John Kenrick's Upcoming Talks
From John Kenrick: I give talks in person, on Zoom, or both at once (a.k.a "hybrid"). You can find video clips from some of my past talks on the Musicals101 Youtube Channel.
All of my talks include PowerPoint slde shows with video clips and last approximately an hour, with time for Q&A at the end. I am usually fully booked four months in advance so please plan ahead. You can see a full list of my topics. If you are interested in arranging a talk for your group please email me. Please note I currently have no dates available until early 2025.
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.
Mel Brooks
Shalom Club - IN PERSON ONLY
Jackson NJ
Sunday September 15, 2024 - 10:00 AM
Resident Members Only
The Jolson Story
Atria West 84th St NYC
Monday September 16, 2024
Residents Only
Spartacus: How Kirk Douglas Broke the
Hollywood Blacklist
Verona Public Library - IN PERSON
17 Gould St, Verona, NJ
Monday September 16, 2024 - 6:30 PM
Admission FREE
Go to the
library website to register or for further information
South Pacific
JCC of Middlesex County - IN PERSON & ZOOM
1775 Oak Tree Rd, Edison, NJ
Tuesday September 17, 2024 - 1:30 PM
Non-Member Fee: $11 To Register: 732-494-3232
Mickey Rooney
Monroe Township
Senior Center - IN PERSON ONLY
12 Halsey Reed Rd, Monroe Township, NJ
Wednesday September 18, 2024 - 10:30 AM
Members Only
The Shubert Brothers: A Genius for Greed
Syosset Public Library - IN PERSON ONLY
225 S Oyster Bay Rd,
Syosset, NY
Thursday September 19, 2024 - 2:00 PM
Admission FREE
Please see library website
for information
Friday September 20, 2024
Private Event
Hail Sid Caesar!
Canal Walk, Somerset NJ - IN PERSON ONLY
Sunday September 22, 2024 - 10:00 AM
Resident Members Only
Mel Brooks
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades - IN PERSON ONLY
411 E Clinton Ave, Tenafly, NJ
Tuesday September 24, 2024 - 11:30 AM
Please see JCC website
for registration/information
Mel Brooks
Suffolk Y JCC - IN PERSON ONLY
74 Hauppauge Rd, Commack, NY
Wednesday September 25, 2024 - 2:00 PM
Please see JCC website for
registration/information
Roads Scholars, NYC
Thursday September 26, 2024
Members Only
Fiddler on the Roof at 60!
Mineola Memorial Library - IN PERSON ONLY
195 Marcellus Rd, Mineola, NY
Friday September 27, 2024 - 11:00 AM
Admission: Free
Please see library
website for registration/information
Fiddler on the Roof at 60!
East Windsor Shalom Club - IN PERSON
Sunday September 29, 2024 - 10:00 AM
Resident Members Only
Hollywood Yiddishkeit
Shalom Club
Sunday September 29, 2024 - 2:00 PM
Resident Members Only
Bette Midler
Peninsula Public Library - ZOOM
ONLY
280 Central Ave, Lawrence, NY
Tuesday October 1, 2024 - 11:00 AM
Admission: FREE
Please see library
website for link information
Private Event
Thursday October 3, 2024
Edith Piaf
Atria West 84th St NYC
Sunday October 6, 2024
Residents Only
Hollywood Yiddishkeit: Jewish Images in American Film
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades - IN PERSON
411 E Clinton Ave, Tenafly, NJ
Tuesday October 8, 2024 - 11:30 AM
Members Only
Buster Keaton
Jewish Center of Central NJ - IN PERSON & ZOOM
1391 Martine Ave, Scotch Plains, NJ
Wednesday October 9, 2024 - 11:15 AM
Please email
arivlin@jccnj.org
for fee information
Cabaret: The Musical That Asks
"What Would You Do?"
