The Queen of Soul better "R.e.s.p.e.c.t" Broadway’s five-time Tony-winning sweetheart Audra McDonald. According to the New York Daily News, McDonald is on the short list to play Aretha Franklin in an upcoming biopic, but there’s only one hitch. “The question, where Audra is concerned, is whether or not she can get over into soul, not Broadway,” Franklin said. The article went on t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:20AM on March 27, 2013