It’s Liz Callaway tonight! In Chicago!

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-...

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.

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.

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?

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 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.

I am married to someone who baked a giant Girl Scout Samoa cookie. Recipe from @cookscountry.bsky.social. If this is how the next four years is gonna be, I need to start going to the gym more often.

Hazelnut tart and oat milk latte at Qahwah House in Astoria. You’re welcome.

In 2025, South Camden Theatre Company will present the NJ premiere of my rueful, hopeful comedy HOLLYWOOD, NEBRASKA. It doesn't have political rage or cultural upheaval on its mind. It's about two middle-aged actresses who return to their hometown to face the ache and joy of homecoming. Link in bio.

Need a recommendation for a Broadway show? Go see the quietly spectacular MAYBE HAPPY ENDING at the Belasco Theatre.

A recent walk through Central Park. You’re welcome. Keep walking.

Currently surviving political upheaval with candy.

Abraham Lincoln in Union Square, Manahattan. He still stands for something.

Looking up at the ceiling of the refurbished Palace Theatre on Broadway, this lighting fixture (I’m avoiding calling it a chandelier) looks a little contemporary. There have been so many refurbishments and changes at the Palace since 1913 I’m not sure which design elements survived.

Always loved the Frank Stella murals at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto. A sparkling new production of THE LION KING just opened there.