Audra McDonald to Perform Songs from Classic Musicals at April 29 Carnegie Hall Concert

The program for four-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald's upcoming Carnegie Hall (154 W. 57th St.) concert on Saturday, April 29th has been announced.  The evening will take place at the Isaac Stern auditorium at 8 PM.

She will sing "classic songs from the musicals of Rodgers & Hammerstein (The King and I, The Sound of Music, Carousel), Lerner & Loewe (My Fair Lady), Stephen Sondheim (A Little Night Music), Bock & Harnick (She Loves Me), Harold Arlen, and George Gershwin, with full orchestra conducted by Ted Sperling (The Light in the Piazza)," according to the Carnegie Hall website.

McDonald, who can be seen on the new WB show "The Bedford Diaries," was recently announced to star in the Roundabout Theatre Company's spring 2007 revival of the musical 110 in the Shade. She won Tony Awards for her performances in Carousel, Master Class, Ragtime and most recently, A Raisin in the Sun. She has also appeared on Broadway in Henry IV and Marie Christine. "Way Back to Paradise," "How Glory Goes" and "Happy Songs" are her solo albums. McDonald's film and television credits include It Runs in the Family, "Mister Sterling," Cradle Will Rock, "Law and Order: SVU," the telemusical of Annie, and the HBO movie Wit. She is also acclaimed as a concert artist, and was recently seen in the Houston Grand Opera's double bill of Michael John LaChiusa's (who are you? I Love You) and Francis Poulenc's La Voix Humaine.

Call (212) 247-7800 or visit www.carnegiehall.org for tickets.