Chicago Theater Review: LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL (Porchlight)
THE LADY OF THE GARDENIAS Thanks to Lanie Robertson’s bedrock-basic script, Rob Lindley's dedicated staging and the utter effacement of a good vocalist into a great one, courtesy of Alexis Rogers, Porchlight Music Theatre's 90-minute revival pays full, if conditional, homage to Billie Holiday’s heroism and heartbreak. Unlike her famous “God Bless the Child,” Lady [...]