The Crossroads Theatre is in New Brunswick, New Jersey, currently located in the city's Civic Square government and theatre district... Founded in 1978, it is the winner of the 1999 Regional Theatre Tony Award... It is an African-American Theater focused on celebrating the culture, artistry and voices of the African Diaspora...

Rick Khan, Dan Irvin and Lee K. Richardson met at Rutgers University studying for their Masters of Fine Art Degree...

After graduating in 1977 they founded the company in 1978 with help from George Street Playhouse and grant money from the CETA program the theater began performing in New Brunswick and became New Jersey's
first professional Black repertory theatre... By 1985, it was thriving and had 1,300 subscribers...

Since its founding, Crossroads has produced over 100 works, many of which were premiere productions by African and African-American artists... Crossroads' world premieres include The Colored Museum, which originated at Crossroads in 1986 and was then seen by millions on national public television when it was produced for WNET's "Great Performances," and Spunk, both by Tony Award winner George C. Wolfe...

Crossroads started out on the second floor of an old, withering but stubbornly determined building on the outskirts of town, a three-story loft structure in New Brunswick (a.k.a. "The Little Crabapple", and home of the great underground rock band known as, "Spike On Drums"!!) that was, long-before us, an early-century sewing factory, aka “sweat shop”... Sometimes too hot, sometimes too cold, and always too many steps up, it was their first home, it was where they began... Which is why, on November 13th, Crossroads acknowledged that milestone and remembered the journey of the many plays born and the many gifted and talented artists and arts workers who fought, walked, danced and leapt into the light from those wooden boards of three theatre stages along the way- 320 Memorial Parkway, then 7 Livingston Avenue, and now, 11 Livingston Avenue as a proud resident company of the stunning New Brunswick Performing Arts Center!

Remembering history is for Crossroads about recognizing the power of a dream and the celebration of achievement, sometimes against all odds... But never can it be celebrated without proper honor being given for those who came before, those on whose shoulders we stand... This we do as one of our most important acts of ritual and gratitude... And with our heads unbowed and our eyes still on the prize, yes, we keep moving forward as time’s steady march compels us... But it is a march we embrace knowing that we are not marching alone, for they are with us still...

The CROSSROADS THEATRE COMPANY Originally Presented LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL (by Lanie Robertson & Featuring Ernie Scott) from February 3 - March 6, 1988... Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill is a musical with music by Lanie Robertson, recounting some events in the life of Billie Holiday... The play premiered in 1986 at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, and soon played Off-Broadway... The play opened on Broadway in 2014 and takes place in South Philadelphia in March 1959... Billie Holiday is performing in a run-down bar, during one of her last performances before her death in July 1959... She sings, accompanied by Jimmy Powers on the piano, and also tells stories about her life as she becomes increasingly intoxicated and incoherent...

Right now, the nanchanger Channel is blessed to have been in attendance for the Performance on Thursday, March 3, 1988, so please join us as we share, and take you back in time for your listening pleasure and enjoyment!

SPECIAL SHOUT OUTS TO Mom & Dad!

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