Much of the lore surrounding Billie Holiday focuses on the hardships of her life; her difficult childhood, the drug use and the abusive men, based on her autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues, but Billie had a great appetite for experiencing life to it's fullest and there were things that she loved too, most notably, the music. In Lady Ain't Singing No Blues, award winning actress, Leslie McCurdy, portrays the Billie Holiday that created jazz vocals by improvising in her music as she improvised in her life, focusing on the high points that helped her get through the lows and the song styling that accompanied it all.

Lady Ain’t Singing No Blues, a new musical based on the life and songs of Billie Holiday...is an excuse to listen to a gifted jazz performer, Leslie McCurdy as Lady Day, sing for a couple of hours. ...The transition from sober Holiday, in control of her emotions and her audience, to a drunk women who cannot forget her past...allows McCurdy the chance to really dig into the deep place of sadness that...gives us some of the music that, in my opinion, really set Holiday apart from her contemporaries. McCurdy has more than enough technical prowess to deliver Holiday’s hits. She has lots of charisma and charm, too... ~ Leo Weekly, Louisville KY