RECORD SIX-TIME TONY AWARD-WINNER
AUDRA McDONALD
MAKES HER WEST END DEBUT IN
LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR & GRILL
WYNDHAM’S THEATRE, LONDON
From 25 June to 3 September
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Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award-winner Audra McDonald will make her long awaited West End debut this summer portraying legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday in the musical play Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill. This critically acclaimed production will play a limited engagement at the West End’s Wyndham’s Theatre from 25 June to 3 September, having broken box office records at the Circle in the Square in New York in a run that netted McDonald her record-setting sixth Tony Award.
Written by Lanie Robertson and Directed by Lonny Price, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grillrecounts Holiday’s life story through the songs that made her famous, including “God Bless the Child,” “What a Little Moonlight Can Do,” “Strange Fruit” and “Taint Nobody’s Biz-ness.”
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill won two Tony Awards in 2014 including ‘Best Lead Actress in a Play’ for Audra McDonald, making her Broadway’s most decorated performer, winner of 6 Tony Awards and the first and only person to receive awards in all four acting categories.
Billie ‘Lady Day’ Holiday had what is widely considered one of the greatest jazz voices of all-time. Born Eleanora Fagan in April 1915, she rose to popularity in the 1930’s and 1940’s with her pioneering vocal style strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists. After a turbulent personal life and struggle with addiction, she died at the untimely age of 44. In 2000, Holiday was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1959, in a small, intimate bar in Philadelphia, Holiday puts on a show that unbeknownst to the audience, will leave them witnesses to one of the last performances of her lifetime. Through her poignant voice and moving songs, one of the greatest jazz singers of all-time shares her loves and her losses.
“Audra McDonald is a vocal genius!
One of the greatest performances I ever hope to see.”
New York Magazine
“Mesmerizing! Pouring her heart into her voice, Audra McDonald breathes life into Billie Holiday’s greatest songs.”
The New York Times
“One of the most exquisite & haunting performances of the year!”
Entertainment Weekly
Prior to making her West End debut in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill this summer, Audra McDonald will be in London performing two sold-out concerts at Leicester Square Theatre on Sunday 17 January before starring in Shuffle Along at the Music Box Theatre in New York with preview performances from Tuesday 15 March.
LISTINGS:
Wyndham’s Theatre, Charing Cross Road, London
Performances
Monday to Saturday evening performances at 7.45pm
Wednesday and Saturday matinee performances at 2.45pm
(No matinee performances on Wednesday 29 June or Wednesday 6 July)
First performance: 25 June 2016
Final performance: 3 September 2016
Press Performance: 5 July 2016
Box Office
Website: LadyDayWestEnd.com
Telephone: 0844 482 5120
£19.50, £39.50, £62.50 (including fees)
Premium and exclusive Club seating available
Social Media
Twitter: @LadyDayWestEnd
Instagram: @LadyDayWestEnd
Facebook: Facebook.com/LadyDayWestEnd