One of the rock world's great unknowns is the huge influence that Sister Rosetta Tharpe, an African-American gospel singer and guitarist, had on Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Chuck Berry and Jimi Hendrix among many others. The audience discovers this in an unusual plot twist toward the end of "Marie and Rosetta," the new play by George Brant by the Atlantic Theatre Company at the Linda Gross Theater. Witho…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:57AM on September 23, 2016