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The Heart is proudly supported by Tri-State Cadillac, the Official Auto Partner of Roundabout Theatre Company.

Major support for The Heart is provided by Lee Wolf & Dr. Jordan Cohen and Kay & Bill Gurtin. 

The Heart benefits from the Scott Ellis Musical Production Fund with lead gifts from Joele Frank and Laurence Klurfeld, Leni and Peter May, and Diane & Tom Tuft.

Roundabout’s work with emerging and established playwrights, as well as the development of new plays, is made possible by Eric and Fiona Rudin. 

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The Heart

Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre

Kalukango, acclaimed for her versatile performances, received the 2022 Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical for her remarkable portrayal of Nelly O’Brien in Paradise Square. Her nightly performance of “Let it Burn” was such a tour-de-force it would literally stop the show for a standing ovation and her live rendition at the Tony Awards will be talked about for years!

Joaquina Kalukango

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

This vivid, impressionistic portrait of legendary jazz pianist Jelly Roll Morton features Tony, Emmy, and Grammy winner Billy Porter (Pose) as the Chimney Man and Tony Award winner Joaquina Kalukango (Paradise Square) as Anita in a cast led by visionary director Robert O’Hara (A Raisin in the Sun). Written by George C. Wolfe (Shuffle Along) and set to Morton’s iconic music, Jelly’s Last Jam tells a fable of American history, legacy, and truth. In this production, original Broadway cast members Mamie Duncan-Gibbs, Stephanie Pope Lofgren, and Allison M. Williams, reprise their roles as the Hunnies.

Jelly's Last Jam

New York City Center

A force of nature on the Broadway stage, Joaquina Kalukango returns to Samueli Theater with the commanding presence and emotional depth that have made her one of the most thrilling performers of her generation. A Tony Award® winner for her revelatory performance in Paradise Square, Kalukango is celebrated for a voice that can soar with gospel fire, whisper with aching vulnerability, and land squarely in the soul.

Actor

Joaquina Kalukango

Events

Upcoming events

5 - 7 Nov, 2026

Joaquina Kalukango · Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Past events

Oct 8, 2026

The Heart · Roundabout Theatre Company

19 - 21 Sep, 2024

Joaquina Kalukango · Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Future and recently performed repertoire

Marianne Lamar in The Heart by Eisendrath

Roundabout Theatre Company

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