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Mar 12, 2016 · With Audra McDonald, Shelton Becton, George Farmer, Clayton Craddock. 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.
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- Biography, Drama, Music
- Lonny Price
- 2016-03-12
Filmed before a live audience at Cafe Brasil in New Orleans, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill features six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald in her history-making, tour de force performance as the jazz icon. 5 IMDb 7.8 1 h 29 min 2016. X-Ray 18+. Drama · Music Videos and Concerts · Arts, Entertainment, and Culture.
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill is a jukebox musical featuring several of Billie Holiday 's most famous songs. The play was written by Lanie Robertson and recounts some events in the life of Holiday. It premiered in 1986 at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, and soon played Off-Broadway.
- April 16, 1986
- Billie Holiday, Jimmy Powers, Pepi
- Lanie Robertson
1 hr 30 mins. Drama, Music. NR. Watchlist. 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...
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. Cast. Audra McDonald. Lady Day. David Michael Cefalu. Audience Patron. Katie Lynn Cotaya. Waitress.
- Lonny Price
- 97
- Drama, Music & Musical
- Billie Holliday; Audience Patron; Waitress
McDonald is going to be entering a bloodbath on an Emmy season for Lead Actress in a Mini Series/Movie to the point they should give all the presumed nominees a statue of their own.
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill (2016 TV Movie) User Reviews. Review this title. 6 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 9/10. A Sloppy Drunken Masterpiece. MDCrenshaw 16 March 2016. I saw this in New York live with Audra McDonald in 2014. It was the most convincing acting that I had ever seen--especially live.
