Lady Day At Emerson's Bar & Grill
by Lanie Robertson

Name: Lady Day At Emerson's Bar & Grill
Brand: Lanie Robertson
SKU: 9780573681844
Rating: 3.91 (42 reviews)

Lady Day At Emerson's Bar & Grill Book Cover — Lady Day At Emerson's Bar & Grill Cover

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

90 mins 1950s Role(s) for Black Actor(s) Bare Stage/Simple Set Period Costumes American Black History

Awards & Recognition

Drama Desk Award Outer Critics Circle Tony Award

Winner! 2014 Tony® Award, Best Actress in a Play Winner! 2014 Drama Desk Award, Best Actress in a Play Winner! 2014 Outer Critics Circle Award, Best Actress in a Musical

Synopsis

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.

Press Reviews

"The richest jazz singing in town just now... Evokes all the sordidness of a woman entirely shaped by suffering... Robertson's play is a spare, shrewdly constructed piece."
— The New York Times

"A searing portrait of a woman whose art was triumphant."
— OnStage

"Original and riveting."
— The London Times

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Jimmy Powers A piano player, any age	—	—	A piano player, any age
Billie Holiday The great jazz singer in the last year of her life, age 44	female	—	The great jazz singer in the last year of her life, age 44