John And Jen

Captured during its 2021 off-West End revival at the Southwark Playhouse, this mounting of the moving Andrew Lippa/Tom Greenwald musical two-hander tracks the troubled life of baby boomer Jen Tracy (Rachel Tucker), as she tries to look out for kid brother John (Lewis Cornay) as they come of age through the '60s, and then struggles alone to raise the son (Cornay, again) that she named after her Vietnam casualty sibling. Score includes "Every Goodbye is Hello," "It Took Me a While," "Dear God." 102 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.