John Kenrick's Upcoming Talks
From John Kenrick: I am giving talks on Zoom as well as in person. You can find video clips from some of my past talks on the Musicals101 Youtube Channel.
Please note that I have available dates from July 2024 onward. You can see a full list of my topics. If you are interested in arranging a talk for your group please email me.
Most public libraries welcome everyone to take part in Zoom talks, but please respect the wishes of those organizations who limit attendance to members only.
Hedda Hopper & Louella Parsons
Southbury Library - ZOOM ONLY
100 Poverty Rd, Southbury, CT
Thursday March 7, 2024 - 2:00 PM
Please see Library website for Zoom information
New Play Reading - Moderator - IN PERSON
Morristown & Morris Township Library
1 Miller Road, Morristown NJ
Thursday March 7, 2024 - 7:00 PM
Admission FREE
Private Event
Friday March 8, 2024
Broadway's Great Jewish Songwriters II
George & Ira Gershwin
Temple Emanu-EL Streicker Center - IN PERSON
1 East 65th Street, NYC
Monday March 11, 2024 - 6:30 PM
Please see the
Streicker website for information
Dorothy Fields
JCC of Middlesex County - IN PERSON & ZOOM
1775 Oak Tree Rd, Edison, NJ
Tuesday March 12, 2024 - 1:30 PM
Non-Member Fee: $11 To Register: 732-494-3232
Guys & Dolls: Broadway's Great New
York Musical
Morristown & Morris Township Library - IN PERSON & ZOOM
1 Miller Road, Morristown NJ
Tuesday March 12, 2024 - 7:00 PM
Admission FREE
Contact
marylynn.becza@mmt.mainlib.org for Zoom info
Lena Horne
Jewish Center of Central NJ - IN PERSON & ZOOM
1391 Martine Ave, Scotch Plains, NJ
Wednesday March 13, 2024 - 11:15 AM
Please email
arivlin@jccnj.org
for fee information
Roads Scholars, NYC
Thursday March 14, 2024
Members Only
Broadway's Great Jewish Songwriters II
E.Y. "Yip" Harburg
Temple Emanu-EL Streicker Center - IN PERSON
1 East 65th Street, NYC
Monday March 18, 2024 - 6:30 PM
Please see the
Streicker website for information
Borscht Belt: The Comic Legacy of the Jewish Alps
Peninsula Public Library - ZOOM
ONLY
280 Central Ave, Lawrence, NY
Tuesday March 19, 2024 - 11:00 AM
Admission: FREE
Please email
programming@peninsulapublic.org for info
Edith Piaf
Shelter Rock Library - ZOOM ONLY
Albertson, NY - FREE
Tuesday March 19, 2024 - 2:00 PM
Please see
Library website for Zoom info
The Quiet Man: Hollywood's
Valentine to Ireland
Rockville Center Public Library - IN PERSON & ZOOM
221 N Village Ave, Rockville Centre, NY
Wednesday March 20, 2024 - 2:00 PM
Admission FREE
Please see Library website for
Zoom & other information
Man of La Mancha
Monroe Township Senior Center - IN PERSON ONLY
12 Halsey Reed Rd, Monroe Township, NJ
Thursday March 21, 2024 - 10:30 AM
Members Only
Borscht Belt: The Comic Legacy of the Jewish Alps
Glen Cove Public Library
4 Glen Cove Ave, Glen Cove, NY
Friday March 22, 2024 - 3:00 PM
Admission FREE
Please see
Library Website to register
Broadway's Great Jewish Songwriters II
Frank Loesser
Temple Emanu-EL Streicker Center - IN PERSON
1 East 65th Street, NYC
Monday March 25, 2024 - 6:30 PM
Please see the
Streicker website for information
Borscht Belt: The Comic Legacy of the Jewish Alps
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades - IN PERSON
411 E Clinton Ave, Tenafly, NJ
Tuesday March 26, 2023 - 11:00 AM
For fee and information: 201-569-7900
Roads Scholars, NYC
Thursday March 28, 2024
Members Only
Schindler's List
East Brunswick JCC - ZOOM Only
Thursday March 28, 2024 - 8:30 PM
Members Only
Broadway's Great Jewish Songwriters II
Leonard Bernstein
Temple Emanu-EL Streicker Center - IN PERSON
1 East 65th Street, NYC
Monday April 1, 2024 - 6:30 PM
Please see the
Streicker website for information
Mel Brooks: It's Good to Be the King
Whippany JCC - IN PERSON
Tuesday April 2, 2024 - 11:00 AM
Contact JCC for information: 973-929-3000
50 Years in Broadway Audiences
Peninsula Public Library - ZOOM
ONLY
280 Central Ave, Lawrence, NY
Thursday April 4, 2024 - 11:00 AM
Admission: FREE
Please email
programming@peninsulapublic.org for info
50 Years in Broadway Audiences
Peninsula Public Library - ZOOM
ONLY
280 Central Ave, Lawrence, NY
Thursday April 4, 2024 - 11:00 AM
Admission: FREE
Please email
programming@peninsulapublic.org for info
New Play Reading - Moderator - IN PERSON
Morristown & Morris Township Library
1 Miller Road, Morristown NJ
Thursday April 4, 2024 - 7:00 PM
Admission FREE
Leonard Bernstein
West Nyack Free Library - ZOOM ONLY
West Nyack, NY
Friday April 5, 2024 - 2:00 PM
FREE
See Library Website for Zoom informatio
Broadway's Great Jewish Songwriters II
Jerry Herman
Temple Emanu-EL Streicker Center - IN PERSON
1 East 65th Street, NYC
Monday April 8, 2024 - 6:30 PM
Please see the
Streicker website for information
Bette Midler: The Divine Miss M!
