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Billie! Backstage with Lady Day by Synthia L. Hardy
January 13, 2023 • 8:00 pm - January 22, 2023 • 2:00 pm
$25 – $45
The Sierra Madre Playhouse’s Solo Shows Festival 2023 presents Billie! Backstage with Lady Day written and starring Synthia L. Hardy, directed by Bryan Rasmussen.
Synthia L. Hardy’s one-woman show is an exciting story about one of America’s greatest jazz/blues legends, Billie Holiday, that takes you back to an era where the joints were jumping and Hollywood was hopping.
“BILLIE! BACKSTAGE WITH LADY DAY”, is an exciting evening about one of America’s greatest jazz/blues legends. This story of Billie Holiday takes you back to an era where the joints were jumping and Hollywood was hopping. It was a time where glitz and glamour ruled and where ladies were dainty and gentlemen were smooth; where gowns flowed and hats topped short cropped hair. The show takes place backstage where Billie Holiday is talking to reporters as she gets ready to do a concert.
This musically haunting, sad, happy, unpredictable journey of jazz/blues singer, Billie Holiday takes you on a winding road of love, joy, blues, racism and astounding hit songs that tell the story of a life hard fought. The road takes you to places and people in Billie Holiday’s life that provided both pain and pleasure, excitement and disappointments. It explores her relationship with her mother who was the “glue” in her life. The highs and lows, the strengths and fragility of Billie’s turbulent life has been able to bring a new level of emotion and respect to music and inspiration to musicians and vocalists all over the world.
This show is 90 minutes long, with one 15-minute intermission. Click here for the digital show program.
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CONSUMER ADVISORY: Strong language.
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