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John & Jen (styled as john & jen) is a musical with music by Andrew Lippa, lyrics by Tom Greenwald, and a book by Lippa and Greenwald. It is a two-person show about the relationships first between a brother and sister, John and Jen, and then, after John is killed, between Jen and her son, also named John.
When John is killed in Vietnam, Jen is left to reconcile her memory of their fractured relationship along with her son and brother's namesake. With a cast of only two people, John & Jen is a tour-de-force for two actors, taking them from childhood, through adolescence, and beyond.
With a cast of only two people, John & Jen is a tour-de-force for two actors who take Jen and John (both of them) from childhood, through adolescence and beyond. A chamber musical, beautifully scored for piano, cello and percussion, John & Jen is a musical about connections, commitments and the healing of the human heart.
18 nov 2023 · Exclusive: Rachel Tucker (Come From Away) and Lewis Corney (The Book of Mormon) will star in the premiere of a new version of Andrew Lippa's John and Jen. ...more.
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Set against the background of a changing America between 1950 and 1990, Jen suffers alongside her country reconciling the relationships with her brother and son while finding her own place in the world.
Set against the background of a changing America between 1950 and 1990, John & Jen tells the story of Jen and her relationships with the two Johns in her life: her younger brother, and his namesake, her son.
12 set 2019 · Like. 292 views 4 years ago. From secret handshakes to hidden family bonds, this two-person musical presents the question: how can two siblings brought up in the same household become such...
