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*So how does one become a Broadway superstar? While there are countless paths to New York’s Great White Way, beginning actors all cite the same three pathways to the big stage – audition, audition, audition. “I auditioned for a lot of summer stock, and then I auditioned for ‘The Secret Garden’ on Broadway, and [...]
*Audra McDonald has been hosting this season’s “Live From Lincoln Center” series on PBS, but she’s set to command center stage next month for the show’s season finale. The special, titled “Audra McDonald In Concert: Go Back Home,” will see the “Private Practice” star and five-time Tony Award winner performing a gala concert at Lincoln [...]
*Filmmaker Alison McDonald’s short “She Got Problems” is about to become a series for ABC. The network has given a script order to the short about a lovable dreamer, with the “Nurse Jackie” writer/story editor attached to adapt the project for ABC Studios, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The single-camera comedy centers on a woman [...]
*ABC medical drama “Private Practice” will end its six-season run in January with the grand return of a familiar face. Audra McDonald will make an appearance on the series finale, slated to air at the end of January, reports TVGuide.com. McDonald will reprise her role as Dr. Naomi Bennett, the best friend of Addison (Kate [...]
*Actress Audra McDonald is no longer a single woman. The former “Private Practice” actress married Broadway star Will Swenson at their home in Croton-on-Hudson, New York on Saturday night. According to PEOPLE, the two Broadway vets – who met in 2007 – got engaged this past New Year’s while on vacation in Puerto Rico. Both [...]
*The Aretha Franklin’s biopic is a go, even after the diva demanded her cast be just right. She’s a vocal woman and obviously gets what she wants in life. The movie stopped production a few months back (before it even got started), but now it’s back on course to be completed by next year. According [...]
*If you had tickets to specifically see Audra McDonald in Broadway’s “The Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess,” you’re out of luck – at least for the next two weeks. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The actress, who won a Tony Award this month for her role as Bess, is temporarily stepping down from the show while [...]
*Sunday night, Audra McDonald made history after winning her 5th Tony Award. That ranks the amazing actress as the first black woman with that many Tony’s. Aside from that, she won the Best Actress award for her performance as “Bess” in “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.” [LIKE US ON FACEBOOK] While many don’t know [...]
*By winning her latest Tony, actress Audra McDonald made history Sunday night. McDonald became the first African-American thespian to win five Tony Awards. The Fresno, California native was awarded the Best Actress in a Musical for her role in “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.” In an emotional acceptance speech, Audra McDonald recounted her humble beginnings [...]
*Lady Soul, Aretha Franklin, is letting it be known that she has picked what she calls a “strong contender” to play her in an upcoming biopic. Yep, you read it here. The multiple GRAMMY® Award-winner is eyeing actress Audra McDonald (below), who was spotted my Franklin when she attended “Porgy and Bess” on Broadway. It [...]
*Audra McDonald, David Alan Grier and Norm Lewis are slated to star in a revamped version of the Gershwin classic “Porgy and Bess” on Broadway, reports the AP Producers announced Wednesday that the show will begin previews on Dec. 17 at The Richard Rodgers Theatre and officially open on Jan. 12 following a pre-Broadway run [...]
*”Private Practice” star Audra McDonald will join fellow Tony Award winner Liev Schreiber to announce the nominations for the 56th Annual Drama Desk Awards on May 2 at 9:30 a.m. ET at the New York Friars Club. The 56th annual ceremony, which will feature musical numbers from the nominated New York stage productions, will be [...]
*TVLine.com is reporting that Audra McDonald is leaving ABC’s “Private Practice” at the end of Season 4 so she can be closer to her New York-based family. “I have spent four amazing years working with the best cast and crew on television at Private Practice,” she told the website. “Though I am stepping away from [...]
*”Private Practice” star Audra McDonald and Tonya Pinkins of Caroline, or Change are among the Broadway stars set to perform at tonight’s “A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House.” President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama host the 7 p.m. concert that will be filmed for an Oct. 20 broadcast on [...]
*Audra McDonald, Chita Rivera and Dionne Warwick were among the hundreds of mourners bidding a final farewell to legendary actress and singer Lena Horne Friday in her home state of New York. Also attending the service at St. Ignatius Loyola in Manhattan was her granddaughter, actress Jenny Lumet, writer of the 2008 film “Rachel Getting [...]
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