Who played Lady Day on Broadway?
Audra McDonald
Awards
| Drama Desk Award | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Audra McDonald |
Who wrote Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar& Grill?
Lanie Robertson
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill/Playwrights
Written by Lanie Robertson, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill recounts one of Billie Holliday’s last performances before her death, weaving in more than a dozen musical numbers in the play’s portrait of the singer.
Who plays Lady Day?
Audra McDonald has just scored another major triumph, this time as Billie Holiday in Lanie Robertson’s musical play Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill.
Where was Emerson’s Bar and Grill?
Philadelphia
The location, Emerson’s Bar and Grill, is a small, run-down joint in Philadelphia, a city for which Holiday had a strong and understandable dislike. The time is 1959, just a few months before the singer’s death, and she’s in rough shape, both physically and emotionally.
What is the play Lady Day about?
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill1989
Billie Holiday/Plays
Who played Billie Holiday in the play?
Andra Day
Andra Day On Portraying BilIie Holiday And The Enduring Strength Of ‘Strange Fruit’ Grammy-nominated singer Andra Day, in a still from The United States Vs. Billie Holiday. The song “Strange Fruit” was written by a man named Abel Meeropol in the 1930s — but it will forever be associated with Billie Holiday.
Who played Billie Holiday in the 2020 movie?
ANDRA DAY: (As Billie Holiday, singing) Oh, love me. Why not… WHITEHEAD: Andra Day likewise replicates the croaky way Holiday spoke in her last years in the late 1950s. Never mind that she talks that way through the whole picture, as in this scene set in 1947.
Is the US vs Billie Holiday true?
Hulu’s Oscar-nominated The United States vs. Billie Holiday is a fictionalized take on the life of the legendary jazz singer, played in the film by “Rise Up” singer and (now Academy Award nominated) actress Andra Day in a Golden Globe-nominated performance.
What really happened to Billie Holiday?
Holiday died July 17, 1959, at the age of 44 of complications from cirrhosis. She had 70 cents in the bank and $750 strapped to her leg.
When did Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill debut?
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill premiered at the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia, on April 16, 1986, with direction by Woodie King Jr. and Reenie Upchurch as Billie Holiday.
Who are the actors in Lady Day at Emerson’s?
Directed by Lonny Price, the production starred Audra McDonald as Billie Holiday and featured Shelton Becton as pianist Jimmy Powers. The sets are by James Noone, costumes by Esosa, lighting by Robert Wierzel and sound by Steve Canyon Kennedy.
When did Billie Holiday sing at Emerson’s Bar and Grill?
Billie Holiday is performing in a run-down bar, during one of her last performances before her death in July 1959. She sings, accompanied by Jimmy Powers on the piano, and also tells stories about her life. Songs. Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill starring Audra McDonald at Wyndham’s Theatre.
