BWW Interview: Audra McDonald Updates on P-Town Concert, Eye-Popping BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, SHUFFLE ALONG & More!
by Nicole Rosky
- Aug 22, 2015
Audra McDonald has a big year ahead of her! After embarking on a concert tour this fall, the six-time Tony winner, who recenty wrapped filming for Disney's live action Beauty and the Beast, will be back on Broadway, starring alongside Brian Stokes Mitchell, Billy Porter, Joshua Henry and Brandon Victor Dixon in SHUFFLE ALONG.
Before all of that, McDonald will head to Provincetown, MA to take part in the acclaimed Broadway @ Town Hall concert series, hosted by SiriusXM radio star Seth Rudetsky. For one show only on Monday, August 24 (6:30 PM), she will be joined onstage by her husband and fellow Broadway star Will Swenson, with whom she is currently starring in Williamstown Theatre Festival's A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN.
McDonald recently checked in with BroadwayWorld about Monday's concert, and updated us on all of her upcoming projects! Check out the full interview below:
Audra McDonald and Will Swenson Head to Provincetown This Month
by BWW News Desk
- Aug 18, 2015
The acclaimed Broadway @ Town Hall concert series in Provincetown, MA, produced by Mark Cortale, will welcome Audra McDonald -- the historic 6-time Tony-winner and star of Broadway's LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL, PORGY AND BESS, RAGTIME, MASTER CLASS and TV's PRIVATE PRACTICE -- for one show only on Monday, August 24 at 6:30 PM. She will be joined onstage by a very special guest, her husband and fellow Broadway star Will Swenson.
Stage Tube: Jonathan Groff Supports Dave Roth's 4th Annual Broadway Alzheimer's iPod Drive
by Nora Dominick
- Aug 18, 2015
Broadway musician and Alzheimer's Association advocate,Dave Roth, is announcing the launch of the 4th Annual Broadway Alzheimer's iPod Drive starting August 1st and running through August 19th. Dave's mother suffered from Alzheimer's disease and was stripped of awareness and language for the 3 years prior to her death this past December. Now his father suffers from the same disease. He brought his mother her favorite music with the use of an iPod and watched her sing words that he hadn't heard her speak in years.
WAKE UP with BWW 8/19/2015 - MERCURY FUR, Industry Dance Awards and More!
by Jessica Khan
- Aug 19, 2015
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: MERCURY FUR and DROP DEAD PERFECT start off-Broadway, OCTOBER SKY hits the Windy City stage, and the Industry Dance Awards recognize Broadway talent!
Chris Botti & Joshua Bell Play Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater Tonight
by BWW News Desk
- Aug 15, 2015
It's a double billing of out-of-this stratosphere musicianship as two renowned Grammy winners - jazz trumpeter Chris Botti and classical violinist Joshua Bell - take to the stage tonight, August 15. Botti and Bell deliver impassioned, ageless, genre-crossing music to St. Regis Big|Brave Stars, Bright Nights concertgoers, beginning at 7 p.m.
Tony Nominee Kerry Butler Makes Provincetown Debut This Weekend
by BWW News Desk
- Aug 14, 2015
Tony Award Nominee Kerry Butler, star of 'Xanadu,' 'Rock of Ages,' 'Hairspray' & 'Catch Me If You Can' will make her Provincetown debut this weekend, August 14 & 15 at 7:00 PM, featuring series host and SiriusXM radio star Seth Rudetsky at the piano.
THE ENGAYGEMENT Heads to the Met Room Tonight
by BWW News Desk
- Aug 14, 2015
'The EnGAYgement', starring David Auxier with Seph Stanek, is set for The Metropolitan Room, tonight, August 14 at 9:30 p.m., August 19 at 7 p.m. and September 9 at 9:30 p.m.
Kristin Chenoweth to Open MPAC's Fall Season, 9/11
by Tyler Peterson
- Aug 12, 2015
Mayo Performing Arts Center officially kicks off its 2015-2016 season with a performance by Tony-winning actress Kristin Chenoweth on Friday, September 11, 2015 at 8 pm. Tickets are $79-149. Limited tickets remain.
Rosie's Theatre Kids Will Honor Kristin Chenoweth at 2015 Gala!
by Nicole Rosky
- Aug 11, 2015
BroadwayWorld has just learned that Rosie's Theatre Kids will honor 2015 Tony nominee Kristin Chenoweth at its annual Gala Celebration. This year's event will be held on November 2, and will be hosted by Rosie O'Donnell herself.
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