Audra McDonald
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Audra Ann McDonald
She has performed in musicals, operas, and dramas. She has received six Tony Awards for her roles in Carousel (1994), Master Class (1996), Ragtime (1998), A Raisin in the Sun (2004), Porgy and Bess (2012), and Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (2014). Her other Tony-nominated roles were in Marie Christine (2000), 110 in the Shade (2007), Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (2020), and Ohio State Murders (2023).
On television, she portrayed Dr.
As a classical soprano, she has performed in staged operas with the Houston Grand Opera and the Los Angeles Opera, and in concerts with symphony orchestras like the Berlin Philharmonic and New York Philharmonic. Her recording of Kurt Weill's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (2008) with the Los Angeles Opera won the Grammy Award for Best Classical Album and the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. She maintains an active concert and recording career throughout the United States performing genres ranging from jazz standards to musical theatre.
Early life and education
McDonald was born in
She got her start in acting with Dan Pessano and Roger Rocka's Good Company Players, beginning in their junior company. In a feature article about her written when she was a child, she said that she knew she wanted to be involved in theater "when I had my first chance to perform with the Good Company Players Junior Company." She also said that the people who have had the most impact on her life are "Good Company director Dan Pessano and my mother."[6] She studied classical voice as an undergraduate under Ellen Faull at the Juilliard School,[7] graduating in 1993.[8]
Career
1992–1999: Early work and breakthrough
McDonald made her
McDonald has also made many television and film appearances, both musical and dramatic. In 1996 she made her film acting debut in Seven Servants by Daryush Shokof.[10] After being cast in The Object of My Affection and Cradle Will Rock, in 1999, she appeared on the television series Homicide: Life on the Street; in television remake of Annie as Daddy Warbucks's secretary & soon-to-be wife, Miss Farrell; and in the television film Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years. In 2000, McDonald acted in two episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and in the television film The Last Debate.
2000–2010: Broadway stardom and acclaim
McDonald was a three-time Tony Award winner by age 28 for her performances in earned McDonald her sixth Tony award and made her the first person to win all four acting categories.
In 2001, she received her first
She has a close working relationship with composer Michael John LaChiusa who has written several works for her, including the Broadway musical Marie Christine, the opera Send (who are you? i love you), and The Seven Deadly Sins: A Song Cycle. With her full lyric soprano voice,[18] McDonald appeared as Lizzie in the Roundabout Theatre Company's 2007 revival of 110 in the Shade, directed by Lonny Price at Studio 54, for which she shared the Drama Desk Award for Best Actress in a Musical with Donna Murphy.[19] On April 29, 2007, while she was in previews for the show, her father was killed when an experimental aircraft he was flying crashed north of Sacramento, California.[20]
McDonald is known for defying racial typecasting in her various Tony Award-winning and -nominated roles. Her performances as Carrie Pipperidge in Nicholas Hytner's 1994 revival of Carousel and Lizzie Curry in Lonny Price's 2007 revival of 110 in the Shade made her the first black woman to portray those traditionally white roles in a major Broadway production. Of her groundbreaking work in encouraging diversity in musical theatre casting, she said in an interview for The New York Times, "I refuse to be stereotyped. If I think I am right for a role I will go for it in whatever way I can. I refuse to say no to myself. I can't control what a producer will do or say but I can at least put myself out there."[21] In a Talk of the Nation interview on NPR, Asian-American actor Thom Sesma said McDonald's performance in Carousel "transcended any kind of type at all", proving her to be "more actress than African-American."[22]
McDonald has also performed in opera. In 2006 she made her opera debut at the
2011–2019: Career expansion
She appeared in a revised version of George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess, at the American Repertory Theatre (in Cambridge, Massachusetts) from August through September 2011, and recreated the role on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, which opened on January 12, 2012, and closed on September 23, 2012.[28] For this role, McDonald won her fifth Tony Award and her first in a Leading Actress category.[29] This American Repertory Theater production was "re-imagined by Suzan-Lori Parks and Diedre Murray as a musical for contemporary audiences."[30]
Since 2012, McDonald has served as host for the
