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Curation Date
2015
Image Source
Deb Shoss Papers
Accession Number in UK Libraries Special Collections
Performace poster
Additional Notes
“Lady Day at the Emerson Bar and Grill,” 1999 : The performance was an Actors' Guild of Lexington production with Cissy Williams as Billie Holiday, and Buzz Cornelison as pianist Jimmy Powers. The play is set in 1959, four months before Billie Holiday’s death. Billie Holiday (1915-1959), a jazz singer and songwriter, was openly bisexual, a fact that is often overlooked in writings about her life and music.
Keywords
Lady Day, Lexington, Kentucky, Billie Holiday, Bisexuality
Description
Actor's Guild of Lexington - 1999 performance poster from Deb Shoss Papers.