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Salt Lake City, Utah - October 1: Pygmalion Productionspresents a return engagement of "Lady Day at Emerson´s Bar and Grill" October25th through November 10th at the Rose Wagner Theatre.
Lanie Robertson´s award winning script is filled with humor,heartfelt stories and the enthralling music of Billie Holiday, including Strange Fruit, God Bless The Child and When a Woman Loves a Man, among severalclassic numbers.
The play is an illumination on the life of jazz great BillieHoliday, taking place at the sunset of her career. "Lady Day at Emerson´s Bar and Grill" is setin a small bar in Philadelphia in 1959, just four months before Billie´s death.Through anecdotes and reminiscences, Ms. Holiday takes us on the journey thathas been her life; her successes, her demons and addictions, the obstaclespresented by a still-segregated society, and the joy she found in singing--hersalvation in a world both tragic and triumphant.
The set design and cabaret seating transform the audience intopatrons of Emerson´s Bar and Grill, enjoying a beer and becoming intimateobservers of one of Billie Holiday´s last performances.
Returning as Lady Day is Dee-Dee Darby-Duffin, whoseprevious credits include The ThirdCrossing, Madame X, Well, For Colored Girls Only, Saturday´s Voyeur, 1940´sRadio Hour, Big River and The Overwhelming.Laikwan Waigwa- Stone plays Jimmy Powers, Billie´s accompanist at Emerson´sBar and Grill.
Director Teresa Sanderson is a thirty-year veteran of Utahtheatre, and works with the Davis Arts Council and the Layton City in their Artsprograms.
Venue is the Rose Wagner Center for the Arts - 158 W.Broadway. Tickets are available through ArtTix 801-355-ARTS. Pygmalion TheatreCompany produces plays that reflect concerns, issues and experiences shared bywomen, with three shows each season: Fall, Winter and Spring.
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