Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill (2016)

  • NR
  • 03/12/2016 (US)
  • Music, Drama, TV Movie
  • 1h 30m

Overview

It's 1959 in a seedy bar in Philadelphia, and Billie Holiday is giving one of her last performances interlaced with salty, often humorous, reminiscences to project a riveting portrait of the lady and her music 4 months before her death.

Lanie Robertson

Writer

Lonny Price

Director

Cast

Audra McDonald's headshot

Audra McDonald

Lady Day
Shelton Becton's headshot

Shelton Becton

Jimmy Powers
David Michael Cefalu's headshot

David Michael Cefalu

Audience Patron
Katie Lynn Cotaya's headshot

Katie Lynn Cotaya

Waitress

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