One Night with Janis Joplin at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater

Dates: (9/28/2012 - 11/4/2012 )

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Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater

1101 Sixth St. SW
Washington,DC 20024

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Phone: 202-488-3300

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written and directed by Randy Johnson
in the Kreeger
SEPTEMBER 28 – NOVEMBER 4, 2012

With a voice like whiskey and a laugh like pure joy, Janis Joplin took the music scene by storm. Simultaneously rough and vulnerable, Joplin was dubbed the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll, proving music wasn’t just a man’s world anymore. Packed with classic songs (“Piece of My Heart, “Summertime,” “Mercedes Benz”), the show also shines the spotlight on trailblazers who influenced Janis – like Bessie Smith, Etta James and Aretha Franklin. Now, in a new musical event featuring more than a dozen singers and band members, playwright-director Randy Johnson creates “a compelling portrait of an artist” (Culturemob) through the words, inspiration and music of one of America’s greatest rock ’n’ roll originals.

Mary Bridget Davies as Janis Joplin in the Cleveland Play House production of One Night with Janis Joplin written and directed by Randy Johnson, which comes to Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater September 28-November 4, 2012. Photo by Janet Macoska.

The cast of the Cleveland Play House production of One Night with Janis Joplin written and directed by Randy Johnson, which comes to Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater September 28-November 4, 2012. Photo by Janet Macoska.

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