Mercury Theater LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR AND GRILL

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Mercury Theater LADY DAY
Image courtesy of Mercury Theater Chicago

WHEN:

January 27 - March 12, 2023

Sundays - 3 pm
Fridays - 8 pm
Saturdays - 3 pm and 8 pm

WHERE:

Venus Cabaret Theater at Mercury Theater Chicago
3745 N. Southport Avenue
Chicago

TICKETS:

$60+

For more information and tickets visit the Mercury Theater Chicago website.

STARRING:

Alexis J. Roston as Billie Holiday
Jeff Harris (Bass)
Harold Morrison (Drums)

CREATIVE TEAM:

Christopher Chase Carter (Co-Director)
Alexis J. Roston (Co-Director)
Nygel D. Robinson (Music Director/Conductor/Jimmy)
Johnnie Schleyer (Scenic Designer)
Denise Karzcewski (Lighting Designer)
Samantha C. Jones (Costume Designer)
Carl Wahlstrom (Sound Designer)
Kelly Jordan (Wig Designer)
Rachel West (Lighting Supervisor)

A spokesperson describes the event as follows:

"...Turn back the clock to 1959 for an intimate cabaret performance with the greatest jazz vocalist of all time, Billie Holiday. More than a dozen musical numbers are interlaced with salty, often humorous reminiscences revealing a portrait of the lady and her music. With a distinctive sense of musical structure and a deep knowledge of jazz and blues, she developed a singing style that was deeply moving. She left behind a body of work as great as any vocalist before or since..."

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