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Apr 13, 2014 · Five-time Tony winner Audra McDonald portrays an emotionally volatile Billie Holiday toward the end of her life in Lanie Robertson's bio-play fashioned around a nightclub appearance.
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.
Jun 1, 2022 · LIVE ON STAGE - June 1 - 26 2022. “AS LADY DAY, BURRELL …. GIVES ONE OF THE MOST BRUISING PERFORMANCES OF THE SEASON.”. Have you ever witnessed an icon? Theatrical Outfit will once again be transformed into a 1950s Philadelphia jazz bar where the legendary Billie Holiday is giving one of her final performances.
The world premiere of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill opened at the Westside Theatre, New York City on September 7, 1986.
Jan 29, 2024 · Karole Foreman doesn’t just play Billie Holiday in “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill,” she slips into the late, great jazz singer’s skin and lives a lifetime during the 90-minute musical.
Sep 8, 2023 · Lady Day, 25 August to 9 September at the Space Theatre. In a small bar in Philadelphia that’s seen better days, Billie Holiday walks onstage. Zahra Newman stars in this musical tribute to one of the greatest jazz singers of all-time.
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 ...
