Past Shows and Events

 

The trio completed a very successful run of Lanie Robertson's critically acclaimed Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill.

This one-woman musical drama featured TV, stage, and film star Joan Pringle as Billy Holiday

Joan's Biography Page

and was directed by Jeffrey Nickelson, founder and Executive Director of the Shadow Theatre in Denver Colorado.

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill

Billy Holiday Website

Billie Holiday gave one of her last performances at Emerson's. The play features a collection of her best known music interlaced with salty often humorous, reminiscences that projects a riveting portrait of the lady and her music.

The play was presented by American Express and

 

 

 

Joan as Billie Holiday

 

Joan and kwane Vedrene as Emerson

John, Sherman, and Ray

Six months after her performance at Emerson's, Billie (Lady Day) Holiday passes away.

 

 

 

 

 

Jeffrey, Joan, and John

Special thanks to Joan, Vernon, Jeffrey, and the Black Theatre Troupe.

Photographs of the play courtesy of Durant Communications ©