Five-time Tony winner Audra McDonald is in contention for playing the Queen of Soul, according to the New York Daily News. The Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner is on the short list to play Aretha Franklin in an upcoming biopic, but there’s a hitch. “The question, where Audra is concerned, is whether or not she can get over into soul, not Broadway,” Franklin said. The artic…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:20AM on March 27, 2013