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Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill is a jukebox musical featuring several of Billie Holiday's most famous songs. The play was written by Lanie Robertson and recounts some events in the life of Holiday. It premiered in 1986 at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, and soon played Off-Broadway.
The place is a seedy bar in Philadelphia. The audience is about to witness one of Billie Holiday’s last performances, given four months before her death. More than a dozen musical numbers are interlaced with salty, often humorous reminiscences to project a riveting portrait of the lady and her music.
Mar 12, 2016 · With Audra McDonald, Shelton Becton, George Farmer, Clayton Craddock. It's 1959 in a seedy bar in Philadelphia, and Billie Holiday is giving one of her last performances interlaced with salty, often humorous, reminiscences to project a riveting portrait of the lady and her music 4 months before her death.
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Enjoy an exclusive look at Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, which includes a cabaret seat with an intimate view of the play, a free drink, and an autographed show poster featuring outstanding artwork by our 2023/24 season artist Brandon Wallace. Tickets for our VIP Experience are just $100 for weekday performances and $125 for weekend shows.
Oct 5, 2014 · Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill recounts Billie Holiday's life story through the songs that made her famous. 1959, in a small, intimate bar in Philadelphia, Holiday puts on a show...
LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL. May 17, 2024 - Jun 30, 2024. Greer Cabaret Theater. Musical by Lanie Robertson. The time is 1959. The place is a seedy bar in Philadelphia. The audience is about to witness one of Billie Holiday’s last performances, given four months before her death.
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Venue. 4740 Baltimore Avenue. Curio Theatre Company presents Lanie Robertson's critically acclaimed play, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, starring beloved company member and Barrymore Award winner Ebony Pullum. The play explores the life of legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday during one of her final performances in Philadelphia.
