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A Night With Janis Joplin (Touring)

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A Night With Janis Joplin on Tour

Legendary blues belter Janis Joplin passed away in 1970 at the age of 27. A Night With Janis Joplin captures the singer's energy, heart and ability to wring the entire spectrum of human emotions out of a single wail. The musical is structured like a Joplin show from 1970 might be, though there are twists of magical-realism — singers who influenced her like Aretha Franklin and Bessie Smith show up onstage beside her, while her between-song banter gives audiences a hint of the wounded humanity behind her towering voice. 

A Night With Janis Joplin Background

Janis Joplin's bellow was one of the defining voices of the 1960s. Solo and with her band Big Brother & the Holding Company, the Texas-born singer (who also went by Pearl) blazed a trail through rock, fusing blues and fuzz-covered guitars in a thrilling way as she dug down and sang of deeply felt pain. She rocketed to fame after a torrid appearance at 1967's storied Monterey Pop Festival, where Big Brother was on the bill alongside performers like Otis Redding, The Jimi Hendrix Experience and The Who. Joplin's innate knowledge of the blues and powerful voice made her one of the most singular figures of the ‘60s rock scene, and she eventually split from Big Brother in 1969. On October 4, 1970, Joplin died of a heroin overdose, and her final album Pearl came out in January of the following year. A Night With Janis Joplin, which premiered in 2013 at New York City's Lyceum Theatre, brings Joplin's artistry and songcraft to generations of listeners who were too young to experience her live. Written by director and playwright Randy Johnson, whose recent musical about rock pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe Shout Sister Shout! is currently touring the United States, A Night WIth Janis Joplin fuses her unforgettable songs with banter that's witty and ponderous in equal measures, showcasing the woman who made the music so unforgettable. 

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Rating: 4.7 out of 5 based on 339 reviews
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  • Rating: 1 out of 5

    The history of the blues narrated by Janis Joplin

    by Markjag on 2/27/16Lynn auditorium - Lynn

    I'm sorry I went to see a Janis Joplin tribute, instead I got a history of female blues singers narrated by Janis Joplin. The singers were talented but if I wanted to hear karaoke I would have went to my local bar and saved one hundred twenty dollars. The reviews I've read are all positive so maybe it's me, but a tribute to Janis Joplin has the persons name in the title that I want to hear & see not blues women from the past. I don't know the exact number but I bet out of the first ten songs ,Janis Joplin probably sang three by herself that's less than a third of the songs that I paid to hear Janis sing. I grew up listening to Janis and consider myself well versed in all types of music and I was interested in comparing the singing styles of the impersonator and the Janis I knew,but what such a minimal body of work at tonight's show I wasn't able to do that. I feel to a true admirer of Janis Joplin singing style the show title was truly misleading, I'm entitled to my opinion and I welcome feedback. It's funny at the bottom of this you ask for photos, even though my wife was told she could bring her camera into the venue, she was later on told she couldn't take pictures!!!Just a bad experience from beginning to end.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    by twingrammy1 on 2/26/16American Theatre - Hampton

    Awesome sounded just like Janis. Would go again and again.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    A Night With Janis Joplin

    by Sailorjim on 2/26/16American Theatre - Hampton

    Outstanding presentation. More like a broadway musical than a concert. Lead Mary Briget Davies gave a narrative of Janis Joplins life in addition to singing her songs, and wearing the type of clothes that Janis did.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Janis Joplin was AMAZING!

    by RebelDave on 2/26/16American Theatre - Hampton

    This show is AMAZING! Mary ( Janis) couldn't have done it any better! her Joplin backup singers, were out of this world! Janis Joplin is one of my favorite singers and I have to say that her life and music was portrayed FANTASTIC!!!

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    It really was A Night with Janis Joplin

    by Tugboat7 on 2/26/16American Theatre - Hampton

    Not just anyone could pull off Janis - and this girl did!! - Plus the band and other singers were awesome! - It wasn't pap-- it was the real deal! - each and everyone of them were ENTERTAINERS! - My husband is a bass player -- and he enjoyed it - and he's a hard one to impress - Great show!- now I'm enjoying the CD I bought that night!!!

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    JOPLIN ROCKS !!

    by Stratcat007 on 2/26/16American Theatre - Hampton

    A Night with Janis Joplin was just that! My wife & I thought this was one of the best shows we have ever seen. What a scene of over 60 crowd dancing in the aisles!

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Amazing singers

    by SunRiseEagle on 11/11/15Lyceum - New York

    I saw this show in NYC 2014. It was truly amazing. All of the singers were great. It's as if all of the artists are still alive. I'm going to see it again in New Orleans.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    INCREDIBLE!!!!!!

    by LMRsMama on 3/18/14Lyceum Theater - New York

    One of the best shows I've seen and an amazing tribute to Janis! Wow, the woman that played Janis has some serious chops! She sounded just like her!!

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Janis Lives!

    by mama2rap on 3/14/14lyceum theatre - New York

    this was great to see her come alive like that! it was wonderful the girl really channeled Janis Joplin. if you didn't know any better you would/could have thought that Janis never died. it was moving and exciting all in the same breath. I loved it. I remember seeing Janis when I was a younger woman and she was something to see!