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Almost 30 years since the original release of Frank Zappa‘s unrealized stage play Joe’s Garage, director Pat Towne has brought the Rolling Stone-dubbed “unproducible” musical to Hollywood’s Open Fist ...

The story in Frank Zappa's "Joe's Garage" is broad with deliberate satirical intent, addressing seriously and presciently the themes of artistic expression vs. government repression and the various ...

The Open Fist is thrilled to announce that its world premiere musical event, the critically acclaimed, smash-hit stage adaptation of Frank Zappa's classic rock opera JOE'S GARAGE is EXTENDING through ...

I have been to hundreds of concerts in my life. April 5, I caught a show I won’t forget for a long time. I was lucky enough to see Joe’s Garage Part II at the VFW club in Mankato. Full disclosure, I ...

What does it say when the most engaging moment in the stage adaptation of Frank Zappa's seminal triple album comes when the theatre goes dark, the cast leaves the stage, band members put down their ...