Morristown & Morris Township Library - IN PERSON & ZOOM
1 Miller Rd, Morristown, NJ
Wednesday October 9, 2024 - 7:00 PM
Admission: FREE
Please email
marylynn.becza@mmt.mainlib.org for Zoom info
Topic TBD
Montville Township Public Library - IN PERSON ONLY
90 Horseneck Rd, Montville, NJ
Thursday October 10, 2024 - 6:45 PM
Admission: FREE
Go to
library website to register
Theater Ghosts
Atria West 84th St NYC
Sunday October 13, 2024
Residents Only
Borscht Belt
Stonebridge in Monroe - IN PERSON ONLY
Shalom Club
Monday October 14, 2024 - 7:00 PM
Residents only
Spartacus: How Kirk Douglas Broke the Blacklist
JCC of Middlesex County - IN PERSON & ZOOM
1775 Oak Tree Rd, Edison, NJ
Tuesday October 15, 2024 - 1:30 PM
Non-Member Fee: $11 To Register: 732-494-3232
Borscht Belt
The Harmonie Club - IN PERSON ONLY
4 East 60th Street, NYC
Wednesday October 16, 2024
Members Only
Spartacus: How Kirk Douglas Broke the Blacklist
Southbury Library - ZOOM ONLY
Southbury CT
Thursday October 17, 2024 - 2:00 PM
Admission: FREE
Go to the library website
to register for Zoom
Marvin Hamlisch
Wanaque Reserve - IN PERSON ONLY
Milk & Honey Club
Sunday October 20, 2024 - 7:00 PM
Resident Members Only
Topic TBA
Century Tower
Fort Lee, NJ
Monday October 21, 2024 - 7:00 PM
Residents Members Only
Hamilton: The Man, The Musical, The
Cultural Phenomenon
Syosset Public Library - IN PERSON ONLY
225 S Oyster Bay Rd,
Syosset, NY
Thursday October 24, 2024 - 2:00 PM
Admission: FREE
See library website for
information
Private Event
Friday October 25, 2024
Hollywood Yiddishkeit: Jewish Images in American Film
Jewish Federation of Northern NJ
Monday October 28, 2024 - 12:30 PM
Information Pending
Rodgers & Hammerstein Course - 1 of 6
Streicker Center - IN PERSON
1 East 65th St, NYC
Monday October 28, 2024 - 6:30 PM
For info & registration
please click
here
Topic TBD
Lantern Hill - IN PERSON
603 Mountain Ave, New Providence, NJ
Wednesday October 30, 2024 - 7:00 PM
Resident Members Only
Fiddler on the Roof at 60!
Atria West 84th St NYC
Sunday November 1, 2024
Residents Only
Rodgers & Hammerstein Course - 2 of 6
Streicker Center - IN PERSON
1 East 65th St, NYC
Monday November 4, 2024 - 6:30 PM
For info & registration
please click
here
Funny Girl: Fanny Brice in Fact &
Legend
Monroe Township
Senior Center - IN PERSON ONLY
12 Halsey Reed Rd, Monroe Township, NJ
Wednesday November 6, 2024 - 10:30 AM
Members Only
Roads Scholars NYC
Thursday November 7, 2024
Members Only
Danny Kaye: Court Jester to the World
Partners in Jewish Programming
Thursday November 7, 2024 - ZOOM
Members Only
Rodgers & Hammerstein Course - 3 of 6
Streicker Center - IN PERSON
1 East 65th St, NYC
Monday November 11, 2024 - 6:30 PM
For info & registration
please click
here
Edith Piaf
JCC of Middlesex County - IN PERSON & ZOOM
1775 Oak Tree Rd, Edison, NJ
Tuesday November 12, 2024 - 1:30 PM
Non-Member Fee: $11 To Register: 732-494-3232
Bette Midler
Jewish Center of Central NJ - IN PERSON & ZOOM
1391 Martine Ave, Scotch Plains, NJ
Wednesday November 13, 2024 - 11:15 AM
Please email
arivlin@jccnj.org
for fee information
Oliver!: How the Dickens Novel
Became a Beloved Musical
Morristown and Morris Township Library - IN PERSON & ZOOM
1 Miller Rd, Morristown, NJ
Wednesday November 13, 2024 - 7:00 PM
Admission: FREE
Please email
marylynn.becza@mmt.mainlib.org for Zoom info
Cabaret: The Musical That Asks
"What Would You Do?"
