Love, Janis opened Off-Broadway at the Village Theatre, New York City, opening on Apand closed on Januafter over 700 performances. The musical also played at the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, New York in 2000, as well as the Cleveland Playhouse (in 1999) and the Royal George Theatre in Chicago (in 1999, Catherine Curtin receiving a Best Actress Joseph Jefferson nomination). Directed by Randal Myler, Andra Mitrovich played Janis as the soulful singer and Catherine Curtin portrayed the private woman. Love, Janis was produced at the Zachary Scott Theatre Center, Austin, Texas, running in August 1997 through October 1997.
Onstage Janis was played by Laura Theodore and Catherine Curtin (Stranger Things, Orange Is The New Black) played the private Janis. Love, Janis was initially produced by the Denver Center Theater Company in May 1994, written and directed by Randal Myler. The show had a long and healthy run, garnering over 700 performances. It debuted Off-Broadway in 2001 at the Village Theater (formerly the famed Village Gate) with musical direction by former Big Brother And The Holding Company band member Sam Andrew. Love, Janis is the musical stage show about the life and music of rock and roll singer Janis Joplin, conceived, adapted and directed by Randal Myler (Hank Williams Lost Highway, It Ain't Nothin' But The Blues). 2006 San Francisco Marines Memorial Theatre
