The Journal of Art and Reviews (JAR) is a blog which features creative content by young people participating in ArtsConnection Teen Programs. With content for teens by teens, we hope to create an online space that inspires, empowers, and enlightens youth by sharing information, highlighting artists, and creating an online community in the realm of arts and culture.

Red Tie Mafia

Red Tie Mafia‘s supposedly comedic performance is hosted by a woman with rippling arm muscles and extreme quantities of…

Trust

When I first saw that Zach Braff and Sutton Foster were doing an Off-Broadway play together called Trust, I…

Hamlet @ The Gallery Players

Gertrude in stiletto’s! A ghost-sighting party in Cons! Director Taibi Magar’s decision to stage Hamlet in modern dress in…

The 39 Steps

Who knew suspense could be so funny? Hitchcock’s 1935 thrilling spy mystery has been re-mastered into an engaging comedy…

Next to Normal

Some shows tug at your heartstrings.  Next to Normal tugs at them, yanks at them, and tears them apart….

Waiting to Pop

It’s a bubble.  A freaking bubble.  A circular vessel that is carried by the wind, and I think I…