Teaneck Public Library - IN PERSON
840 Teaneck Rd, Teaneck, NJ
Friday, November 15, 2024 - 10:00 AM
(Due to ongoing renovations, this event will be held in Teaneck Town
Hall, next door to the library)
Admission: FREE
See library website for
information
Bette Midler
Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth - IN PERSON
310 Mounts Corner Dr, Freehold, NJ
Sunday November 17, 2024 - 3:30 PM
For reservations & info call 732-252-6990
Rodgers & Hammerstein Course - 4 of 6
Streicker Center - IN PERSON
1 East 65th St, NYC
Monday November 18, 2024 - 6:30 PM
For info & registration
please click
here
Guys and Dolls
Peninsula Public Library - ZOOM
ONLY
280 Central Ave, Lawrence, NY
Tuesday November 19, 2024 - 11:00 AM
Admission: FREE
Please see library website
for link information
Hail (Sid) Caesar!
JCC of Middlesex County - ZOOM
ONLY
1775 Oak Tree Rd, Edison, NJ
Tuesday November 19, 2024 - 7:00 PM
Information: 732-494-3232
Roads Scholars NYC
Thursday November 21, 2024
Members Only
Hail (Sid) Caesar!
Partners in Jewish Programming
Thursday November 21, 2024 - ZOOM
Members Only
Frank Loesser
Atria West 84th St NYC
Sunday November 1, 2024
Residents Only
Rodgers & Hammerstein Course - 5 of 6
Streicker Center - IN PERSON
1 East 65th St, NYC
Monday November 25, 2024 - 6:30 PM
For info & registration
please click
here
Rodgers & Hammerstein Course - 6 of 6
Streicker Center - IN PERSON
1 East 65th St, NYC
Monday December 2, 2024 - 6:30 PM
For info & registration
please click
here
My 50 Years in Broadway Audiences
JCC of Northern NJ - IN PERSON
Temple Avodat Shalom
385 Howland Ave, River Edge, NJ
Tuesday December 3, 2024 - 11:00 AM
Members Only
Topic TBD
Temple B'nai Jeshurun - IN PERSON
1025 S Orange Ave, Short Hills, NJ
Wednesday December 4, 2024 - 12:30 PM
Members Only
Roads Scholars NYC
Thursday December 5, 2024
Members Only
How Musicals Get to Broadway
Temple Beth El, Windsor NJ
Thursday December 5, 2024 - 6:30 PM
Members Only
It's a Wonderful Life
Florham Park Public Library - IN PERSON
107 Ridgedale Ave, Florham Park, NJ
Sunday December 8, 2024 - 2:00 PM
Admission: FREE
See the library website for
information
How Musicals Get to Broadway
Summit Free Public Library
75 Maple St, Summit, NJ
Monday December 9, 2024 - 7:00 PM
Admission: FREE
See the library website for
information
It's a Wonderful Life
JCC of Middlesex County -
IN PERSON & ZOOM
1775 Oak Tree Rd, Edison, NJ
Tuesday December 10, 2024 - 1:30 PM
Information: 732-494-3232
Elaine Stritch
Jewish Center of Central NJ - IN PERSON & ZOOM
1391 Martine Ave, Scotch Plains, NJ
Wednesday December 11, 2024 - 11:15 AM
Please email
arivlin@jccnj.org
for fee information
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Morristown and Morris Township Library - IN PERSON & ZOOM
1 Miller Rd, Morristown, NJ
Wednesday December 11, 2024 - 7:00 PM
Admission: FREE
Please email
marylynn.becza@mmt.mainlib.org for Zoom info
Bette Midler
Syosset Public Library - IN PERSON ONLY
225 S Oyster Bay Rd,
Syosset, NY
Thursday December 12, 2024 - 2:00 PM
Admission: FREE
See library website for
information
It's a Wonderful Life
Peninsula Public Library - ZOOM
ONLY
280 Central Ave, Lawrence, NY
Tuesday December 17, 2024 - 11:00 AM
Admission: FREE
Please see library website
for link information
The Sound of Music: The History Behind
the Beloved Musical
JCC MetroWest - IN PERSON
760 Northfield Ave, West Orange, NJ
Wednesday December 18, 2024 - 1:00 PM
Members Only
Roads Scholars NYC
Thursday December 19, 2024
Members Only
Danny Kaye
Partners in Jewish Programming
Thursday December 19, 2024 - ZOOM
Members Only
My 50 Years in Broadway Audiences
Southbury Library - ZOOM ONLY
Southbury CT
Thursday December 20, 2024 - 2:00 PM
Admission: FREE
Go to the library website
to register for Zoom
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.