Spinning Tree Theatre to Present LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL, 8/11-28

It's midnight in March of 1959 at a seedy bar in Philadelphia. The audience is about to witness one of Billie Holiday's final appearances, just four months before her death. In between funny and heartbreaking stories about her life and career, "Lady Day" sings her most beloved songs including "What a Little Moonlight Can Do," "Crazy He Calls Me," "God Bless the Child" and "Strange Fruit."

LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL originally premiered in 1986 at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre, and made its Broadway debut in 2014.

Nedra Dixon (Spinning Tree's Black Pearl Sings! and Broadway's Bubbling Brown Sugar) stars as Holiday. Managing Director Andrew Parkhurst directs, with music direction by Gary Green (Broadway's Master Class).

The 2016-2017 season continues with the Kansas City professional premiere of Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit's musical Nine (Vigthor Zophoniasson, Lauren Braton, Judy Simmons); an encore production of Shipwrecked! An Entertainment (Charles Fugate); and the Kansas City professional premiere of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins. Spinning Tree exclusively utilizes local, professional talent and aims to produce works that celebrate and reflect the diversity of Kansas City itself.

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, a Spinning Tree Theatre production, plays August 11-28, 2016 at The Living Room, 1818 McGee, Kansas City, MO.

Tickets and performance schedule available by calling Spinning Tree Theatre

(816) 569-5277 or at www.spinningtreetheatre.com. Limited seating; general admission. Tickets are $36, with discounts for students, seniors, military and groups.

To post a comment, you must register and login.