Melissa Etheridge, for Whom Subtlety Was Never a Strong Suit, Leads With Love in Autobiographical Show on Broadway

The rock star’s flamboyant earnestness has endeared her to a swath of followers who have stayed devoted long past her commercial heyday in the 1990s.

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Melissa Etheridge on June 11, 2023 at New York City. Kambouris/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions

In a career spanning more than three decades, the singer/songwriter Melissa Etheridge has pledged to walk across a fire, to drown in her desire, to stand inside her hell, and hold the hand of death — and that’s in two hit singles alone.

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