Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill — From Broadway to the West End
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill opened on Broadway at Circle in the Square during April 2014. The play takes place in March 1959 in South Philadelphia where Billie Holiday is performing in a run-down bar, recounting some events in her life, during one of her last performances before her passing in July 1959. Directed by Lonny Price, the production starred Audra McDonald as Billie Holiday and featured Shelton Becton as pianist Jimmy Powers. Lady Day originally premiered in 1986 at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, and played both off and on Broadway. McDonald will reprise her role as Lady Day in the West End at the Wyndham’s Theatre, from June 17, 2017 through September 9, 2017. To access more details of the opening on Broadway and debut at the West End along with The Journey of Billie Holiday and more, click on the image:
The world premiere of Moulin Rouge! The Musical, based on Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 beloved motion picture, will play at Boston’s crown jewel Emerson Colonial Theatre this summer of 2018. The pre-Broadway engagement features a book by John Logan, direction by Alex Timbers and choreography by Sonya Tayeh. The film Moulin Rouge starred Nicole Kidman in an Oscar-nominated turn as Satine and Ewan McGregor as Christian. Dates and venue for the Broadway run of Moulin Rouge! The Musical will be announced. Set in Montmartre Quarter of Paris, France at the turn of the century, Moulin Rouge! The Musical tells the fictional story of an ambitious, lovesick writer, Christian (Aaron Tveit), and a dazzling, entrancing chanteuse, Satine (Karen Olivo). Their lives collide at the Moulin Rouge with its many characters including the host of the Moulin Rouge, Harold Zidler (Danny Burstein). As in the film, Moulin Rouge! The Musical celebrates some of the greatest popular music of the last 50 years like “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend.” To access more details of the show, click on the image:
