Jack Benny – An evening with John Kenrick

Wednesday, March 5, 2025
7:00 pm

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• Adult
• Featured

Morristown’s favorite entertainment historian John Kenrick is back with a spring series on classic comedians! Tonight we feature Jack Benny, one of the 20th century’s most popular entertainers. Benny’s musical and comic performances on vaudeville, radio, TV and film made him a beloved star for over 60 years. This program will be held both in person in the library’s lower level Meeting Room and on Zoom. Please email refdesk@mmt.mainlib.org for the Zoom code.

Our speaker: Entertainment historian John Kenrick has worked in the theatre at every level from amateur to Broadway. He has taught musical theatre history courses at NYU, The New School, and Philadelphia’s University of the Arts. John’s books include “Musical Theatre: A History”, and he is the creator of the educational website Musicals101.com.