Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill

12/3/2016 1h 30m 7.5/10

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.

Director

Lonny Price

Top Billed Cast

Audra McDonald

Audra McDonald

Lady Day

David Michael Cefalu

Audience Patron

Shelton Becton

Jimmy Powers

Katie Lynn Cotaya

Waitress

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