Actor

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!

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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.

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Joaquina Kalukango

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Past events

19 - 21 Sep, 2024

Joaquina Kalukango · Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Feb 21 - Mar 3, 2024

Jelly's Last Jam · New York City Center

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