Billie Holiday News

 José Navas returns to Danse Danse to present his latest solo, AVES, from October 22 to 26 at Place des Arts’ Cinquième Salle.

54 Below will present Redhot & Blue of Yale on November 3rd, 2024 at 9:30pm. As Yale University’s oldest all-gender a cappella group and premier vocal jazz ensemble, Redhot has wowed audiences all over the world with their tight harmonies and familial camaraderie.

Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop announced the 2024/25 season with a new play reading of SCORPIO'S TAIL by Alan Kilpatrick, directed by Garland Thompson Jr., in partnership with the Billie Holiday Theatre.

Andra Day has shared her Amazon Music Live City Sessions concert, which is now available only on Amazon Music. 

Berkshire Theatre Group will present an exciting lineup this October, including a benefit concert honoring a local hero, four concerts featuring local and regional artists and a free children’s concert. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Equally engaging is the biographical tale of celebrated, award-winning composer, Henry Mancini, The Extraordinary Life of Henry Mancini, a beautifully illustrated tribute from award-winning animation studio, Fantoons.

Are you trying to plan your entertainment for the week or looking for a fun show to see this weekend? We've got you covered with top picks for jazz, cabaret, comedy, and more! NYC has so many incredible events, but here are a few top picks to consider this week including trans latine performers, a Rodgers & Hammerstein tribute and the JLCO kickoff.

The celebrated and now-iconic jazz vocalist and legend Billie Holiday is portrayed as a tormented “just holding on” survivor in playwright Lanie Robertson’s play Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill. The audience is transported back to the feel of this classic bar and grill to the year 1959 where a tired-out “Lady Day” (Billie Holiday) looks back at her life and sings fifteen of her classic songs with three superb jazz accompanists backing her up. The nightclub ambience of Emerson’s Bar and Grill envelops the theater’s patrons as soon as they enter Mosaic Theater Company’s top-notch cabaret setting (scenic designer Nadir Bey’s atmospheric work includes a neon-lit sign, and a stage filled with warmth).

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center has announced the complete line-up for the Moody Jazz Festival, running from November 7-24. The festival will feature a variety of performances from renowned jazz artists.

Ron Himes’ amazing Black Rep company is opening its 48th season with a piece of pure delight.  It’s called Blues in the Night, and it’s a glorious musical revue of the history of that genre.  And such a vastly diverse history that is, with vaudeville songs, deeply moving songs of love and loss, lush and lonely excursions into real jazz, and comic novelty songs that get seriously, hilariously bawdy. 

She was a woman of resilience and a very strong personality who fought for everything that she had! She is this woman who just came through a lot but loved her music and loved her family. She was resilient beyond belief and could live to see the flowers given to her. She's a whole lot of woman!

Kansas City Repertory Theatre has announced the cast for LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL, running from October 8-27, 2024 at Copaken Stage, exploring the life and music of Billie Holiday.

Bees Deluxe, the British-American acid blues band, will perform at Mr. Beery's in Bethpage, NY. Learn how to purchase tickets.

THE APPLE BOYS, a new fast-paced musical comedy set in Gilded Age Coney Island, with book by Jono Lyons and music and lyrics by 2017 Jonathan Larson Grant recipient Ben Bonnema, will have industry presentations on Monday, September 23 and Tuesday, September 24 in Manhattan at Ripley Grier 38th St. Studios.

Bees Deluxe, the British-American acid blues band, returns to Stitch Bar & Blues in Manhattan on September 19th. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Singer Elizabeth Bougerol will be gracing the stage at Joe’s Pub on September 18 and 19 with an all-new solo project, APPETITES. In it, she “examines the hunger that drove her to ditch her midtown cubicle and chase the dream of re-imagining classics by the likes of Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, and Peggy Lee in a 21st-century context.'

The world-renowned Andra Day continues to showcase her boundless artistry with the release of her soulful cover of the classic hymn “I Know Who Holds Tomorrow.” This release coincides with her performance in the highly anticipated Netflix film, The Deliverance, directed by Lee Daniels.

The Billie Holiday Theatre has announced details for its 2024-25 season. Learn more about the season lineup here!

FRIGID New York has announced programming for their 2024-25 season, which will include the return of their annual Days of the Dead and Gotham Storytelling Festivals along with new resident artists at FRIGID New York’s artistic home, UNDER St. Marks.

Discover the San Francisco Symphony's September lineup. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.