Play On! (1997)

Music by Duke Ellington
Directed by Sheldon Epps

Vy comes to swinging 1940s Harlem to write songs for the Duke, Harlem's greatest band leader. To overcome the sexist barriers of the time against women songwriters, she disguises herself as a man, Vy-man. She finds the Duke in tears over his loss of Lady Liv, Harlem's "queen of the blues". Once Lady Liv finds Vy-man to be quite charming, a series of mistaken pairings ensue.