‘The Gilded Age’: Audra McDonald & Broadway Stars Including Kelli O’Hara & Donna Murphy Join HBO’s Julian Fellowes Drama
Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: The Good Fight’s Audra McDonald is among a number of stars to have joined The Gilded Age, Julian Fellowes’ period drama for HBO.McDonald, who is also set to star in MGM’s Aretha Franklin biopic Respect, joins as a special guest star.A slew of Broadway stars added as major recurring guest stars. They include The King and I’s Kelli O’Hara, Hello, Dolly!’s Donna Murphy, who is also in Starz’ Power, Fun Home’s Michael Cerveris, who also starred in Netflix’s Mindhunter, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof’s Debra Monk, Promises Promises’ Katie Finneran, who was also in CBS All Access’ Why Women Kill, To Kill A Mockinbird’s Celia Keenan-Bolger, Gary’s Kristine Nielsen and King Lear’s John Douglas Thompson.