MONDAY NIGHT MOVIES: LADY SINGS THE BLUES at Martha's Vineyard Playhouse
Martha's Vineyard Playhouse
Vineyard Haven, MA 02568
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Dir. Sidney J. Furie | Drama/Biography | USA | 1972 | 2 hr. 24 min. | Rated R
Pop star Diana Ross portrays legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday in this biographical drama. Beginning with Holiday's traumatic youth, the film depicts her early attempts at a singing career and her eventual rise to stardom, as well as her difficult relationship with Louis McKay (Billy Dee Williams), her boyfriend and manager. Casting a shadow over even Holiday's brightest moments is the vocalist's severe drug addiction, which threatens to end both her career and her life.
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