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

Cast: Audra McDonald, Shelton Becton, David Michael Cefalu, Katie Lynn Cotaya

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.