This multi award-winning show captured recently at the Sadler’s Wells Peacock Theatre is an extraordinary musical journey paying homage to Janis Joplin and her biggest musical influences.
Like a comet that burns far too brightly to last, Janis Joplin exploded onto the music scene in 1967 and, almost overnight, became the queen of rock & roll. The unmistakable voice, filled with raw emotion and tinged with Southern Comfort, made her a must-see headliner from Monterey to Woodstock. Fuelled by such unforgettable songs as “Me and Bobby McGee,” “Piece of My Heart”, “Mercedes Benz”, “Cry Baby” and “Summertime”, a remarkable cast and breakout performances.
A Night with Janis Joplin, written and directed by Randy Johnson, is a musical journey celebrating Janis and her biggest musical influences—icons like Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Odetta, Nina Simone and Bessie Smith, who inspired one of rock ‘n roll’s greatest legends.
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Mae'r sioe arobryn hon a ddangoswyd yn ddiweddar yn Theatr Peacock Sadler's Wells yn daith gerddorol anhygoel sy'n talu teyrnged i Janis Joplin a'i dylanwadau cerddorol mwyaf.
Fel comed sy'n llosgi'n llawer rhy llachar, ffrwydrodd Janis Joplin i'r sin gerddoriaeth ym 1967 ac, bron dros nos, daeth yn frenhines roc a rôl. Gwnaeth y llais digamsyniol, wedi'i llenwi ag emosiwn amrwd ac wedi'i gysylltu â Southern Comfort, ei gwneud yn bennawd y mae'n rhaid ei weld o Monterey i Woodstock. Wedi'i danio gan ganeuon mor fythgofiadwy â "Me and Bobby McGee," "Piece of My Heart", "Mercedes Benz", "Cry Baby" a "Summertime", cast rhyfeddol a pherfformiadau breakout.
Mae 'A Night with Janis Joplin', a ysgrifennwyd ac a gyfarwyddwyd gan Randy Johnson, yn daith gerddorol sy'n dathlu Janis a'i dylanwadau cerddorol mwyaf—eiconau fel Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Odetta, Nina Simone a Bessie Smith, a ysbrydolodd un o chwedlau mwyaf roc a rôl.
