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Watch Lady Day Tony Nominee Audra McDonald Reveal Her Addiction & Perform as Billie Holiday by Ryan McPhee

Five-time Tony winner Audra McDonald stopped by The Colbert Report to chat about her Tony-nominated performance as Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill. The two discussed what draws audiences to the triumphs and struggles of the legendary jazz singer, how McDonald sounds “a little bit like a cat” (Grizabella?!)  when putting on the voice, and that while she doesn’t share …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:17AM on May 1, 2014

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