Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill

Storyline

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.

Top Cast

Audra McDonald

Audra McDonald

Lady Day

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Shelton Becton

Jimmy Powers

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David Michael Cefalu

Audience Patron

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Katie Lynn Cotaya

Waitress

Director

Lonny Price

Writers

Lanie Robertson

Status

Released

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