As announced this morning, Audra McDonald has been nominated for an Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for portraying Billie Holiday in HBO’s Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill.

Lady Dat at Emerson’s Bar & Grill was filmed before a live audience at Cafe Brasil in New Orleans, recreating the atmosphere of the Broadway production that earned Audra her record-breaking sixth Tony Award in 2014.

Watch Lady Day on HBO and tune in to the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards, airing September 18, 2016, on ABC.

Audra McDonald met with Zachary Quinto and Philip Galanes in the Stanford White Studio at the Lambs Club earlier this summer to talk acting beginnings and how their experiences brought them closer to the stage. Check out this Sunday’s New York Times and learn more about their personal and professional journeys and how it led to their involvement with Covenant House and The Trevor Project, two organizations dedicated to helping young people in need.

Read the full article here.

In response to the horrific shooting that took place at an Orlando nightclub, Broadway stars joined forces to honor the victims and their families with a recording of Hal David and Burt Bacharach’s “What the World Needs Now is Love.” Audra McDonald sings alongside friends and colleagues from the Broadway community including Carole King, Nathan Lane, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bernadette Peters, Seth Rudetsky and Shuffle Along castmates Brian Stokes Mitchell and Billy Porter. Visit Playbill.com to watch an exclusive video from the recording studio.

Purchase the recording here on iTunes. All proceeds will benefit the GLBT Community Center of Central Florida.

This Sunday, Audra McDonald joins friends and colleagues at the Beacon Theater in New York to celebrate the outstanding work in Broadway theater at the 70th Tony Awards ceremony.

The ceremony includes performances by all nominees for Best Musical, including Audra’s own show, Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed.

If you don’t have a ticket to the Tony’s, tune in to CBS this Sunday at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT to watch it live!

Between performances of Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All that Followed, Audra visits James Corden for a session of his ever-popular Carpool Karaoke segment. Fellow performers Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jane Krakowski and Lin-Manuel Miranda join the party for a singalong of Broadway’s greatest hits.

The Late Late Show airs Monday June 6 at 12:37 am on CBS.

Breaking news: Audra regrets that she must postpone her West End debut in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, but is thrilled to announce that she and husband Will Swenson are expecting.

As a result, Audra will continue performances of Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed through July 24, at which time Grammy-winning singer Rhiannon Giddens will step in as Lottie Gee and choreographer and tap legend Savion Glover will join the cast. Audra will return to Shuffle Along in the winter following her temporary maternity leave.