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Acting strong in 'Lady Day
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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 disintegrating Billie
Holiday in concert, shortly before her premature death in 1959, is as
fine a piece of acting as you can see on a Milwaukee stage at the
moment. Lan...
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`Lady Day' is pure Billie Holiday
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; "I gotta sing what I feel," the legendary jazz vocalist Billie Holiday was fond of saying. Those feelings come spilling out in the production of Lanie Robertson's "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill" that Andre Lee Ellis & Company opened on the Mount Mary College campus Friday night. "Lady Day" is
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10-CD boxed set lends an ear to layered style of Lady Day
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; 10-CD boxed set lends an ear to layered style of Lady Day By ROBERT FOLSOM Knight Ridder Newspapers Sunday, October 14, 2001 Her voice remains one of the most distinctive instruments of the 20th century. She gave another distinguished musician, tenor saxophonist Lester Young, the nickname Pres; he
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Box set is a layered look at `Lady Day'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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; Her voice remains one of the most distinctive instruments of the 20th century. She gave another distinguished musician, tenor saxophonist Lester Young, the nickname Pres; he gave her the nickname Lady Day. But to many, the singer otherwise known as Billie Holiday is known more for her life of woe
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