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Eartha Kitt to Play Billie Holiday Here
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The Catwoman was in town Tuesday. And she had news.
Eartha Kitt, the renowned cabaret chanteuse and actress, whom
Orson Welles once described as "the most exciting woman in the
world," announced that she will star in "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar
and Grill."
The one-woman show, written by Lanie Robertson, is about the
last days of the legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday. It's laced
with more than a dozen of Holiday's standards, including "God Bless
the Child," "Strange Fruit" ...
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Eartha Kitt Seeks Soul of Billie Holiday in `Lady Day'
Chicago Sun-Times
; `Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill' Saturday through May 19 Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport Tickets, $29-50-$32.50 (312) 902-1500 Eartha Kitt will be spending the next month in Chicago, starring as Billie Holiday in the one-woman play with music "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill." So in a
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In `Lady Day,' Eartha Kitt Evokes Spiritual Kinship With Jazz Great
Chicago Sun-Times
; `Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill' Through May 19 Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport Tickets, $29.50-$32.50 (312) 902-1500 Highly recommended Eartha Kitt's masterful immersion in the soul of Billie Holiday is a fascinating act of star power. It's always a strange and precarious business when one
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'Lady Day' explores myth, mystery of jazz legend Billie Holiday
Call & Post
; Jazz legend Billie Holiday was known to her legions of fans around the world as "Lady Day." But a new play indicates that "Lady Day" was no prim and proper "lady," but rather a complex artist who had a sweet voice, a foul mouth and a tough exterior that hid not-so-private pain. "Lady Day," a
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A gin-soaked night with 'Lady Day'.(ARTS & CULTURE)(THEATER)
The Washington Times
; Byline: Jayne Blanchard, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Although a devotee of Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong, Billie Holi- day never considered herself a blues singer. She was a jazz singer, pure and simple, someone whose behind-the-beats phrasing danced over notes the way an eyelash strokes a cheek. There
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Acting strong in 'Lady Day
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Acting strong in 'Lady Day,' a biography within a concert By DAMIEN JAQUES Journal Sentinel theater critic Tuesday, February 19, 2002 There are any number of reasons to see the Andre Lee Ellis & Company production of "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill." Ameerah Tatum's harrowing portrait of a
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