If They Ever Do a Joni Mitchell Jukebox Musical...

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 3/3/06 at 2:47pm

Alice Ripley should play Joni. Listening to her solo CD, the similarities are amazing.

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 3/3/06 at 2:49pm

It should be a one-man show starring Scott Baio called "Chachi Loves Joni."

Bad joke, and I appologize in advance.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 3/3/06 at 3:16pm

Well John Kelly does a brilliant one person Joni Mitchell show that even Mitchell herself has raved about. Perhaps that'll move for a commercial run one of these days.

[mwjr16]

Posted: 3/3/06 at 5:21pm

That's what I've been saying for the longest time!!!

[kate2]

Posted: 3/3/06 at 5:41pm

this is probably a dumb question, but who is Joni Mitchell?

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 3/3/06 at 5:55pm

Google is your friend.

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 3/3/06 at 6:25pm

Not so much dumb as disheartening.

[aspiringactress]

Posted: 3/3/06 at 6:41pm

Well, i'm 14 and Joni is my favorite singer...

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 3/3/06 at 6:48pm

Joni Mitchell is god. If you owe yourself anything, it is listening to her music. Life changing.

[aspiringactress]

Posted: 3/3/06 at 6:54pm

Agreed. Her tone is amazing, as is her vocal control.

[ohhoney_]

Posted: 3/3/06 at 10:10pm

there is already a joni mitchell-type show....it's called "Joni Mitchell:River."

i saw it this summer, my friend raquel was in it.
scroll down a little bit

[lptrick]

Posted: 3/6/06 at 2:00pm

There was also a Joni Mitchell theatre piece called "The Joni Mitchell Project," about 15 years ago. Played in Los Angeles.

[RichardSF]

Posted: 3/6/06 at 2:17pm

Even though he started at Wigstock, John Kelly has done his show commercially many many times, at The Fez in NYC, and other theaters in NY, I believe, as well all over the country. He's done several different versions with different setlists and show names.
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[livelife]

Posted: 3/6/06 at 2:36pm

"I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It’s cloud illusions I recall
I really don’t know clouds at all"

god i'd love it!

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 3/6/06 at 2:37pm

I'm well aware that John Kelly has done his show hundreds of times around the country and that he has various versions of it (I've been personally acquainted with John for roughly 15 years now). My thought was about him doing an open-ended 8 show a week run perhaps at an off-Broadway commercial venue, something he's never done here before. I think there's enough of an audience out there to support a multi-month run and it would help to broaden his appeal and raise his profile.

[livelife]

Posted: 3/6/06 at 2:40pm

off topic a bit...but Margo....how are you "personally aquainted" with him?

[RichardSF]

Posted: 3/6/06 at 4:29pm

Not to be attacking, but it's not really anyone's business how someone is personally acquainted with someone else. Many many people know John Kelly, either as friends, professionally, or through community.

Margo, I agree, I wish John would do an open-ended run. He's remarkable.

[Chloe]

Posted: 3/6/06 at 7:32pm

I love Blue:

Blue, songs are like tattoos
You know I've been to sea before
Crown and anchor me
Or let me sail away

Blue, here is a song for you
Ink of a pin
Underneathh the skin
An empty space to fill in