The Arvada Center is showing "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill," a bio-musical about jazz singer Billie Holiday.
Before Nina Simone, Nancy Wilson, or Rachelle Ferrell, there was Billie Holiday, a fierce jazz vocalist who captivated audiences with every note. Known for her unique raspy voice, she made history as ...
On July 17, 1959, the famed singer behind a controversial jazz standard once condemned as a “declaration of war” died—an ironically tragic end to an internal war the singer endured in the final years ...
Billie Holiday records her penultimate album, 'Lady in Satin,' in New York in 1957. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Today, Holiday is revered as one of the most influential musical artists of all ...
When Karole Foreman steps onstage at Cygnet Theatre for her star turn in “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill” it will mark the fifth time that she’s portrayed the legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday ...
Billie Holiday will undoubtedly — and deservedly — be a household name for generations to come. The revered jazz singer was just 44 years old when she passed in July 1959. “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar ...
Singer Billie Holiday records her penultimate album, Lady in Satin, at the Columbia Records studio in December 1957 in New York City. [Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images] Abel Meeropol, a New ...
“Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill” is one of Merrimack Repertory Theatre’s most popular shows. The audience favorite, last performed here in 1998 and running Feb. 5- 23, is a Tony Award-winning, ...