McDonald played Billie Holiday on Broadway in the play Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill in a limited engagement that ended on August 10, 2014.[43] After previews that began on March 25, 2014, the play opened at the Circle in the Square Theatre on April 13, 2014.[43] Of the play, McDonald said in an interview, "It's about a woman trying to get through a concert performance, which I know something about, and she's doing it at a time when her liver was pickled and she was still doing heroin regularly...I might have been a little judgmental about Billie Holiday early on in my life, but what I've come to admire most about her – and what is fascinating in this show – is that there is never any self-pity. She's almost laughing at how horrible her life has been. I don't think she sees herself as a victim. And she feels an incredible connection to her music – she can't sing a song if she doesn't have some emotional connection to it, which I really understand".[43]
McDonald won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for this role, making her the first person to earn six Tony Award wins for acting (not counting honorary awards) and the first person to win a Tony Award in all four acting categories.[44] In her acceptance speech, "she thanked her parents for encouraging her to pursue her interests as a child."[45] She also thanked the "strong and brave and courageous" African-American women who came before her, saying in part, "I am standing on Lena Horne's shoulders. I am standing on Maya Angelou's shoulders. I am standing on Diahann Carroll and Ruby Dee, and most of all, Billie Holiday. You deserved so much more than you were given when you were on this planet. This is for you, Billie."[46] This performance was filmed at Cafe Brasil in New Orleans and broadcast on HBO on March 12, 2016.[47] McDonald was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for her role in the broadcast.[48] She lost to Sarah Paulson playing Marcia Clark in The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story.
McDonald had planned to make her West End debut as Holiday in Lady Day in June through September 2016,[49] but after becoming pregnant she postponed these plans.[50] She performed in Lady Day in June 2017 through September 9, 2017, at the Wyndham's Theatre in the West End.[51] In 2016, McDonald starred as Billie Holiday in the filmed stage production, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill,[52] for which she received critical acclaim. She earned nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series.[53][54] In 2017, McDonald starred in Walt Disney Pictures motion picture Beauty and the Beast as Madame de Garderobe, earning a nomination at the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture.[55] On August 1, 2017, it was announced that she had been added to the main cast for the second season of The Good Fight, reprising her role as Liz Lawrence from The Good Wife season 4.[56] McDonald stayed in the cast for the next seasons, and was nominated twice for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.[57]
2020–present
In 2021, McDonald portrayed Rachel Boutella in television series
Recordings and concerts
McDonald has maintained ties to her classical training and repertoire. She frequently performs in concert throughout the U.S.
In September 2008, American
McDonald has recorded five solo albums for Nonesuch Records. Her first, the 1998 Way Back to Paradise, featured songs written by a new generation of musical theatre composers who had achieved varying degrees of prominence in the 1990s, particularly LaChiusa, Adam Guettel and Jason Robert Brown.
Her next album, How Glory Goes (2000), combined both old and new works, and included composers Harold Arlen, Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Kern.[7] Her third album, Happy Songs (2002), was big band music from the 1920s through the 1940s.[70] Her fourth album, Build a Bridge (2006), features songs from jazz and pop.[71]
In May 2013, Audra McDonald released her first solo album in seven years, Go Back Home, with a title track from the
At the 2010 BCS National Championship Game on January 7, McDonald sang America the Beautiful for the sold-out stadium fans to celebrate the final game of the college football season.[73]
In May 2000, Audra McDonald appeared as "The Beggar Woman" in
Personal life
McDonald married bassist Peter Donovan in September 2000.[7] They have one daughter, Zoe Madeline Donovan, named after McDonald's close friend and Master Class co-star Zoe Caldwell and the late Madeline Kahn. McDonald became close friends with Kahn after they filmed a TV pilot together, and she found out she was carrying a girl the same day she sang at Kahn's memorial.[76] McDonald and Donovan divorced in 2009.[77]
She married Will Swenson on October 6, 2012.[78] On October 19, 2016, she gave birth to their daughter, Sally James McDonald-Swenson.[79] She is the stepmother to Swenson's two sons from his previous marriage.[80]
McDonald attended Joan Rivers' funeral in New York on September 7, 2014, where she sang "Smile".
