What will Audra do next?
What will Audra do next?
RW3
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#1What will Audra do next?
Posted: 9/9/14 at 1:19pmAfter Lady Day finishes, what do you think Audra should do next in her career?
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#2What will Audra do next?
Posted: 9/9/14 at 1:22pmHost of The Tony Awards
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#3What will Audra do next?
Posted: 9/9/14 at 1:34pmether 'night, Mother with Oprah Winfrey or playing Aretha Franklin...
#4What will Audra do next?
Posted: 9/9/14 at 3:05pmIn her interview with Paul Wontorek, he asked her about whether 'night Mother is going to happen, and Audra said "no comment" in a very smiley, "wink-wink, nudge-nudge" kind of way (at least that's how I saw it). I'd guess that that's what is up next for her.
#6What will Audra do next?
Posted: 9/9/14 at 3:20pmShe is doing a concert in Bethesda, MD in the spring!
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#8What will Audra do next?
Posted: 9/9/14 at 4:17pm
I hope that Adam Guettel or Jason Robert Brown (or somebody else talented) writes a new and startlingly original role especially for her, one that allows all her considerable talents to shine as brightly as possible.
I really hope she doesn't have to resort to anything less than she deserves.
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#9What will Audra do next?
Posted: 9/9/14 at 4:23pm
Will and should are different things. I'd love to see her in a new piece, but she just blows my mind in revivals. Writing a new part for Audra would not be easy I imagine, despite the ease she shows in things.
I'm willing to bet it'll be good, regardless.
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
NewSynchopation
Stand-by Joined: 12/31/13
#12What will Audra do next?
Posted: 9/9/14 at 4:52pmI imagine she'll do...whatever the hell she wants.
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Showface
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/14
#14What will Audra do next?
Posted: 9/9/14 at 5:05pmWhen was the last time she originated a role? Sarah in RAGTIME 16 years ago??
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Showface
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/14
musicaltheatreman2
Leading Actor Joined: 3/3/08
#16What will Audra do next?
Posted: 9/9/14 at 5:11pm
The movie The Help should be adapted into a musical for Audra to star in!
She should also star in a revival of Carmen Jones!
Updated On: 9/9/14 at 05:11 PM
mikey2573
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/28/10
#17What will Audra do next?
Posted: 9/9/14 at 6:14pm
I know I've said this before, but with all the live theatrical events coming to TV, I would love to see Audra play the role of Amahl's Mother in AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS for TV. It would probably win her an Emmy.
#18What will Audra do next?
Posted: 9/9/14 at 6:43pm
Have there been any hints that Lady Day will be made into a movie?
"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999
Updated On: 9/9/14 at 06:43 PM
#19What will Audra do next?
Posted: 9/9/14 at 6:49pmWhy does everyone forget that Audra was written a role by own of the best new composers? Michael John LaChiusa wrote the incredible Marie Christine for her, with a score that she vocally soars through. I thoroughly recommend the recording to any Audra (or theatre) fan. It's inventive, dark, and intoxicating. (The tragedy of the 2000 Tony Awards was both LaChiusa's Wild Party AND Marie Christine losing to the mediocre Aida).
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mjohnson2
Broadway Star Joined: 11/2/13
#20What will Audra do next?
Posted: 9/9/14 at 7:02pmYes, THE WILD PARTY losing was a tragedy, but MARIE CHRISTINE not so much. Audra also originated the role of Kesa in SEE WHAT I WANNA SEE.
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Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#21What will Audra do next?
Posted: 9/9/14 at 7:13pm
"When was the last time she originated a role? Sarah in RAGTIME 16 years ago??"
Well she can forget about the Broadway League dimming the lights for her when she leaves this Earth.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#22What will Audra do next?
Posted: 9/10/14 at 12:39pmI know it's a stretch, but I'd love to see her and Swenson do "Bridges" somewhere.
#23What will Audra do next?
Posted: 9/10/14 at 3:09pm
Wasn't Audra doing a reading of KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN? Or was that just someone's hopeful thinking?
I think she'd be fatastic as Mama Rose opposite Anika Noni Rose as Louise. It doesn't need to be an all-black GYPSY but the two of them would be phenomenal.
"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop
#24What will Audra do next?
Posted: 9/10/14 at 3:15pmAnd interesting casting, as Anika Noni Rose is only two years younger than Audra.
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