2007 OOTE Festival
Paved Paradise:
The Songs of Joni Mitchell
Photo: Joni Mitchell (left) with John Kelly as Joni Mitchell, backstage, by Paula Court
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The Boston Globe
Boston.com
"Worshipful and Uproarious! Lovingly devastating." - New York Times
"Downright inspired! An homage that transcends!" - Daily News
A poignant homage to the legendary folk-rock diva, lovingly performed by one of New York's most talented multimedia artists. Award-winning John Kelly masterfully inhabits Joni's personae and sings with an uncanny likeness to the smoky soprano herself. Too exquisite to be camp - too improbable to be anything else! After seeing the show, Joni herself told the New York Times: "I was braced for a lampooning. I didn't expect to be so touched."
"Haunting crystalline countertenor is somewhere between male and female, human and angel." - New York Magazine
Paved Paradise was given as a command performance for Ms. Mitchell at Fez in 1998, for Joni's Jazz in Central Park in 1999, and was the opening act for Natalie Merchan'Ős Ophelia tour.
For press, bios and photos, see John's website:
www.johnkellyperformance.org