McDonald resides with her family in Croton-on-Hudson, New York.[81]
Activism and charitable work
In October 2020, McDonald joined many other Broadway stars in a virtual voter education and letter-writing party sponsored by VoteRiders to raise awareness about voter ID requirements.[82]
In June 2020, McDonald and a coalition of professionals from across the theatre industry launched Black Theatre United, an organization whose mission is to inspire reform and combat systemic racism within the theatre community and throughout the nation. Emphasizing four goals – awareness, accountability, advocacy, and action – BTU works at the community and national levels to elevate anti-racist causes and support the Black community through various resources and initiatives.[83]
McDonald joined other Broadway stars including Lin-Manuel Miranda, Josh Groban, Idina Menzel, Laura Benanti, and Kristin Chenoweth in 2018 to record Singing You Home, a bilingual children's album designed to benefit organizations that aid families separated at the border.[84]
She joined the Covenant House board of Directors in 2014. Covenant House oversees programs for homeless youth in 27 cities in six countries across the United States, Canada, and Latin America. Audra was the recipient of their 2018 Beacon of Hope Award.[85]
Acting credits
† | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Film
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1996 | Seven Servants | Opera Singer | |
1998 | The Object of My Affection | Wedding Singer | |
1999 | Cradle Will Rock | Blitzstein – "Joe Worker" Singer | |
2003 | It Runs in the Family | Sarah Langley | |
2004 | The Best Thief in the World | Ruth | |
2011 | Rampart | Sarah | |
2015 | Ricki and the Flash | Maureen | |
2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Madame de Garderobe | [86] |
2017 | Hello Again | Sally (The Actress) | |
2021 | Respect | Barbara Siggers Franklin | |
2023 | Down Low | Patty | |
Rustin | Ella Baker | ||
Origin | Miss Hale |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | Annie | Grace Farrell | Television film |
Homicide: Life on the Street | Teresa Giardello | Episode: "Forgive Us Our Trespasses" | |
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years | Young Bessie Delany
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Television film | |
2000 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Audrey Jackson | 2 episodes |
The Last Debate | Barbara Manning | Television film | |
2001 | Wit | Susie Monahan | Television film |
2003 | Mister Sterling | Jackie Brock | 9 episodes |
Partners and Crime | Unknown | Television film | |
Tea Time with Roy & Sylvia | Sylvia | Short | |
2005 | Passion: Live From Lincoln Center | Clara | TV special |
2006 | The Bedford Diaries | Professor Carla Bonatelle | 8 episodes |
2006–07 | Kidnapped | Jackie Hayes | 3 episodes |
2007–13 | Private Practice | Dr. Naomi Bennett | 77 episodes |
2007 | Great Performances | Jenny Smith | Episode: "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny" |
2008 | A Raisin in the Sun | Ruth Younger | Television film |
2009 | Grey's Anatomy | Dr. Naomi Bennett | Episode: "Before and After" |
She Got Problems | Herself | Short | |
2012–13 | Sesame Street | Chicken | 3 episodes |
2013 | The Good Wife | Liz Lawrence | Episode: "Runnin' with the Devil" |
The Sound of Music Live! | Mother Abbess | Live telecast | |
Audra McDonald: Go Back Home | Self | Concert special | |
It Could Be Worse | Sharon | Episode: "Starring Veronica Bailey" | |
The Ordained | Anthea | Television film | |
2014 | Submissions Only | Tracy Mintzner | Episode: "Dangerous Anaesthesia" |
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Lucy Barker | Filmed Live from Lincoln Center stage production | |
2015 | Doc McStuffins | Itty Bitty Bess | Voice, episode: "Itty Bitty Bess Takes Flight"[86] |
2016 | Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill | Billie Holiday | Filmed stage production |
2018 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Herself (guest judge) | Episode: "Snatch Game"[87] |
