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 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...
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...
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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...
A new play centers a queer Cambodian American teen in Lowell
At Merrimack Repertory Theatre, the world premiere of playwright Vichet Chum’s “Kween" follows a teenage, queer, spoken-word artist whose father was deported. “I'm interested in is showing all the parts...
'The Moderate' makes the invisible work of content moderators sharply visible
The play at Central Square Theater focuses on the people who monitor the darkest parts of the internet, and the toll it takes on their lives. Critic Jacquinn Sinclair writes...
Two classic stories about longing are reimagined for local stages
Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s production of “Little Women” deeply considers the identity and future of Jo March. At Lyric Stage Boston, the one-woman show "Penelope" details Odysseus’ wife's yearning as she...
SpeakEasy's 'Job' is a chilling technology thriller
In Max Wolf Friedlich's barbed play, a woman is angling to get her job back at a tech company after a video of her having a breakdown went viral. Whether...