Lanie Robertson

Oct 29, 2023 | australianstage.com.au | Lanie Robertson |Heather L. Bloom

It’s an immediately immersive experience. The Fairfax Theatre in Melbourne’s Arts Centre is transformed into the epitome of a downtown jazz club as a trio of musicians play with gusto. Before Zahra Newman even steps on stage as the legend of jazz, Billie Holiday you are 100% in the story. Based on one of Holiday’s final performances in 1959, we’re in Philadelphia and Holiday is towards the end of her career.

Oct 5, 2023 | broadwayworld.com | Stephi Wild |Lanie Robertson

Click Here continues its 50th Anniversary Season with “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill” by Lanie Roberston, a jukebox musical that takes an unflinching look at the life and times of legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday. The production runs Oct. 18 to Nov. 5 in the Archbold Theatre at Syracuse Stage, 820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse.

Sep 17, 2023 | australianstage.com.au | Lanie Robertson |Richard Cotter

The quality without which no artist can conquer the summit of their art. The ability to transmit a profoundly felt emotion to an audience with the minimum of fuss and the maximum of finesse. It is the quality that differentiates the great from the merely good. Billie Holiday had that quintessential quality. Playing her in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, Zahra Newman shows quite a quota of that quality.

Aug 21, 2023 | mtc.com.au | Caryl Churchill |Patricia Cornelius |Lanie Robertson

ABOUT THE SHOW From the co-creator behind some of Australia’s most beloved films (The Castle, The Dish) and our smash-hit production The Speechmaker, Bloom is a big-hearted new musical comedy that celebrates the power of music to connect us across generations, starring comedian Anne Edmonds alongside Frankie J. Holden, Evelyn Krape, Vidya Makan, Maria Mercedes, Eddie Muliaumaseali’i, John O’May, Christina O’Neill, Jackie Rees and Slone Sudiro.

Jul 26, 2023 | broadwayworld.com | Stephi Wild |Lanie Robertson

Cygnet Theatre has announced its full line up for the 2023/2024 Season. The organization's 20th Anniversary Season will also be its last full season in Old Town before the milestone move to the ARTS DISTRICT Liberty Station, whose projected opening is in 2025. The 20th season features all musicals as a way to capture the theatre's past, present and future in a celebratory way. The season begins with a tried and true holiday classic that continues to be a San Diego favorite.