Audra McDonald's Lincoln Center Spotlight
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Audra McDonald's Lincoln Center Spotlight
Audra McDonald's Lincoln Center Spotlight
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Web Extra: Hear an Extended Version of Audra McDonald's Conversation with Allison Keyes
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Heard on Creators at Carnegie
McDonald sings from her new song cycle "The Seven Deadly Sins"
'The Christian Thing to Do'
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McDonald on Broadway
Hear samples from songs performed by McDonald featured on the original cast recordings:
Beautiful
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Your Daddy's Son
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Wheels of a Dream
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Broadway stage sensation Audra McDonald has been an incandescent presence in a range of stellar productions. McDonald has acting chops to spare, and also boasts a mellifluous soprano singing voice with a range and presence that's been compared to Barbara Streisand's.
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McDonald won her fourth Tony Award last year for her role in the revival of the play A Raisin in the Sun -- a production made more prominent when hip-hop mogul Sean "Puffy" Combs stepped into the role of Walter Lee, a role first made famous by Sidney Poitier.
On Wednesday, McDonald will be honored again -- she opens the seventh season of the Lincoln Center's American Songbook series. Reporter Allison Keyes caught up with McDonald just before a rehearsal to talk about a performance she calls "just sharing."
Michael Eric Dyson Commentary: 'A Raisin in the Sun' June 17, 2004
P. Diddy Hits Broadway in 'Raisin' Revival May 3, 2004
Phylicia Rashad Takes On 'A Raisin in the Sun' April 15, 2004
Audra McDonald Sings Lesser-Known Standards Oct. 22, 2002
Audra McDonald Interview on 'Morning Edition' July 4, 2000
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