The time is 1959. The place is a seedy bar in Philadelphia. The audience is about to witness one of Billie Holiday’s last performances, given four months before her death. In Robertson’s Tony award-winning play, Holiday engages the audience with salty, often humorous reminiscences of her troubled life as a travelling performer in a segregated south. With the help of her piano man, Jimmy Powers, she lets music tell her story, sharing soulful and heart-wrenching songs from her memorable canon including: “Strange Fruit,” “God Bless the Child,” “When a Woman Loves a Man,” and “Ain’t Nobody’s Business if I Do.”
Musical
October 28-November 27, 2021
The State Theater
1hrs 40mins
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28Oct - 27Nov 2021
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Thu Oct 28|7:30
Fri Oct 29|7:30
Sat Oct 30|2:00
Sat Oct 30|7:30
Sun Oct 31|2:00
Wed Nov 3|7:30
Sat Nov 6|2:00
Wed Nov 10|2:00
Fri Nov 12|7:30
Sun Nov 14|7:30
Tue Nov 16|7:30
Fri Nov 19|7:30
Sun Nov 21|2:00
Tue Nov 23|7:30
Sat Nov 27|7:30
Preview
Opening Night
Pay What You Choose
Closing Night
Cast & Creative
Director
Jimmy Shields
Music Director
Addison Daniels
Scenic Design
Jeannie Beirne
Costume Design
Darren Mills
Lighting Design
Mark Thomason
Asst. Lighting Design
Cassandra Davis
Sound Design
Keith Jewell
Properties Design
Gerald B. Browning
Stage Manager
Maggie Doyle
Company COVID Safety Manager
Edania Liptzin
Alexandria J. Henderson is a member of the Actors' Equity Association.
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Watch the "Lady Day" Promo Teaser!
"Lady Day" runs October 29 - November 27, 2021 at the State Theater in downtown Olympia, WA. Starring Alexandria J. Henderson* as Billie Holiday.
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