About This Production

“I can’t give you anything but love”

In this powerful musical production, Billie Holiday sings her most famous songs and reminisces about the great triumphs and losses of her life. The time is 1959. The place is a seedy bar in Philadelphia. The audience is about to witness one of Billie’s last performances. With the help of her piano man, Jimmy Powers, she lets music tell her story, sharing soulful, heart-wrenching, and bawdy songs from her memorable canon including: “Strange Fruit,” “God Bless the Child,” “When a Woman Loves a Man,” and “T’Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do.”

LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR AND GRILL is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com

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Critic and Audience Reviews

"Tymisha Harris gives a knockout performance"

-Matt Palm, Orlando Sentinel

Creative Team

Director Joshian Morales
Musical Director Garrick Vaughan
Scenic and Lighting Designer Stephen Jones**
Costume Designer Alison Reid
Sound Designer Britt Sandusky
Dialect Coach Vivian Majkowski
AEA Stage Manager George Hamrah*
Production Assistant Becka Kastner
Wig Designer Destinee Steele

Season art by Thomas Thorspecken

 

*Member of Actors' Equity Association (AEA))
**Member of United Scenic Artists (USA)

Meet the Cast

Headshot of Tymisha Harris.

Tymisha Harris*

Billie Holiday
Garrick Vaughan

Garrick Vaughan*

Jimmy Powers (Piano)
Larry McCrae

Larry McRae

Bass
Reggie Pryor

Reggie Pryor

Drums
Chip

Chip

Pepi