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Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill (MTC) – musical theatre review

Alex First1 year ago1 year ago06 mins

The turbulent life of jazz singer Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan) is on show in an intimate club setting in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill. Holiday (7th April, 1915 – 17th July,1959) was nicknamed Lady Day by her friend, saxophonist Lester Young. Among her musical influences were Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith. Being an African…

The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? (STC) – theatre review

Alex First2 years ago05 mins

Intelligent couple Stevie (Claudia Karvan) and Martin Gray (Nathan Page) have been happily married for 22 years. They have a 17-year-old gay son, Billy (Yazeed Daher) and all live a good life. Martin, who has just turned 50, has had, arguably, the finest week of his professional life. He has just been awarded the premiere prize for architecture,…

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Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill (MTC) – musical theatre review

The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? (STC) – theatre review