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''Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill'' is a play with music by Lanie Robertson, recounting some events in the life of Billie Holiday. The play originally premiered in 1986 at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, and then opened Off-Broadway. The play opened on Broadway in 2014. ==Production history== ''Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill'' premiered at the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia, on April 16, 1986, with direction by Woodie King, Jr. and Reenie Upchurch as Billie Holiday.〔Robertson, Lanie. (''Script'' ) ''Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill'', (books.google.com) Samuel French, Inc., 1989, ISBN 0573681848, p. 5〕 The play was next produced Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre on June 5, 1986〔 and then opened in a Vineyard Theatre production at the Westside Theatre on September 7, 1986.〔(" ''Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill'' at the Vineyard" ) vineyardtheatre.org, accessed April 27, 2014〕〔(" ''Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill''" ) samuelfrench.com, accessed April 27, 2014〕 The play closed on May 17, 1987 after 281 performances. Directed by Andre Ernotte, Lonette McKee starred as Billie Holiday. McKee left the play in February 1987 and S. Epatha Merkerson took over the role of Billie Holiday.〔Gerard, Jeremy. ("Lonette McKee Leaves 'Lady Day' Over Health" ) ''The New York Times'', February 21, 1987〕 The play won the 1987 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Book (Robertson).〔 ("Listing, 1986" ) Internet Off-Broadway Database, accessed April 27, 2014〕 The play opened on Broadway at Circle in the Square on April 13, 2014. Directed by Lonny Price, the play starred Audra McDonald as Billie Holiday and featured Shelton Becton as pianist Jimmy Powers. The sets are by James Noone, costumes by Esosa, lighting by Robert Wierzel and sound by Steve Canyon Kennedy.〔Isherwood, Charles. (Audra McDonald in ‘Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill’" ) ''The New York Times'', April 13, 2014〕〔Hetrick, Adam. (" 'Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill', Starring Audra McDonald, Opens on Broadway April 13" ) playbill.com, April 13, 2014〕 The play was originally scheduled for a limited 10-week engagement, but had extended to August 31, 2014.〔Staff. ("Following Record-Breaking Tony Win, Audra McDonald and 'Lady Day' Extend Broadway Run" ) playbill.com, June 11, 2014〕 This is the second extension; the first was through August 10.〔Hetrick, Adam. (" ''Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill'', Starring Audra McDonald, Extends Broadway Run" ) playbill.com, April 16, 2014〕 The play extended for the third time, from September 9 to September 21 (the play was on hiatus September 1 to September 7 for McDonald's vacation).〔Hetrick, Adam. ("Broadway's ''Lady Day'', With Audra McDonald, Extends for Third Time" ) playbill.com, July 7, 2014〕 The play finally closed on October 5, 2014, after its fourth extension.〔Hetrick, Adam. ("Audra McDonald's Lady Day Sings Her Last Song on Broadway" ) playbill.com, October 5, 2014〕 Audra McDonald won her record-breaking sixth Tony Award for the production, and she became the only person to win in all four acting categories, this time winning for Best Actress in a Play. The play also won for Best Sound Design of a Play. Among regional productions, the Hollywood Playhouse (California) produced the play in October 1987, with S. Epatha Merkerson as Billie Holiday and directed by Andre Ernotte. Ernotte said that he wanted to "deglamorize Billie: show the dark, sad side. So it's not so much a nightclub act as a theater play with music." He also noted that Merkerson brought another aspect to the role as an actress rather than as a singer.〔Arkatov, Janice. (" 'Lady Day' Without The Glamour" ) ''Los Angeles Times'', October 11, 1987〕 The play was presented at the Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut in 2005, with Ernestine Jackson as Billie Holiday.〔Rizzo, Frank. ("See 'Lady Day' at Long Wharf" ) ''The Courant'', October 27, 2005〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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