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Tish Adams has a right to sing the blues, brings Billie Holiday to Jazztastic Adams, who performs on March 16, will be singing from the ... Adams will be on stage at 7 p.m. March 16 and Rose ...
Born Eleanora Fagan in Philadelphia in 1915, Billie Holiday began singing in Harlem nightclubs as a teenager, adopting a stage name that honored actress Billie Dove and her father Clarence Halliday.
For Perry, living in the world of Billie Holiday has brought a new appreciation of the artist’s music, which, just like a stage play, seems to change with every performance. “Billie never ...
Revolution Stage Company is thrilled to announce the ... this captivating musical journey into the life of the iconic Billie Holiday will run from April 12th through April 21st, for five shows ...
It’s also the year of Holiday’s death at age 44, after years of alcohol and drug addiction. “Singing is living ... It’s a marathon — Billie leaves the stage only once during the show ...
“In their houses she began … singing the pop tunes of the day ... On Oct. 5, 1958, Billie Holiday took the stage at the inaugural Monterey Jazz Festival. Then America’s preeminent ...
Brooklyn’s theater scene gets a colorful, courageous jolt with the second annual House of Rooted Theater Festival at the ...
Billie Holiday,” the Lee Daniels-directed biopic about the same Lady Day who inspired her stage name ... Images via Getty Images “I stopped singing that years ago, and I’ve been asked ...