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<p class=MsoTitle align=left style='text-align:left'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>April 22, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Contact: Vivian C. Wilson</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Resource Development & Marketing
Director<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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text-indent:-4.0in'><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Karamu Performing Arts Theatre presents the Ohio Premiere of
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill</span></i>
by Lanie Robertson, April 24 thru May 24, 2009 in its Arena Theatre. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Late one evening in March 1959, a mere four months before
her death, Billie Holiday – also known as “Lady Day” –
gives one of her final performances for a few regulars at Emerson’s Bar
& Grill in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:City></st1:place>.<br>
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Billie Holiday performed by actress Rebecca Morris with Ed Ridley as her
pianist and intended husband with Glenn Holmes on Bass offer a most
entertaining evening that should not be missed. Billie’s
humorous reminiscences and her lyrically nuanced songs that were her
“salvation” all contribute to a joyful, riveting celebration of her
artistry and life.<br>
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Performances: Thursday through Saturday at 8:00 pm; Sunday at 3:00 pm<br>
Regular Ticket Prices: Thursday and Sunday $20.00; Friday and Saturday $25.00<br>
For information on tickets and discount packages please contact Karamu’s
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font-family:Arial'>at 216-795-7077.<b><span style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
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Come to Karamu and Feel at Home In the House, Karamu House is the oldest
African American Cultural Arts Institution in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region></st1:place>. Karamu's
theatre productions are sponsored in part by The Cleveland Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-style:italic'>Karamu House inc. is generously funded by <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Cuyahoga</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
Residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. Support is also provided by
The <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State> Lottery, The <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State>
Arts Council, The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place>
Foundation and The George Gund Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
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