Jacquinn Sinclair
Performing Arts Writer
Jacquinn Sinclair is a freelance arts and entertainment writer whose work has appeared in Performer Magazine, The Philadelphia Tribune and Exhale Magazine. She is a lover of music, food, art and travel.
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The Huntington's 'Oedipus el Rey' is a singular and sharp retelling of a Greek tragedy
In Luis Alfaro’s sharp and vigorous play, the the bones of Sophocles’ tale remain intact. Set in Los Angeles, the characters are Chicano, and the King is the most powerful...
There's nothing rotten about Lyric Stage's new production
The Boston theater company is currently staging the hilarious musical "Something Rotten!," about two brothers competing for attention against rock star William Shakespeare. For WBUR theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair, "it...
Two local productions take audiences on very different high-seas journeys
DNAWORKS’ world premiere production of “The Secret Sharer" centers queer joy while SpeakEasy Stage Company’s “Swept Away” is a much darker story about a shipwrecked whaling crew fighting for their...
August Wilson's 'Gem of the Ocean' holds vestiges of the past, but lacks tension
Presented by Actors' Shakespeare Project, the show follows Citizen Barlow who has recently arrived in post-emancipation Pittsburgh in seek of salvation. He meets the over 200-year-old Aunt Ester, who sends...
'The Wash' reclaims the forgotten fight of Black washerwomen
The Front Porch Arts Collective will perform staged readings of Kelundra Smith's new play. It draws on the 1881 Atlanta Washerwomen's Strike, one of the first major labor actions led...
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Actress Patrice Jean-Baptiste shines in 'Angry, Raucous and Shamelessly Gorgeous'
At Lyric Stage, the actress plays an aging artist wrestling with her own anxieties, insecurities and the decisions she’s made — good and bad — about her work. Theater critic...
11 theater productions to see this spring
This season, local theaters are offering a collection of stories that highlight important historical figures, reimagine old tales with new vigor, and highlight the importance of starting over after a...
'Stereophonic' needs more music
Stereophonic puts you inside a '70s California studio where a five-person rock band records, fights and flirts. The brilliant set and songs shine, but the three-hour drama leaves you craving...
'The Antiquities' grapples with technology’s power
The threat of humanity’s extinction anchors SpeakEasy Stage Company’s thought-provoking production, writes theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair. At the center of the play is a museum of Late Human Antiquities, which...
A tale of roses and thorns in 'We Had A World' at the Huntington
The autobiographical play by Joshua Harmon tells the complicated story of his cultured, alcoholic grandmother. She asked Harmon to write the play, and not to hold back. Critic Jacquinn Sinclair...