Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill

7.5(12 votes)
2016
1h 30m
Music
Drama
TV Movie

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.

Production

Two Hands Entertainment

Cast

Audra McDonald

Audra McDonald

Lady Day

Shelton Becton

Shelton Becton

Jimmy Powers

David Michael Cefalu

David Michael Cefalu

Audience Patron

Katie Lynn Cotaya

Katie Lynn Cotaya

Waitress

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