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The Jew of Malta
The wealthy Jewish merchant Barabas and his daughter Abigail live peacefully and prosperously on the...
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Jewtopia
Chris O’Connell, an Irish-Catholic who doesn’t know bupkis from being Jewish, wants to marry a Jewis...
John & Jen
John & Jen is a musical about relationships, family, and freedom. At the heart of the story are Jen...
Journey's End
First produced in 1928, Journey’s End offers a bleak and brutally honest insight into life in the tr...
The Judas Kiss
In 1895, Oscar Wilde’s career had reached its pinnacle of success. His greatest work, The Importance...
Jumbo
Jumbo is a show about a war between two rival circuses ....
Junior Miss
A humorous story of teen angst and misunderstandings, family dynamics and financial matters, Jerome...
Juno
Juno, a 1959 musical with music and lyrics by Marc Blitzstein and book by Joseph Stein, is based on...
Just in Time
Just in Time opens with a twist: Jonathan Groff appears onstage as himself, greeting the audience an...
Just Julian
Prototypical awkward John Hughes hero, Julian, wins the heart of the all-American girl, Madison, on...
Kat For Short
Scott Mathis, a young playwright, is celebrating the success of the opening night of his new play. H...
Kean
The show concerns the adventures of Sir Edmund Kean, considered the greatest Shakespearean actor of...