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Gipson wows as ‘Lady Day’

YOUNGSTOWN — Singing like Billie Holiday may be the least of the challenges that Carla Gipson faces and triumphs over in “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill.” There are plenty of songs in Lanie Robertson’s play, which continues its run at Hopewell Theatre with three performances this weekend. But Gipson essentially delivers a well-calibrated meltdown on stage in a show that takes place in a Philadelphia saloon a few months before Holiday died in 1959 at age 44 from heart failure and cirrhosis of the liver. It starts cheery enough with Holiday singing up tempo numbers such ...

Nelly Covelli show postponed

Nelly won’t be heating up the Covelli Centre until December. Sunday’s concert at the Youngstown arena is postponed due to “unforeseen circumstances,” according to venue operator JAC Management. The new date is Dec. 11. All previously purchased tickets will be honored for the new date. For those unable to attend in December, refunds will be available through the original point of purchase until Oct. 10.

Top Hat’s ‘Come From Away’ makes art out of tragedy

STRUTHERS — Watching “Come from Away” can be emotional any time. Watching it on the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, that killed nearly 3,000 people only intensified the experience. However, Top Hat Productions didn’t need its calendar timing to deliver an impactful show. The talent on stage opening night at the Fairview Arts & Outreach Center would have resonated at any time and any day of the year. The musical by Irene Sankoff and David Hein is based on the true story of the travelers that day whose flights were diverted to a remote airport in ...

‘Picnic’ serves up 2026-27 TNT season

Trumbull New Theatre will start its 2026-27 season with a “Picnic.” William Inge’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama will open Friday at the Niles community theater for a three-weekend run. Director Josh Crank first heard of the play when Entertainment Weekly included it on a list of the ...

Gipson finally gets her chance to play ‘Lady Day’

“Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill” is a show Carla Gipson has wanted to do since the mid ‘90s. That desire becomes a reality Friday when Gipson both directs and stars in the play with music by Lanie Robertson at Hopewell Theatre for a two-weekend run. The show is set in a ...

Andy Gray: Get pumped up to see Elvis Costello

“Oh, I just don’t know where to begin …” — “Accidents will Happen,” Elvis Costello Costello, one of my all-time favorite artists, is playing Packard Music Hall on Tuesday. There are only a couple of other musicians I was a fan of at age 15 that I’ve listened to as much in the ...