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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10 theater productions to see this summer
From the outdoor staging of a classic Shakespearean tale to a comedy where three teenagers look for a missing friend, WBUR theater critic shares the productions she's looking forward to...
A school's perfect veneer cracks in 'Eureka Day'
In the Huntington's "Eureka Day" a school prides itself on inclusivity and consensus-building. But when a mumps outbreak forces the community to take a stance on vaccine policy, good intentions...
The Huntington and Central Square Theater win multiple Elliot Norton Awards
Hundreds of theater makers and theater lovers gathered at The Huntington Theatre Monday for the 43rd Annual Elliot Norton Awards. The ceremony, which celebrates theater productions in the Greater Boston...
'The Mystery of Irma Vep' is delightfully, audaciously strange
At Central Square Theater actors Paul Melendy and Gabriel Graetz star as all eight characters in this campy Gothic parody, transforming between roles in seconds. Critic Jacquinn Sinclair writes their...
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...
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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...
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...