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Audra McDonald

Audra McDonald

Birthday: 1970-07-03

Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany

Biography: Audra Ann McDonald is an American actress and singer. Primarily known for her work on the Broadway stage, she has won six Tony Awards, more performance wins than any other actor, and is the only person to win in all four acting categories. She has performed in musicals, operas, and dramas such as A Moon for the Misbegotten, 110 in the Shade, Carousel, Ragtime, Master Class, and Porgy and Bess. In addition to her six Tony Awards, she has received numerous accolades including two Grammy Awards and an Emmy Award. She was honored with the National Medal of Arts in 2016 from President Barack Obama and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2017.

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The Kennedy Center at 50
The Kennedy Center at 50

Echoing "An American Pageant for the Arts," the 1962 event conducted by Leonard Bernstein, this spec...

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It Runs in the Family
It Runs in the Family

This is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile...

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Cradle Will Rock
Cradle Will Rock

A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attem...

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A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun

Dreams can make a life worth living, but they can also be dashed by bad decisions. This is the cross...

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Wit
Wit

A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian canc...

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Annie
Annie

Things seem pretty bad for a young girl living a "hard-knock life" in an orphanage. Fed up with the ...

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Rustin
Rustin

Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights his...

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Rampart
Rampart

The story follows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he struggles ...

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The Best Thief in the World
The Best Thief in the World

Izzy, the youngest son of a troubled New York family, takes a shine to breaking into people's apartm...

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Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert

Join us for a rousing celebration of the life and works of one of Broadway's greatest legends — the ...

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Seven Servants
Seven Servants

An elderly man wants to exit earth in a state of unity with all creatures. To that end, he hires a q...

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The Object of My Affection
The Object of My Affection

A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and d...

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The Sound of Music Live!
The Sound of Music Live!

The Sound of Music Live! is a television special that was originally broadcast by NBC on December 5,...

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Origin
Origin

While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist f...

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Six by Sondheim
Six by Sondheim

This intimate documentary explores the life and career of the stage legend Stephen Sondheim through ...

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Wonderful Town
Wonderful Town

The classic musical by Bernstein, Comden and Green is performed live in concert in Berlin, starring ...

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Whitney Houston in Focus
Whitney Houston in Focus

Iconic photographer Bette Marshall reminisces on her memories as photographer of Whitney Houston rig...

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

In 1846, Anthony Hope sails into London with the mysterious Sweeney Todd, a once-naive barber whose ...

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Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

- Recorded live at Los Angeles Opera, 1 & 4 March 2007. Welcome to Mahagonny, where sin is "in" and...

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Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves

Four-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and veteran movie and television star Peter Graves join w...

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My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert
My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert

Featuring a 40-piece orchestra and international stars of the stage and screen, My Favorite Things: ...

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Sutton Foster: Live from Lincoln Center
Sutton Foster: Live from Lincoln Center

Two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster brings her irresistible show-stopping talent and effusive charm t...

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Ragtime Reunion Concert
Ragtime Reunion Concert

This special event celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Broadway production. Ragtime weaves an ele...

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Ricki and the Flash
Ricki and the Flash

Meryl Streep stars as Ricki Rendazzo, a guitar heroine who made a world of mistakes as she followed ...

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Broadway: The Next Generation
Broadway: The Next Generation

A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way....

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Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

Tells the story of Sadie and Bessie Delany, two African-American (they preferred "colored") sisters ...

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Down Low
Down Low

A repressed gay man develops an unlikely friendship with a young masseur who teaches him to embrace ...

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Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill

It's 1959 in a seedy bar in Philadelphia, and Billie Holiday is giving one of her last performances ...

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Passion
Passion

Passion is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Lapine. The story...

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Audra McDonald at the London Palladium
Audra McDonald at the London Palladium

The winner of a record-breaking six Tony Awards as well as two Grammy awards and an Emmy, Audra McDo...