2018–19 | BoJack Horseman | Mother Superior | Voice, 2 episodes |
2018–22 | The Good Fight | Liz Lawrence-Reddick | Main cast |
2020 | American Experience | Additional voices | Episode: "The Vote" |
Central Park | Ashley | Voice, episode: "A Fish Called Snakehead" | |
Vampirina | Medusa | Voice, episode: "Vee and the Family Stone" | |
2021 | The Bite | Rachel Boutella | 6 episodes |
74th Tony Awards | Herself (host) | TV special | |
2022 | The Gilded Age | Dorothy Scott | 6 episodes |
2023 | Great Performances | Narrator | Season 51, Episode 7: "Making Shakespeare: The First Folio" |
Theatre
Year | Show[88] | Role | Notes |
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1992 | The Secret Garden | Ayah (replacement)
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St. James Theatre 1992 – January 3, 1993 |
1994 | Carousel | Carrie Pipperidge | Vivian Beaumont Theater February 18, 1994 – January 15, 1995 |
1995 | Master Class | Sharon Graham | Philadelphia Theatre Company March 1995 |
Something Wonderful | Performer | Gershwin Theatre July 12, 1995 | |
Master Class | Sharon Graham | John Golden Theatre October 26, 1995 – June 29, 1997 | |
1997 | Ragtime | Sarah | Ford Center for the Performing Arts December 26, 1997 – October 29, 1999 January 10–16, 2000 |
1999 | Marie Christine | Marie Christine L'Adrese | Vivian Beaumont Theater October 30, 1999 – January 9, 2000 |
2000 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Lucy, The Beggar Woman | Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center May 4–6, 2000 |
2001 | Dreamgirls | Deena Jones | New York Actor's Fund Benefit Concert
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2003 | Passion | Clara | Ravinia Festival August 22–23, 2003 |
Henry IV | Lady Percy | Vivian Beaumont Theater October 28, 2003 – January 18, 2004 | |
2004 | A Raisin in the Sun | Ruth Younger | Royale Theatre March 30 – July 11, 2004 |
The Seven Deadly Sins: A Song Cycle | Performer | Carnegie Hall June 2, 2004 | |
Sunday in the Park with George | Dot / Marie | Ravinia Festival September 3–4, 2004 | |
2005 | Passion | Clara | Lincoln Center March 30 – April 1, 2005 |
Wonderful Town | Eileen | Berlin Philharmonic | |
Anyone Can Whistle | Nurse Fay Apple | Ravinia Festival August 26–27, 2005 | |
2006 | La voix humaine/Send (who are you? I love you) | Singer | Houston Grand Opera, March |
2007 | Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny | Jenny | Los Angeles Opera February 2007 |
110 in the Shade | Lizzie Curry | Studio 54 April 13 – July 29, 2007 | |
2009 | Twelfth Night | Olivia | Delacorte Theater June 25 – July 12, 2009 |
2011 | Porgy and Bess | Bess | American Repertory Theater August/September 2011 |
Richard Rodgers Theatre December 17, 2011 – September 23, 2012 | |||
2014 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Lucy, The Beggar Woman | Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center March 5–8, 2014 |
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill | Billie Holiday | Circle in the Square Theatre March 25 – October 5, 2014 | |
2015 | A Moon for the Misbegotten | Josie | Williamstown Theatre Festival August 2015 |
2016 | Shuffle Along | Lottie Gee | Music Box Theatre March 14 – July 24, 2016 |
2017 | Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill | Billie Holiday | Wyndham's Theatre June 27 – September 9, 2017[89][90] |
2019 | Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune | Frankie | Broadhurst Theatre May 4 – July 28, 2019[41] |
2022 | Ohio State Murders | Suzanne Alexander | James Earl Jones Theater November 11, 2022 – January 15, 2023[91] |
Accolades and achievements
Over her career she has received six
On September 22, 2016, Audra McDonald was awarded the
Concerts
Audra McDonald in Concert (2013–14)
23 concerts total; the gap between May and October 2013 is due to McDonald's work with television and her album coming out, causing the three and a half month gap. The tour ended due to McDonald's show, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill opening on Broadway, but she picked up again with a new tour once the show closed.
