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.
Directed by Lonny Price
jazz
blues
jazz singer or musician
blues music
jukebox musical
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.6 / 5
Cast
Audra McDonald
Lady Day
Crew
Lonny Price
Director
Rick Siegel
Director of Photography
Popular Reviews
2 reviews
Ben Svanda
7.7★ · 10/17/24
Watched the staged version of this and it was outstanding. Amazing music. Found her voice kinda annoying though
Watched the staged version of this and it was outstanding. Amazing music. Found her voice kinda annoying though
Kev
Audra McDonald embodies Billie Holiday so faithfully you forget you’re not seeing Lady Day herself. So grateful they recorded this, I can only imagine the mesmerizing experience it must have been for those who witnessed Audra’s performance onstage.
Audra McDonald embodies Billie Holiday so faithfully you forget you’re not seeing Lady Day herself. So grateful they recorded this, I can only imagine the mesmerizing experience it must have been for those who witnessed Audra’s performance onstage.
Wil Carr
6.8★ · 04/20/19
Why couldn’t this be a theatrical release so Audra McDonald would EGOT?
Why couldn’t this be a theatrical release so Audra McDonald would EGOT?
