What People Say …

What People Say …

What critics and audiences say about our theatre.

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Billie Holiday is ALIVE and Well! 

Noted Award Winning Director, Miss Tommye Myrick, has managed to very elegantly morph unsuspecting New Orleans audiences back in time with her presentation of the stage  play/musical “LADY DAY at Emerson’s Bar &  Grill”.  The island-vibes at Gentilly’s The Juju...
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A stellar ‘Lady Day’ staged at  Pontchartrain Landing 

ENTERTAINMENT   by: LBJ WGNO NEWS   Posted: Apr 26, 2019 / 04:38 PM CDT / Updated: Apr 26, 2017 / 05:28 PM CDT   NEW ORLEANS — For the next month, the Pontchartrain Landing Supper Club hosts the award...
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Sharon Martin is ‘Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill’  

By Geraldine Wyckoff   Contributing Writer – Of Beat Magazine   Vocalist and actress Sharon Martin reprises her role as the legendary Billie Holiday in “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill” to be staged every Friday and Saturday night...
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Jazz singer Sharon Martin channels Billie Holiday in ‘Lady Day’

Alison Fensterstock, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune Settle into your seat at the Juju Bag Café and, as jazz singer Sharon Martin turns from words to song, close your eyes and listen. Martin’s re-creation of singer Billie Holiday’s voice — which...
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Martin effectively channels jazz great in ‘Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill’  

By ALAN SMASON, Theatre Critic, WYES-TV (“Steppin’ Out“)   Channeling the great jazz singer Billie Holiday has proven to be Sharon Martin’s forte. When she last performed the title role in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill five years...