Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill

by Lanie Robertson

April 4-20

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. More than a dozen musical numbers are interlaced with salty, often humorous, reminiscences to project a riveting portrait of the lady and her music.

"Hurts and exhilarates in just the right proportions." - New York Magazine
"Original and riveting." - London Times