Audra McDonald appeared in a staged production of the musical Porgy and Bess.
Audra McDonald . She has appeared on the stage in both musicals and dramas , such as Ragtime , A Raisin in the Sun , and Porgy and Bess . Porgy and Bess is an English-language opera composed in 1934 by George Gershwin , with a libretto written by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin .