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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Television Review: “Kindred” — More than a Mystery

In this adaptation for Hulu, Octavia E. Butler’s hybrid sci-fi novel has been reduced to a misguided time travel mystery.

By: Sarah Osman Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: Black Literature, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Hulu, Kindred, Octavia E. Butler, science-fiction

Theater Review: “Gloria” — A Drama About Journalistic Hell

The vacuousness of the digital world and the mainstream media is an easy target.

By: Mary Paula Hunter Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Gloria, The Gamm Theatre

Theater Review: Two New York Plays on Mortality and Living the Good Life

Two fine new plays in New York meditate on dealing with mortality.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Everybody, Lila Neugebauer, Signature Theater, Wakey Wakey, Will Eno

Theater Review: “An Octoroon” — Racist Melodrama, Post-Modern Version

Company One’s actors are top notch and they expertly serve the production’s antiquated style of non-realistic acting.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: An Octoroon, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Company One, Dion Boucicault, Jess Viator, Summer l. Williams, The Octoroon

Theater Review: “appropriate” — Southern Gothic, Entertainingly Deconstructed

In appropriate, a talented young playwright turns mischievous literary homage into a work of exhilarating entertainment.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: African-American, appropriate, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, M. Bevin O'Gara, Racism, Southern history, SpeakEasy Stage Company

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