NewsThe Verdict: Critics Review Broadway's A Night with Janis Joplin, Starring Mary Bridget DaviesA Night with Janis Joplin, which stars Mary Bridget Davies as the late rock singer, officially opened Oct. 10 at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre.
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Playbill Staff
October 11, 2013
Mary Bridget Davies
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Written and directed by Randy Johnson, the new musical features choreography by Astaire Award winner Patricia Wilcox.
Joining Davies, who is reprising her acclaimed performance as Joplin, are Taprena Michelle Augustine, Tony Award nominee de'Adre Aziza, Nikki Kimbrough and NaTasha Yvette Williams, who play Joplin’s backup singers, “The Joplinaires"; they are also featured as some of the iconic female singers who influenced Joplin’s music. (Allison Blackwell is currently playing the role of The Joplinaire featured as Blues Woman and Aretha Franklin while Williams is on leave from the show due to medical reasons.)
The critics have filed their reviews, and Playbill.com has collected them for our readers. Click through to read them all. Playbill.com will continue to update our list as the reviews come in.
Mary Bridget Davies Is Late Rock Icon in Broadway's A Night with Janis Joplin
Mary Bridget Davies Is Late Rock Icon in Broadway's A Night with Janis Joplin
A Night with Janis Joplin, which stars Mary Bridget Davies as the late rock singer, began previews at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre Sept. 20 prior to an official opening Oct. 10. Read the Playbill.com story.
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Mary Bridget Davies (Center) with Taprena MIchelle Augustine, De'Adre Aziza, Allison Blackwell and Nikki Kimbrough
The musical is the newest project by Hunter Bird, one of the creative minds behind the immersive Off-Broadway revival of The Phantom of the Opera, Masquerade.
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