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The Ordained
The Ordained

About the son of a Kennedy-esque family who leaves the priesthood and becomes a lawyer to prevent hi...

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The Auction
The Auction

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Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast

A live-action adaptation of Disney's version of the classic tale of a cursed prince and a beautiful ...

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Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas
Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas

This holiday special goes back in time to show how Elmo's ancestors--not to mention those of Grover,...

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The Last Debate
The Last Debate

A presidential debate, unconfirmed rumors and four reporters who take the political process into the...

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Hello Again
Hello Again

Ten lost souls slip in and out of one another's arms in a daisy-chained musical exploration of love'...

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Every Act of Life
Every Act of Life

The life of Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally (Master Class, Ragtime): 60 years of groundbrea...

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Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood

In honor of Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday, Tanglewood—the famed summer home of the Boston Symph...

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Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

Broadway royalty and Tony-winners Tommy Tune, Carol Channing, Robert Goulet, and Harvey Fierstein ar...

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My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies

On Sept. 28, 1998, some of the greatest divas in musical theater -- including Marin Mazzie, Judy Kuh...

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Audra McDonald Sings the Movies for New Year's Eve
Audra McDonald Sings the Movies for New Year's Eve

Broadway and concert star Audra McDonald rings in the new year with a program of cherished song stan...

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Audra McDonald and Friends: Build a Bridge
Audra McDonald and Friends: Build a Bridge

Audra McDonald, already renowned for her virtuosity in classical and Broadway song, brings her talen...

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Audra McDonald: Go Back Home
Audra McDonald: Go Back Home

Audra McDonald sings personal favorites and selections from her new album, Go Back Home....

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Respect
Respect

The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her inte...

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One Singular Sensation! Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch
One Singular Sensation! Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch

Stars from Broadway and television join the New York Philharmonic to ring in the New Year with a joy...

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Audra McDonald at the Donmar, London
Audra McDonald at the Donmar, London

Audra McDonald, Tony Award-winner for Carousel, Master Class, and Ragtime, appears live in concert f...

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Live with Carnegie Hall: Audra McDonald
Live with Carnegie Hall: Audra McDonald

From her stage and concert performances to her television and film roles, six-time Tony Award winner...

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The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and Bess
The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and Bess

The Gershwins’ modern American masterpiece has its first Met performances in almost three decades, s...

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An Evening With Audra McDonald
An Evening With Audra McDonald

Experience the magnificent voice and luminous stage presence of Audra McDonald—winner of a record-br...

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Josh Groban: Stages Live
Josh Groban: Stages Live

Recorded before a live audience at the historic Los Angeles Theatre, Josh Groban delves into his fir...

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In Concert at The Hollywood Bowl: Musicals and the Movies
In Concert at The Hollywood Bowl: Musicals and the Movies

Dive into the love affair between Hollywood and Broadway in this episode celebrating classic songs f...

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Song of Rapa Nui
Song of Rapa Nui

This feature length documentary tells the story of Mahani Teave who grew up on Rapa Nui (Easter Isla...

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Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me

Commemorating the centennial of Mercer's birth, this documentary is part biography, part archive, an...

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Ohio State Murders
Ohio State Murders

Ohio State Murders is an unusual look at the destructiveness of racism in the U.S. When Suzanne Alex...

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Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center

Transferring the setting of a brooding Hungarian play, Carousel, to a remote fishing village, shapin...

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New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Bernstein on Broadway
New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Bernstein on Broadway

Who can resist Bernstein on Broadway? Toast the New Year and our Laureate Conductor’s 100th with Wes...

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Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II

In commemoration of the 100th birthday of lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, performers present classic ...

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The Music Instinct: Science & Song
The Music Instinct: Science & Song

The Music Instinct: Science and Song provides a ground-breaking exploration into how and why the hum...

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Creating Ragtime
Creating Ragtime

A documentary exploring the creation of the new musical Ragtime, based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow...

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