Yesterdays: An Evening with Billie Holiday
Set in May 1959 in a small New York nightclub, Yesterdays is a fictional dramatization with music depicting Billie Holiday's last performance as envisioned by playwright Reenie Upchurch who had seen the jazz singer perform near the end of her tumultuous career. Played by jazz vocalist Vanessa Rubin, the on-stage Billie Holiday intersperses songs with stories of her troubled life along with historical moments from the 1930's and 1940's jazz scene, including Bessie Smith and Artie Shaw. Rubin brings haunting and memorable songs to the stage including Fine and Mellow, Strange Fruit, My Man, Yesterdays, and God Bless the Child.
Woodie King, Jr. returns to Crossroads to direct Yesterdays: An Evening with Billie Holiday along with pianist and Musical Director Levi Barcourt.
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