Audra McDonald

The long-delayed Tony Awards have landed two impressive master of ceremonies: Tony- and Grammy-winning singer and actor Leslie Odom Jr. will host a splashy TV special, and the awards will be hosted by Tony-, Grammy- and Emmy Award-winning actor and singer Audra McDonald.

NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway stars Audra McDonald and Will Swenson have announced the birth of their baby girl, saying, “Our hearts are bursting.” McDonald, 46, and Swenson, 43, were married in October 2012; this is their first child together. The baby, born Wednesday night, is named Sally James McDonald-Swenson. McDonald, a six-time Tony-winner, posted […]

Audra McDonald, 45, will shuffle away from her role in Broadway’s “Shuffle Along” during the summer and fall months, because she is having a baby. The six-time Tony winner on Tuesday announced she is expecting and will take maternity leave from the musical beginning on July 24. She’ll return to the Tony Award-nominated production this […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Six-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald is returning to Broadway next year in a show that reaches back over 90 years. Producer Scott Rudin said Thursday that McDonald will star next March in a show that looks at the making of the 1921 hit “Shuffle Along,” one of the first Broadway musicals […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The murderous romp “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” has gotten a lot of love at the Tony Awards — it nabbed the best new musical trophy on a night that saw Audra McDonald, Bryan Cranston and Neil Patrick Harris all took home big awards. The musical “A Gentlemen’s Guide,” […]

Audra McDonald just became the first black actress to win five Tony Awards. You may also know McDonald as Dr. Naomi Bennett in the drama “Private Practice” by Shonda Rhimes. The Best Performance Tony award-winning production for McDonald this year was Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess.” Born in Berlin, Germany, McDonald was raised in Fresno, CA. […]

If you had tickets to specifically see Audra McDonald in Broadway’s “The Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess,” you’re out of luck – at least for the next two weeks. The actress, who won a Tony Award this month for her role as Bess, is temporarily stepping down from the show while she recovers from inflamed vocal […]

Audra McDonald just became the first black actress to win five Tony Awards. You may also know McDonald as Dr. Naomi Bennett in the drama “Private Practice” by Shonda Rhimes. The Best Performance Tony award-winning production for McDonald this year was Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess.” Born in Berlin, Germany, McDonald was raised in Fresno, CA. […]

The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, is letting it be known that she has picked what she calls a “strong contender” to play her in an upcoming biopic. The multiple Grammy Award winner is eyeing actress Audra McDonald, who was spotted by Franklin when she attended “Porgy and Bess” on Broadway. It was Franklin’s first […]