Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Zinn, Barbara
2. Steuer, Gary P
3. Aibel, Douglas
4. Polokoff, Kenneth
5. Robertson, Lanie
6. Ernotte, Andre
7. Holgate, Danny
8. Barclay, William
9. Monat, Phil
10. Stockdale, Muriel
11. Lee, Phil
12. Huntington, Crystal
13. McKee, Lonette
14. Stevenson, Rudy
15. Jackson, David
16. Herrera, Bambi
17. Corwin, Betty L
18. Lady Day at Emerson's Company, producer
19. Vineyard Theatre (New York, N.Y.), producer
20. Parker/Hodges Productions
21. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive

Description

1. 2 videocassettes (101 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 3/4 in. (U-matic)

Summary

1. 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

1. Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill

Subject

1. Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 -- Drama
2. Singers -- United States -- Drama
3. African Americans in the performing arts -- United States -- Drama
4. African American singers -- Drama
5. Blues musicians -- United States -- Drama
6. Entertainers -- United States -- Drama
7. African American women singers -- Drama
8. Women blues musicians -- United States -- Drama
9. Women jazz singers -- United States -- Drama
10. African American theater -- New York (State) -- New York
11. Musical theater -- New York (State) -- New York
12. Theater -- New York (State) -- New York
13. Theatrical productions -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1981-1990

Genre/Form

1. Drama.

Call number

1. NCOV 562

Note

1. 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)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

1. 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)

1. Starring Lonette McKee (as Billie Holiday), with Danny Holgate, Rudy Stevenson, David Jackson, and Bambi Herrera.

Event (note)

1. 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.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Title

1. 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

1. New York, c1986.

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

1. 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

1. Starring Lonette McKee (as Billie Holiday), with Danny Holgate, Rudy Stevenson, David Jackson, and Bambi Herrera.

Event

1. 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.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Added author

1. Zinn, Barbara, producer.
2. Steuer, Gary P, producer.
3. Aibel, Douglas, producer.
4. Polokoff, Kenneth, producer.
5. Robertson, Lanie. Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill.
6. Ernotte, Andre, director.
7. Holgate, Danny, arranger of music.
8. Holgate, Danny, conductor.
9. Holgate, Danny, actor.
10. Barclay, William, set designer.
11. Monat, Phil, lighting designer.
12. Stockdale, Muriel, costume designer.
13. Lee, Phil, sound designer.
14. Huntington, Crystal, production stage manager.
15. McKee, Lonette, actor.
16. Stevenson, Rudy, actor.
17. Jackson, David, actor.
18. Herrera, Bambi, actor.
19. Corwin, Betty L.
20. Lady Day at Emerson's Company, producer.
21. Vineyard Theatre (New York, N.Y.), producer.
22. Parker/Hodges Productions.
23. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Research call number

1. NCOV 562