I've not seen this or the other Janis show, and only just now went to look at some of her YouTube clips... this woman has Janis' voice down to a shocking degree. For such an iconic and unique voice to be reproduced to almost-perfection is astonishing. I'm looking forward to her, and will be happy if the show around her is good.
As regards RippedMan's comparison, can I ask those who've seen it if it's safe to say that it's more like FELA! than END OF THE RAINBOW? A historical/biographical concert strikes me like FELA! would be the antecedent in this case...
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.