Great jazz singer’s life comes to stage

To honor Black History Month, Lyric Stage will present “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill” from January 31 to February 23. The show will be performed at the Lyric Stage Studio located at 1170 Quaker St., Dallas, TX 75207. General admission tickets and reserved café tables, ranging from $30 to $50, are now on sale atlyricstage.org/season31. The role of Billie Holliday will be sung by Nikka Morton. The understudy is Brittani Youman. Director is Michael Childs. Those playing in the orchestra are Linny Nance (also music director), Buddy Mohmed, Steven Brown and Andre Swartz. Scott Guenther, Lyric Stage managing and co-artistic director, said, “For those Billie Holliday fans out there, I highly recommend you attend this powerful performance that will entertain and move you.” — Juliette Coulter