100 Heartbreaks heartbreakingly bad

100 Heartbreaks heartbreakingly bad

by Miryam Gordon - SGN A&E Writer 100 Heartbreaks Written and performed by Joanna Horowitz Directed by Jennifer Zeyl February 22, 23, 29 and March 1 Capitol Hill Arts Center You really, really want to like Charlane Tucker in every way. She's a hard-living, country-traveling, dive-bar-performing country singer who wants to get to Nashville and make her fortune. She's also kinda sweet and naïve for someone who falls in love over someone's long fingers and gets dumped before morning. Tucker is the alter-ego of Joanna Horowitz, who is actually the one onstage trying to bring you what is billed as a new kind of theatrical experience. She plays guitar and sings and tells stories of her life. She'd like you to think this is part theater, part cabaret, part country show. What it is, is a 50-minute musical standup act that never gets anywhere, stereotypes everything country and - boy, I really wish I didn't have to say this - is sung by a woman who can't sing. Well, she can almost sing. She has a nice singing voice, it just doesn't stay anywhere on tune. If this were another workshop performance that was free, you might not feel your time was ill-spent, but frankly, if you have to pay $15 per person, you can spend it on much better performances. For more information, go to www.brownpapertickets.com or call 1-800-838-3006. Comments on reviews go to sgncritic@gmail.com.