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades - IN PERSON
411 E Clinton Ave, Tenafly, NJ
Tuesday April 9, 2023 - 11:00 AM
For fee and information: 201-569-7900
Fiddler on the Roof at 70: Bringing
a Lost World "To Life!"
Morristown & Morris Township Library
1 Miller Road, Morristown NJ
Tuesday April 9, 2024 - 7:00 PM
Admission FREE
Contact
marylynn.becza@mmt.mainlib.org for Zoom info
Cabaret: "What Would You Do?"
Jewish Center of Central NJ - IN PERSON & ZOOM
1391 Martine Ave, Scotch Plains, NJ
Wednesday April 10, 2024 - 11:15 AM
Please email
arivlin@jccnj.org
for fee information
Roads Scholars, NYC
Thursday April 11, 2024
Members Only
Hail (Sid) Caesar!
Somerset Renaissance
Sunday April 14, 2024 - 10:00AM
Members Only
Broadway's Great Jewish Songwriters II
John Kander & Fred Ebb
Temple Emanu-EL Streicker Center - IN PERSON
1 East 65th Street, NYC
Monday April 15, 2024 - 6:30 PM
Please see the
Streicker website for information
Chita Rivera
JCC of Middlesex County - IN PERSON & ZOOM
1775 Oak Tree Rd, Edison, NJ
Tuesday April 16, 2024 - 1:30 PM
Non-Member Fee: $11 To Register: 732-494-3232
How Musicals Get to Broadway
Southold Library - ZOOM ONLY
Wednesday April 17, 2024 - 7:00 PM
See
library website for Zoom information
Borscht Belt
Unity Club - IN PERSON
Livingston, NJ
Thursday April 18, 2024
Members Only
Private Event
Friday April 19, 2024
Roads Scholars, NYC
Thursday April 25, 2024
Members Only
50 Years in Broadway Audiences
JCC MetroWest - IN PERSON
760 Northfield Ave, West
Orange, NJ
Wednesday May 1, 2024 - 1:00 PM
Members Only
Hail (Sid) Caesar!
