Jacob Ming-Trent

Off-Broadway Review: “How Shakespeare Saved My Life” at the Public’s Shiva Theater (Closes Sunday, October 25, 2026)

If I were still a pastor serving a local church, I would want my congregation to know how to connect what I share with them to their own lives and experience. It would not be enough for me to tell them how a particular text or life experience benefited me alone. In “How Shakespeare Saved My Life,” currently running at…

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Broadway Review: “Gypsy” at the Majestic Theatre (Closes on Sunday, August 17, 2025)

The widely anticipated revival of “Gypsy “on Broadway has finally arrived, along with the reopening of the Majestic Theatre after a healthy renovation, requiring the theatre to be closed for nearly eighteen months. Most of the excitement was generated by the return of the renowned Broadway star Audra McDonald to the stage who would take on the iconic role of…

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Off-Broadway Review: “The Harder They Come” at the Public’s Newman Theater (Closed Sunday, April 9, 2023)

Currently running at the Public’s Newman Theater, “The Harder They Come” is based on the 1972 film by the same name produced and directed by Perry Henzell and co-written with Trevor Rhone. The first paragraph of David Katz’s guest essay added to the Library of Congress National Registry in 2020 summarizes the film perfectly. “The Harder They Come” is a landmark of Caribbean…

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