an Afternoon with Audra Mcdonald at New Jersey Performing Arts Center

Audra McDonald is equally at home on Broadway and opera house stages and in film, television and recording studios. She has sung with major orchestras throughout the country and has appeared in many American Songbook broadcasts. There is no performer held in more esteem by her colleagues in every genre – the epitome of the consummate artist.

On Broadway, McDonald has been seen in leading roles in Master Class, Ragtime,A Raisin in the Sun and The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess. She made her operatic debut in 2006 with Houston Grand Opera and has premiered music by composer John Adams in concert. On TV, she has been featured in Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years, the ABC remake of Annie, Wit on HBO and Private Practice....

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Audra McDonald is equally at home on Broadway and opera house stages and in film, television and recording studios. She has sung with major orchestras throughout the country and has appeared in many American Songbook broadcasts. There is no performer held in more esteem by her colleagues in every genre – the epitome of the consummate artist.

On Broadway, McDonald has been seen in leading roles in Master Class, Ragtime,A Raisin in the Sun and The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess. She made her operatic debut in 2006 with Houston Grand Opera and has premiered music by composer John Adams in concert. On TV, she has been featured in Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years, the ABC remake of Annie, Wit on HBO and Private Practice.

In 2012, McDonald was named the new official host of the PBS series Live From Lincoln Center.

The American Song series at NJPAC is presented, in part, through the generous support of the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation and Sylvia and David Steiner.

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