2016 1h 30m · Music, Drama, TV Movie · ★ 7.6

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill

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

Writer Lanie Robertson

Top Billed Cast

Audra McDonald

Lady Day

Shelton Becton

Jimmy Powers

David Michael Cefalu

Audience Patron

Katie Lynn Cotaya

Waitress

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Status Released

Original Language en

Budget $0

Revenue $0

Keywords

jazz blues jazz singer or musician blues music jukebox musical

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill

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