Q&A: Actress Audra McDonald Poised to Make Tony Award History
Audra McDonald started performing at her local dinner theater in Fresno, Calif., at the age of 9. By the time she was 16, she had memorized hundreds of songs and was performing daily in cabarets and musical theater. After graduating from the Juilliard School, where she studied classical voice, McDonald quickly became a blockbuster star on Broadway.McDonald won Tony Awards for her first three featured roles in "Carous…