The audience is about to witness one of Billie Holiday’s last performances, given four months before her death. Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill recounts Billie Holiday's life story through the songs that made her famous. Lanie Robertson’s Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill introduces us to Billie Holiday in the latter stages of her career, just months before her untimely death in fact. The time is 1959, a seedy bar in Philadelphia. More than… The time is 1959. Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill is a play with music by Lanie Robertson, recounting some events in the life of Billie Holiday.The play premiered in 1986 at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, and soon played Off-Broadway.The play opened on Broadway in 2014. In the performance, Holiday is on stage at the seedy dive Emerson’s Bar & Grill in South Philadelphia in March 1959, performing one of her last shows before her death in July 1959. Lady Day at the Emerson's Bar and Grill - Introduction Welcome to this introduction to Lady Day at the Emerson's Bar and Grill is a musical play by Lanie Robinson. Mar 14 1959. Details. Philadelphia. The audience is about to witness one of Billie Holiday’s last performances, given four months before her death. Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill takes place in South Philadelphia right before her death, and where she sings and also tells stories about her life, loves, and family. It is late at night, and Holiday (Lauren LaStrada) has already had more than a few drinks when she takes the stage, to the chagrin of her loyal pianist cum caretaker, Jimmy Powers (Alvin Waddles). ... Also known as Emerson's Bar and Grill, Emerson's Tavern. Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grille. Overview. Garry Marshall Theatre presents the Tony Award-winning Broadway play Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill by Lanie Robertson, starring Deidrie Henry as Billie Holiday. APR. The time is 1959. Get Emerson's, Philadelphia, PA, USA setlists - view them, share them, discuss them with other Emerson's, Philadelphia, PA, USA fans for free on setlist.fm! The place is a seedy bar in Philadelphia. Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill Feb 28 & 29 @ Mt. A lotta music comin’ out of that place.” A lotta pain and heartbreak, too, I learned. The place is a seedy bar in Philadelphia. Buy Tickets _____ MAY 1-16, 2021. This event has passed. 1959. By Lanie Robertson. Wracked by drug and alcohol abuse, ill health and at the mercy of the many who exploited her for their own gain, she’s hoping that this cabaret show in a Philadelphia bar might just be the one to turn around her fortunes. On the front of the stalls and the sides of the stage are cabaret tables for the audience to sit back in and soak up the atmosphere of this small, run down bar. It has opened on stages Off-Broadway, on Broadway, and in London’s West End. The audience is about to witness one of Billie Holiday’s last performances, given four months before her death. The 90-minute show, which is written by Lanie Robertson, is structured as a long monologue that is woven between some of Holiday’s highly acclaimed songs. The audience is about to witness one of Billie Holiday's last performances, given four months before her death. Through reminiscences and songs, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill shares Holiday's personal stories and unforgettable tunes in a cabaret style … The place is a seedy bar in Philadelphia. She sings, accompanied by Jimmy Powers on the piano, and also tells stories about her life. More than a dozen musical numbers are laced with salty, often humorous reminiscences resulting in a riveting portrait of the lady At Emerson’s seedy bar on Philly’s south side, an audience gathers to witness, unknowingly, one of legend Billie Holiday’s last solo performances, given four months before her death at forty-four. Pleasant Grille Experience one of legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday’s final performances, given in 1959 at Emerson’s Bar & Grill in Philadelphia. Ebony Repertory Theatre presents the critically-acclaimed play LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR & GRILL by Lanie Robertson. Full Length Musical, Drama / 1f, 1m Lanie Robertson. I’ve been haunted by Billie Holiday since I saw her reincarnation on Broadway last week by the extraordinary Audra McDonald, in a show called Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill. “Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar And Grill” runs from Jan. 16 through Feb. 8 at Hadley Theater at Queen’s University, 2211 Wellesley Ave. Purchase tickets at atcharlotte.org . Buy Tickets. Enter into the Wyndham’s theatre and you will be transported back to 1959 South Philadelphia. The group’s latest, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, by Lanie Robertson, runs through March 1 and is a noble addition to the company’s storied history. Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill. Lady Day at the Emerson Bar and Grill . It will be one of her last performances. Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill - Presented by Playhouse Stage Company This beautiful play with music explores the life and music of the incomparable Billie Holiday as she plays a concert in a Philadelphia night club soon before her untimely death. Directed by Jeremy DeCarlos. $30-$50. Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (POSTPONED) Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (POSTPONED) Please note, this event has expired. The time is 1959. Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill By Lanie Robertson Starring Tracey Conyer Lee February 12,13,14,15 at 8pm The time is 1959. The time is 1959, a seedy bar in Philadelphia. The place is Emerson’s Bar and Grill, a seedy little jazz club in Philadelphia. Presented in collaboration with Farmers Alley Theatre. The time is 1959, a seedy bar in Philadelphia. “Yeah, the Emerson Bar & Grill. Location. More than a dozen musical numbers — Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill. The place: the seedy bar Emerson’s Bar and Grill in Philadelphia. The play is set in a South Philadelphia nightclub in 1959, where Billie Holiday is making what will be her last series of appearances. Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill by: Lanie Robertson by: Lanie Robertson. Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill By Lanie Robertson | Directed by Wren T. Brown This drama with music examines and explores the life of the legendary Billie Holiday during one of her final performances in Philadelphia, in March 1959, four months shy of her death, at the age of 44.