Audra Mcdonald

Lullabies by Broadway's Best

Andy Propst | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: John Patrick Shanley, Laura Osnes, Stephen Schwartz, Jeff Bowen, Audra McDonald, Broadway, Parenting, Robert Lopez, Music, Babies, Stephen Sondheim, Culture, Lullabies, Donna Murphy, Sutton Foster, Sleep, Maury Yeston, Parents News
Andy Propst

Imagine you could gather Tony Award winners at your child's bedside to sing him or her to sleep. What if these artists were there to perform original lullabies by Stephen Sondheim?

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The Best Singer You Don't Know (But Should)

Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Tonys, Audra Mcdonald Tonys, Huffpost Obsessed, Audra Mcdonald Porgy and Bess, Aretha Franklin Audra Mcdonald, Audra Mcdonald Tony Nomination, Obsessed, Audra McDonald, Tony Nominations, Tony Awards 2012, Slidepollajax, Culture News
Jose Antonio Vargas

Who is Audra McDonald? In a fairer, more purely artistic world -- one in which popularity is directly proportional to talent -- such a question would border on heresy.

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Aretha Franklin Eyes Audra McDonald For Biopic

Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Aretha Franklin, Audra Mcdonald Singer, Video, Aretha Franklin Movie, Audra McDonald, Aretha Franklin Biopic, Audra Mcdonald Grammy Award Winner, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Audra Mcdonald Actress, Aretha Franklin Film, Aretha-Franklin-Biopic, Audra Mcdonald Aretha Franklin, Black Voices News

Earlier this year Aretha Franklin revealed her “wish list” of actors to star in her upcoming biopic. Today the Queen of Soul has added Audra McDon...

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On the Culture Front: Porgy and Bess, Rouge Tomate's New Winter Menu, and More

Chris Kompanek | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Norm Lewis, Audra McDonald, Rouge Tomate, Suzan-Lori Parks, Porgy and Bess, George Gershwin, The Road to Mecca, Porgy and Bess Parks, 1534 Lounge, Porgy and Bess Broadway, NY Around Town, New York News
Chris Kompanek

There's been a lot of controversy surrounding Suzan-Lori Parks' adaptation of Porgy and Bess, so I was surprised that there was nothing too radical about the production.

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Theater: Glorious Porgy And Bess

Michael Giltz | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Broadway, Audra McDonald, Theater, Musicals, Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin, Porgy and Bess, Porgy and Bess Review, Video, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

The title is the only clumsy thing about this smartly mounted, beautifully sung and movingly acted new production of the landmark musical theater work.

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Audra McDonald, Will Swenson Engaged

AP | MARK KENNEDY | Posted 03.05.2012

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NEW YORK — Wedding bells are in the cards for Tick and Bess. Audra McDonald, the Tony Award actress who currently stars as half of Broadway's "...

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Audra McDonald Sings Through 'Porgy And Bess' Mess

AP | By MARK KENNEDY | Posted 12.21.2011

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NEW YORK -- As deliberate as Audra McDonald is about picking songs for her concerts, what she says in between singing them is anything but considered....

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Rebecca Carroll

Audra McDonald Breaks From 'Porgy and Bess' For Fall Concert Tour

HuffingtonPost.com | Rebecca Carroll | Posted 11.26.2011

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Audra McDonald will take a brief break from the acting hustle to focus on singing after the controversial new musical adaptation of "Porgy and Bess," ...

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My Kingdom for a Goat!

Cara Joy David | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Porgy and Bess, Broadway, Audra McDonald, Theater, Stephen Sondheim, Culture News
Cara Joy David

We'll see what happens with Porgy and Bess. It could be amazing -- I truly hope it is. For now it simply stands as a cautionary tale. Not all press is good press.

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Frozen in Time

George Heymont | Posted 09.28.2011

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George Heymont

How do we honor the dead artistically? In some cases, we commission artists and architects to erect monuments to the memories of those we have lost.

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Bernadette Peters, Broadway Divas And The NY Philharmonic Celebrate Sondheim's 80th Birthday

AP | MICHAEL KUCHWARA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Avery Fisher Hall, Donna Murphy, Patti LuPone, Lincoln Center, Audra McDonald, Elaine Stritch, Stephen Sondheim, New York, New York City, Bernadette Peters, Marin Mazzie, New York News

NEW YORK — The ladies in red brought down the house. Six Broadway divas, spanning several generations of musical theater, pretty much tore up L...

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Hang Out With Marsalis, Domingo, Gilbert and Others -- For Free

Jane Levere | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andy Warhol, Kevin Kline, Beverly Sills, Thomas Mellins, Martin Scorsese, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Patti LuPone, Lincoln Center, Audra McDonald, Placido Domingo, Leonard Bernstein, Maurice Sendak, Peter Martins, Alan Gilbert, Wynton Marsalis, New York News
Jane Levere

How's this for a holiday gift? Time with Placido Domingo, Alan Gilbert, Peter Martins, Wynton Marsalis and Audra McDonald, free of charge, at the NY Public Library for the Performing Arts.

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Culture Zohn: A Girl's Guide to Love and Shakespeare: Twelfth Night

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shakespeare in the Park, Audra McDonald, Anne Hathaway, Public Theater, Delacorte, New York News
Patricia Zohn

2009-07-03-zpull.jpg Many actresses aspire to be like Audrey Hepburn, with her perfect combination of gamine and sexy; few achieve it. Hathaway really does.

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Shakespeare In The Park: Anne Hathaway, Steve Martin, Liev Shreiber At Public Theater Opening (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last night was the opening for the annual Shakespeare In The Park at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park. This year's production of Twelfth Night i...

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Racial Advancement on TV: Is the Progress Depicted Well-Intentioned Fantasy?

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Russnow

I've been noticing over the past several years a tendency for the Media to depict racial togetherness in a manner that doesn't come close to representing reality.

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Rockefeller, Drucker Look Back as Lincoln Center Turns 50

Jane Levere | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jane Levere

The recent kick-off of the 50th anniversary celebration of New York's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts brought back memories to some of the complex's 1959 ground-breaking ceremony.

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Kelli O'Hara on the Pleasures of Pregnancy

Jane Levere | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Philharmonic, Marvin Hamlisch, Audra McDonald, Kelli OHara, Cafe Carlyle, Paulo Szot, Carly Fiorina, Entertainment News
Jane Levere

Pregnancy, she added, "does change you. Change can be for the better, because you can find little tricks that help you."

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'A Raisin in the Sun' Rises on ABC-TV

AP | JANICE RHOSHALLE LITTLEJOHN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: A Raisin in the Sun, Sean Combs, Phylicia Rashad, Audra McDonald, Sanaa Lathan, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — When "A Raisin in the Sun" premiered on Broadway in 2004, the excitement surrounding the revival was largely generated by the stag...

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