An Evening with Audra McDonald (2014–15)
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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December 2, 2014 | Los Angeles | United States | Walt Disney Concert Hall |
December 5, 2014 | Rohnert Park | Joan and Sanford Weill Hall | |
December 6, 2014 | Berkeley | Zellerbach Hall | |
December 12, 2014 | New York City | Stern Auditorium | |
January 8, 2015 | Ft. Lauderdale | Parker Playhouse | |
January 17, 2015 | Rochester | Kodak Hall | |
January 24, 2015 | Naples | Hayes Hall | |
February 6, 2015 | Chapel Hill | UNC Memorial Hall | |
February 21, 2015 | Des Moines | Des Moines Civic Center | |
February 27, 2015 | Kohler | Kohler Memorial Theatre | |
March 1, 2015 | Boston | Boston Symphony Hall | |
March 12, 2015 | Richmond | EKU Auditorium | |
March 15, 2015 | Tucson | Fox Tucson Theatre | |
March 21, 2015 | Jacksonville | Jacoby Symphony Hall | |
March 22, 2015 | Sarasota | Van Wezel Hall | |
March 24, 2015 | West Palm Beach | Dreyfoos, Jr. Concert Hall | |
March 27, 2015 | Bethesda | The Music Center at Strathmore | |
April 7, 2015 | Indiana | Indiana University Auditorium | |
April 15, 2015 | Pittsburgh | Byham Theater | |
April 17, 2015 | Princeton | McCarter Theatre | |
April 19, 2015 | Newark | Prudential Hall | |
April 23, 2015 | Greenville | Peace Concert Hall | |
April 29, 2015 | New York City | Stern Auditorium | |
May 8, 2015 | Englewood | Bergen Performing Arts Center | |
May 9, 2015 | Greenvale | Tilles Center Concert Hall | |
May 11, 2015 | Pittsburgh | Byham Theater | |
May 15, 2015 | Norfolk | Virginia Arts Festival | |
June 12, 2015 | Saratoga | Mountain Winery | |
June 22, 2015 | Vienna | Wolf Trap | |
July 19, 2015 | Lenox | The Shed | |
September 1, 2015, & September 3, 2015 |
Los Angeles | Hollywood Bowl | |
October 1, 2015 | Richmond | Carpenter Theater | |
October 7, 2015 | Philadelphia | Merriam Theater | |
October 8, 2015 | Storrs | Jorgenson Center | |
October 13, 2015 | Greenville | Peace Concert Hall | |
October 31, 2015 | Melbourne | Australia | Hamer Hall |
37 concerts; this tour marked her Australian debut. The lack of August shows was due to her run in A Moon for the Misbegotten.
Other concerts
- 1999 – Audra McDonald: Live at the DonmarLondon (filmed for a DVD)
- February, 2002, Live with the Utah Symphony Abravenal Hall Salt Lake City, UT (part of the 2002 Olympics Arts Festival)
- June 2, 2004 – The Seven Deadly Sins: A Song Cycle at Carnegie Hall
- August 26, 2007 – Ravinia Festival
- March 28, 2008 – Savannah Music Festival
- March 30, 2008 – Ferst Center for the Arts
- April 26, 2008 – Stanley Theater
- May 30, 2008 – Zellerbach Hall
- February 1, 2010 – Ralph Freud Playhouse
- April 26, 2010 – Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall
- July 18, 2010 – Ozawa Hall in Boston
- October 22, 2011 – Carnegie Hall
- November 8, 2011 – Curtis M Phillips Center for Performing Arts
- April 20, 2012 – New Jersey Performing Arts Center
- January 2, 2016 – Parker Playhouse
- January 17, 2016 – Leicester Square Theatre
- November 17, 2018 – Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI
- October 7–8, 2019 – Noorda Center for Performing Art at Utah Valley University, Orem, UT
- June 25, 2023 – Warnor's Center for the Performing Arts, Fresno, CA
Discography
Solo recordings
- Way Back to Paradise (Nonesuch, 1998)[97]
- How Glory Goes (2000)[98]
- Happy Songs (2002)
- Build a Bridge (2006)
- Go Back Home (2013)
- Sing Happy (2018)
Source:[99]
Featured recordings
- Rodgers & Hart– duet on "Why Can't I?" (1996)
- Leonard Bernstein's New York – duet with Mandy Patinkin on "A Little Bit in Love" and "Tonight" (1996)
- George and Ira Gershwin: Standards and Gems – sings "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (1998)
