New York musician and performance artist John Kelly impersonates Joni Mitchell in the same way someone who dresses in white and jumps a motorcycle over the Grand Canyon impersonates Evel Knievel—by re-creating his subject’s amazing accomplishments before our eyes. Kelly’s got his Mitchell down, from her alto coos and trills to her twisty chords and time signatures. The only thing keeping it from being overwhelmingly uncanny is the loving, hilarious winks Kelly slips into his otherwise pristine embodiment. (Triple Door, 216 Union St, 838-4333.
8 pm, $22 adv/$25 DOS, all ages.)
David Schmader—former weed columnist and Stranger associate editor—is the author of the solo plays Straight and Letter to Axl, which he’s performed in Seattle and across the US. His latest... More by David Schmader
Uh, no. This is horrible.
http://www.wikio.com/video/john-kelly-pe…
Amazing show. Uncanny, smart, and haunting.
people have been trying to get me into this for over 15 years. i don’t get it. and i don’t get why joni mitchell is important or talented. she only has like one song.