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News Nuggets: Tony Awards queen Audra McDonald going for 'Lady Day' Emmy win next? by Gold Derby

The all-time leader in Tony Awards acting wins is aiming for an Emmy next. Audra McDonald is filming her performance as the legendary Billie Holiday in "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill" later this month for HBO. She won the Tony last May for this role, which centers on one of Holiday's final shows four months before her death in 1959. McDonald  has now prevailed at the Tonys six times, also becoming the only…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:55am on December 18, 2014

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