Judy Collins – Jane Pickens Theater, Newport

Judy Collins will appear in concert on Friday, August 19th at 8pm at the Jane Pickens Theater, 49 Touro Street in Newport. And – due to overwhelming response, Collins is returning for a second show on Saturday, August 20th at 8pm.

Tickets range from $69 to $99 per person.

Judy Collins – The award-winning singer-songwriter is esteemed for her imaginative interpretations of traditional and contemporary folk standards and her own poetically poignant original compositions. Her stunning rendition of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” from her landmark 1967 album, Wildflowers, has been entered into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Judy’s dreamy and sweetly intimate version of “Send in the Clowns,” a ballad written by Stephen Sondheim for the Broadway musical A Little Night Music, won “Song of the Year” at the 1975 Grammy Awards.

Buy Tickets Link: https://www.etix.com/ticket/e/1028064/judy-collins-newport-jane-pickens-theater-event-center

About Jane Pickens Theater – The Jane Pickens Theater & Event Center is a world-class art house cinema located in Washington Square in the historic center of Newport, Rhode Island. The JPT Newport is housed in a historic building that was built in 1834 as a church and has shown films since the silent days of the 1920s. The business is operated as a for profit business. The Friends of The Jane Pickens Theater, a non-profit 501(3)(c), exists to fund local educational film programming. Read more about the history of the theater – here: https://janepickens.com/about

About Judy Collins – At 83, Collins performs more than once a week, nearly every week of the year in 2022. After Newport Collins leaves for England – and returns to her much-loved Tanglewood in August. Her site says, “Judy Collins is as creatively vigorous as ever, writing, touring worldwide, and nurturing fresh talent. She is a modern-day Renaissance woman who is a filmmaker, record label head, musical mentor, and an in-demand keynote speaker for mental health and suicide prevention. She continues to create music of hope and healing that lights up the world and speaks to the heart.”