Millburn Free Public Library - IN PERSON & ZOOM
200 Glenn Avenue, Millburn NJ
Thursday May 2, 2024 - 7:00PM
Please see Library Website
for information
Topic TBA
Harmonie Club
Tuesday May 7, 2024
Members Only
Cleopatra: Hollywood's Scandalous Fiasco
Jewish Center of Central NJ - IN PERSON & ZOOM
1391 Martine Ave, Scotch Plains, NJ
Wednesday May 8, 2024 - 11:15 AM
Please email
arivlin@jccnj.org
for fee information
Roads Scholars, NYC
Thursday May 9, 2024
Members Only
Borscht Belt
Southbury Public Library - ZOOM ONLY
Southbury CT
Friday May 10, 2024 - 2:00 PM
Please see library website
for Zoom info
Les Miserables
JCC of Middlesex County - IN PERSON & ZOOM
1775 Oak Tree Rd, Edison, NJ
Tuesday May 14, 2024 - 1:30 PM
Non-Member Fee: $11 To Register: 732-494-3232
Lena Horne
Monroe Township Senior Center - IN PERSON
12 Halsey Reed Rd, Monroe Township, NJ
Wednesday May 15, 2024 - 10:30 AM
Members Only
Gene Kelly
JCC of Northern NJ - IN PERSON ONLY
Temple Avodat Shalom - Senior Program
385 Howland Ave, River Edge, NJ
Thursday May 16, 2024 - 11:00 AM
Members Only
Screen to Stage: When Films Become Broadway Musicals
Pinebrook JCC - IN PERSON
Monday May 20, 2024 - 7:00 PM
Members Only
South Pacific
Peninsula Public Library - ZOOM
ONLY
280 Central Ave, Lawrence, NY
Tuesday May 21 2024 - 11:00 AM
Admission: FREE
Private Event
Wednesday May 22, 2024
Roads Scholars, NYC
Thursday May 23, 2024
Members Only
Borscht Belt
Gurwin Assisted Living - IN PERSON
Commack NY
Friday May 24, 2024
Residents Only
Topic TBA
Jewish Center of Central NJ - IN PERSON & ZOOM
1391 Martine Ave, Scotch Plains, NJ
Wednesday May 28, 2024 - 11:15 AM
Please email
arivlin@jccnj.org
for fee information
Private Event
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Mel Brooks
Syosset Public Library - IN PERSON
225 S Oyster Bay Rd,
Syosset, NY
Thursday May 30, 2024 - 2:00 PM
Admission: FREE
Stephen Schwartz Tribute
Morristown & Morris Township Library - IN PERSON
1 Miller Road, Morristown NJ
Friday May 31, 2024 - 7:00 PM
Admission FREE (1st come, 1st seated)
Contact
marylynn.becza@mmt.mainlib.org for info
Topic TBA
Senior Center of the Chathams - IN PERSON
58 Meyersville Rd, Chatham Township, NJ
Monday June 3, 2024 - 12:00 PM
Members Only
Gay Pride: History in Progress
Rockville Centre Public Library - IN PERSON & ZOOM
221 N Village Ave, Rockville Centre, NY
Tuesday June 4, 2024 - 2:00 PM
Admission FREE
For information
click here for library website
Jack Benny
Seaford Public Library - IN PERSON
2234 Jackson Avenue, Seaford NY
Wednesday June 5, 2024 - 1:30 PM
Admission FREE
For information click here for
library website
Topic TBA
JCC of Northern NJ - IN PERSON ONLY
Temple Avodat Shalom - Senior Program
385 Howland Ave, River Edge, NJ
Thursday June 6, 2024 - 11:00 AM
Members Only
The 2023-24 Broadway Season in Review
Peninsula Public Library - ZOOM
ONLY
280 Central Ave, Lawrence, NY
Tuesday June 11 2024 - 11:00 AM
Admission: FREE
Roads Scholars, NYC
Thursday June 13, 2024
Members Only
Closets in the Spotlight: 3 Broadway Songwriters
Millburn Public Library - IN PERSON ONLY
200 Glenn Ave, Millburn NJ
Thursday June 13, 2024 - 7:00 PM
Admission FREE
For information click here for
library website
Ten Commandments: A Cinema Classic
JCC of Middlesex County - IN PERSON & ZOOM
1775 Oak Tree Rd, Edison, NJ
Tuesday June 18, 2024 - 1:30 PM
Non-Member Fee: $11 To Register: 732-494-3232
Cabaret: What Would You Do?
Shelter Rock Library - ZOOM ONLY
165 Searingtown Rd S,
Albertson, NY
Thursday June 20, 2024 - 2:00 PM
Admission FREE
For information click here for library
website
Gay Pride: History in Progress
Glen Cove Public Library
4 Glen Cove Ave, Glen Cove, NY
Friday June 21, 2024 - 3:00 PM
Admission FREE
For information click here
for library website
Jewish Women in American Film
Barry & Florence Friedberg JCC - IN PERSON
15 Neil Ct, Oceanside, NY
Tuesday June 25, 2024 - 1:30 PM
Members Only
Closets in the Spotlight: 3 Broadway Songwriters
Ridgewood Public Library - ZOOM ONLY
Ridgewood, NJ
Wednesday June 26, 2024 - 7:00 PM
For information click here for library website
Roads Scholars, NYC
Thursday June 27, 2024
Members Only
Further dates will be listed here in the near future, so please check back - thanks! Inquiries can be sent to John at johnkenrick@gmail.com.