabama-stor...
Sorry to hear of the passing of longtime South Florida theater critic Christine Dolen. Rest in peace, and thank you for your advocacy of new plays.
February 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Sorry to hear of the passing of longtime South Florida theater critic Christine Dolen. Rest in peace, and thank you for your advocacy of new plays.
Loved reading this interview with DC-area director Eleanore Tapscott, who staged the Annapolis premiere of my book-banning and censorship
play ALABAMA STORY @thecolonialplayers.bsky.social. Hope @velshi.bsky.social will see the play one day!
play ALABAMA STORY @thecolonialplayers.bsky.social. Hope @velshi.bsky.social will see the play one day!
In an interview with DC Theater Arts, director Eleanore Tapscott discusses the relevance of "Alabama Story," a play addressing book bans and societal marginalization, highlighting its timely connection to ongoing issues of historical erasure and censorship.
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What's behind book banning?: Eleanore Tapscott on directing ‘Alabama Story’ at Colonial Players of Annapolis
'Who are they trying to restrict, to subjugate, to marginalize from our society?'
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January 22, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Loved reading this interview with DC-area director Eleanore Tapscott, who staged the Annapolis premiere of my book-banning and censorship
play ALABAMA STORY @thecolonialplayers.bsky.social. Hope @velshi.bsky.social will see the play one day!
play ALABAMA STORY @thecolonialplayers.bsky.social. Hope @velshi.bsky.social will see the play one day!
Current mood: “It’s called letting go your illusions and don’t confuse them with dreams.” -Stephen Sondheim
January 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Current mood: “It’s called letting go your illusions and don’t confuse them with dreams.” -Stephen Sondheim
My three-act, six-character, one-set play TENNESSEE WILLIAMS DRANK HERE will get a staged reading March 3 in New York City by Ground UP Productions. It's about a family of white restaurateurs devouring itself over questions of their culpability in systemic racism. bykennethjones.com/ground-ups-2...
Ground UP’s 2025 Winter Series Has Plays by Kenneth Jones, Shelley McPherson, Jordan Reeves, Alex Webb - By Kenneth Jones
Ground UP Productions, the independent Off-Broadway company, announced plays by Shelley McPherson, Alex Webb, Jordan Reeves and Kenneth Jones for its Winter 2025 New Works Reading Series, running cons...
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January 17, 2025 at 5:18 AM
My three-act, six-character, one-set play TENNESSEE WILLIAMS DRANK HERE will get a staged reading March 3 in New York City by Ground UP Productions. It's about a family of white restaurateurs devouring itself over questions of their culpability in systemic racism. bykennethjones.com/ground-ups-2...
Happy January 10 opening to the company of ALABAMA STORY presented by Colonial Players of Annapolis, MD (@thecolonialplayers.bsky.social). The capital premiere of my play about censorship and Civil Rights, and a heroic, persecuted, real-life librarian. I'll appear at the 1/26 matinee.
January 10, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Happy January 10 opening to the company of ALABAMA STORY presented by Colonial Players of Annapolis, MD (@thecolonialplayers.bsky.social). The capital premiere of my play about censorship and Civil Rights, and a heroic, persecuted, real-life librarian. I'll appear at the 1/26 matinee.
Why Johnny can’t read.
December 25, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Why Johnny can’t read.
One of the best plays of the season. A flinty and funny comedy about civil discourse, parents, trauma, and people who lead with their feelings rather than the facts. Powerfully specific and universal. A play for our times. Now on Broadway from playwright Jonathan Spector and Manhattan Theatre Club.
December 18, 2024 at 5:33 AM
One of the best plays of the season. A flinty and funny comedy about civil discourse, parents, trauma, and people who lead with their feelings rather than the facts. Powerfully specific and universal. A play for our times. Now on Broadway from playwright Jonathan Spector and Manhattan Theatre Club.
Seen in far western Nebraska. Is this a national thing, too? Gingerbread Men Peeps?
December 18, 2024 at 5:27 AM
Seen in far western Nebraska. Is this a national thing, too? Gingerbread Men Peeps?
Kinda shitty that @nytimes.com doesn’t have an item dedicated to added two weeks for SWEPT AWAY on Broadway. It continues to 12/29. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/t...
Avett Brothers Musical ‘Swept Away’ to Close on Broadway After Short Run
The new musical, about a shipwreck and its aftermath, opened Nov. 19 at the Longacre Theater.
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December 11, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Kinda shitty that @nytimes.com doesn’t have an item dedicated to added two weeks for SWEPT AWAY on Broadway. It continues to 12/29. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/t...
Why do so few Broadway shows have accounts on BlueSky? I get that it’s a new app but surely producers want fresh eyes on their shows and new streams — or even trickles — of cash toward box office. Same goes for regional theaters. Are we only tub-thumping in the same old places? #broadway #theatre
December 5, 2024 at 4:36 PM
December 1 is World AIDS Day, when we remember those we lost, celebrate those with HIV who are healthy today because of science, and look to a day when HIV/AIDS is eradicated. I will never forget my dear friend Douglas Hugh Wright (1958-1993), an essential friend and mentor in my life.
December 2, 2024 at 3:50 AM
December 1 is World AIDS Day, when we remember those we lost, celebrate those with HIV who are healthy today because of science, and look to a day when HIV/AIDS is eradicated. I will never forget my dear friend Douglas Hugh Wright (1958-1993), an essential friend and mentor in my life.
A little pot of @harneyandsons.bsky.social Paris tea with milk on a cold Connecticut morning.
December 1, 2024 at 9:07 PM
A little pot of @harneyandsons.bsky.social Paris tea with milk on a cold Connecticut morning.
RIP Broadway’s Helen Gallagher, the Tony-nominated original Nickie of SWEET CHARITY. Baby, dream your dream. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/h...
Helen Gallagher, ‘Ryan’s Hope’ Stalwart and Broadway Triple Threat, Dies at 98
The singer, dancer and actress won Tonys for her turns in 'Pal Joey' and 'No, No, Nanette' and starred in 'Mame,' 'Sweet Charity' and 'The Pajama Game.'
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November 27, 2024 at 3:52 PM
RIP Broadway’s Helen Gallagher, the Tony-nominated original Nickie of SWEET CHARITY. Baby, dream your dream. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/h...