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Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill


  • Playhouse on Park 244 Park Road West Hartford, CT, 06119 United States (map)

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. In Robertson’s Tony award-winning play, Holiday engages the audience with salty, often humorous reminiscences of her troubled life as a traveling performer in a segregated south. With the help of her piano man, Jimmy Powers, she lets music tell her story, sharing soulful and heart-wrenching songs from her memorable canon including: “Strange Fruit,” “God Bless the Child,” “When a Woman Loves a Man,” and “Ain’t Nobody’s Business if I Do.”

Previews (September 28 & 29)
Wednesday at 7:30pm
Thursday at 2:00pm and 7:30pm

Regular Performances (September 30 - October 16)
Friday at 8:00pm
Saturday at 2:00pm and 8:00pm
Sunday at 2:00pm
Tuesday at 2:00pm
Wednesday at 7:30pm
Thursday at 7:30pm

Talk Back with the cast after the Sunday matinee performances.

 Recommended age: 13 and up
Content/Trigger Warnings: Racial slurs

Earlier Event: September 17
Comedy Nights Season 14
Later Event: November 2
Fences