A decade makes a difference. I had never seen a local actor play the same role in the same show 10 years apart until this weekend. And it was a revelation. Desiree Montes, who was so good in a 2014 ...

Nikka Morton as Billie Holiday in Lyric Stage's 'Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill. (Photo by Kris Ikejiri) In the program director’s notes for Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill by Lyric Stage, the ...

Billie Holiday is onstage dwindling before our eyes, struggling to sustain the fire that brought her to this moment. She’s already told her audience, “You can only get to where you’re at by way of ...

Desiree Montes was “terrified” the first time she portrayed legendary singer Billie Holiday. That was back in 2014. Fast-forward a decade, and now Montes is set to play Holiday a fifth time in Theater ...

The Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities’s Black Box Theatre has turned into an immersive cabaret as it celebrates the music of Billie Holiday with Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, the second ...

"Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill" is a celebration of the life and music of Billie Holiday. It's on stage now at the Arvada Center. The production is an intimate, immersive experience. The set is ...

Featuring Holliday's timeless interpretations of “God Bless the Child,” “Strange Fruit,” and “What a Little Moonlight Can Do,” among many others, Lady Day recreates one of the iconic singer's final ...

A jazz trio grooves onstage, swapping solos like small talk as patrons settle in at cafe tables. The music thrums with anticipation for the star entrance in “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill.” The ...

But no wait is too long for acting of this calibre, which transcends ready-made definitions of impersonation to suggest a spiritual alignment whereby McDonald's vibrant presence fuses with Holiday's ...