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Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill

Title
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill [videorecording] / Lady Day at Emerson's Company, presents a production of The Vineyard Theatre, Barbara Zinn Krieger, executive director, Gary P. Steuer, managing director, Douglas Aibel, artistic director ; associate producer, Kenneth Polokoff ; [written by] Lanie Robertson ; directed by Andre Ernotte ; [video prod. company] Parker/Hodges Productions ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.
Publication
New York, c1986.

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Additional Authors
  • Zinn, Barbara
  • Steuer, Gary P
  • Aibel, Douglas
  • Polokoff, Kenneth
  • Robertson, Lanie
  • Ernotte, Andre
  • Holgate, Danny
  • Barclay, William
  • Monat, Phil
  • Stockdale, Muriel
  • Lee, Phil
  • Huntington, Crystal
  • McKee, Lonette
  • Stevenson, Rudy
  • Jackson, David
  • Herrera, Bambi
  • Corwin, Betty L.
  • Lady Day at Emerson's Company, producer
  • Vineyard Theatre (New York, N.Y.), producer
  • Parker/Hodges Productions
  • New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
Description
2 videocassettes (101 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 3/4 in. (U-matic)
Summary
A play based on the life of singer Billie Holiday, dramatizing a performance in a Philadelphia nightclub in 1959, during the last days of her life.
Alternative Title
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
Subject
  • Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 > Drama
  • Singers > United States > Drama
  • African Americans in the performing arts > United States > Drama
  • African American singers > Drama
  • Blues musicians > United States > Drama
  • Entertainers > United States > Drama
  • African American women singers > Drama
  • Women blues musicians > United States > Drama
  • Women jazz singers > United States > Drama
  • African American theater > New York (State) > New York
  • Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
  • Theater > New York (State) > New York
  • Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1981-1990
Genre/Form
Drama.
Note
  • A videorecording of a later production of this show, taped at the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami, Florida, on June 7, 1989, is available on NCOV 1025. A videorecording of the Broadway production of this show with Audra McDonald, taped at Circle in the Square on Oct. 2, 2014, is available on NCOV 3890.
Access (note)
  • Restricted to qualified researchers.
Credits (note)
  • Musical direction and arrangements by Danny Holgate ; set design by William Barclay ; lighting design by Phil Monat ; costume design by Muriel Stockdale ; sound design by Phil Lee ; production stage manager, Crystal Huntington.
Performer (note)
  • Starring Lonette McKee (as Billie Holiday), with Danny Holgate, Rudy Stevenson, David Jackson, and Bambi Herrera.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Westside Arts Theatre, New York, N.Y., Dec. 10, 1986.
Call Number
NCOV 562
OCLC
237799205
Title
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill [videorecording] / Lady Day at Emerson's Company, presents a production of The Vineyard Theatre, Barbara Zinn Krieger, executive director, Gary P. Steuer, managing director, Douglas Aibel, artistic director ; associate producer, Kenneth Polokoff ; [written by] Lanie Robertson ; directed by Andre Ernotte ; [video prod. company] Parker/Hodges Productions ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.
Imprint
New York, c1986.
Access
Restricted to qualified researchers.
Credits
Musical direction and arrangements by Danny Holgate ; set design by William Barclay ; lighting design by Phil Monat ; costume design by Muriel Stockdale ; sound design by Phil Lee ; production stage manager, Crystal Huntington.
Cast
Starring Lonette McKee (as Billie Holiday), with Danny Holgate, Rudy Stevenson, David Jackson, and Bambi Herrera.
Event
Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Westside Arts Theatre, New York, N.Y., Dec. 10, 1986.
Added Author
Zinn, Barbara, producer.
Steuer, Gary P, producer.
Aibel, Douglas, producer.
Polokoff, Kenneth, producer.
Robertson, Lanie. Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill.
Ernotte, Andre, director.
Holgate, Danny, arranger of music.
Holgate, Danny, conductor.
Holgate, Danny, actor.
Barclay, William, set designer.
Monat, Phil, lighting designer.
Stockdale, Muriel, costume designer.
Lee, Phil, sound designer.
Huntington, Crystal, production stage manager.
McKee, Lonette, actor.
Stevenson, Rudy, actor.
Jackson, David, actor.
Herrera, Bambi, actor.
Corwin, Betty L.
Lady Day at Emerson's Company, producer.
Vineyard Theatre (New York, N.Y.), producer.
Parker/Hodges Productions.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
Research Call Number
NCOV 562
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