- George Gershwin: The 100th Birthday Celebration – sings Porgy and Bess selections (1998)
- Myths and Hymns – sings "Pegasus" (1999)
- My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies – sings "The Webber Love Trio" (1999)
- Broadway In Love – sings "You Were Meant For Me" from The Object of My Affection (2000)
- Broadway Cares: Home for the Holidays – sings "White Christmas" (2001)
- Bright Eyed Joy: The Songs Of Ricky Ian Gordon – sings "Daybreak in Alabama" (2001)
- Zeitgeist – sings "Think Twice" (2005)
- Mormon Tabernacle Choir (2004)[100]
- Barbara Cook at the Met – sings "When Did I Fall In Love?" and "Blue Skies" (2006)
- Jule Styne in Hollywood – sings "10,432 Sheep" (2006)[101]
- Sondheim: The Birthday Concert – sings "Too Many Mornings" and "The Glamorous Life" (2010)
- Stages – duet on "If I Loved You", 2014
Source:[102]
Cast recordings
- Carousel (1994 Broadway Revival Cast Recording) (1994)
- Ragtime (Original Cast Recording) (1998)
- I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky by John Adams (Studio Cast Recording) (1998)[103]
- Wonderful Town (Berlin Cast Recording) (1999)
- Marie Christine (Original Cast Recording) (1999)
- Sweeney Todd Live at the New York Philharmonic (2000)
- Dreamgirls in Concert (2001 Concert Cast Recording) (released February 2002)[104]
- Wonderful Town (Studio Recording) (2005)
- 110 in the Shade (2007 Broadway Revival Cast Recording) (2007)
- Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Concert Cast Recording) (2007)
- Rodgers and Hammerstein's Allegro (First Complete Recording) (2009)[105]
- The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess (New Broadway Cast Recording) (2012)[106]
- Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (2014)[107]
Video recordings
- Audra McDonald – Live at the DonmarLondon, VHS (1999)
- My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies ("The Webber Love Trio"), DVD & CD (1999)
- Bernstein – Wonderful Town with Kim Criswell, Thomas Hampson, Wayne Marshall, Simon Rattle, and Berlin Philharmonic, DVD (2005)
- Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square, DVD (2005)
- Weill – Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, DVD (2007)
- Sondheim! The Birthday Concert, Blu-ray DVD (2010)
Audio books
- Alice Walker, By the Light of My Father's Smile (1998)
- Connie Briscoe, A Long Way from Home (1999)
- Rita Dove, "Second-Hand Man", part of a short story anthology (2004)[108]
- Jodi Picoult, Small Great Things (2016)
- Emily Wilson, The Iliad (2023)
Explanatory notes
- ^ Best Actress in a Play, Best Actress in a Musical, Best Featured Actress in a Play, and Best Featured Actress in a Musical. "Tony Awards Facts & Trivia". Archived from the original on July 4, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
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- ^ "Alumni News: November 2011". Juilliard.edu. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012.
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Golden Plate Awards Council member General Colin L. Powell, presents Audra McDonald with the Gold Medal of the American Academy of Achievement in a 2012 ceremony at the Academy's headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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External links
- Audra McDonald at IMG Artists
- Audra McDonald Biography and Interview on American Academy of Achievement
- Audra McDonald at the Internet Broadway Database
- Audra McDonald at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Audra McDonald at IMDb
- Audra McDonald at Playbill Vault
- Audra McDonald at Nonesuch Records
- Audra McDonald – Downstage Center interview at American Theatre Wing.org
- Audra McDonald's February 5, 2007 interview on the Tavis Smiley Show Archived June 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine (TV Interview)
- Audra McDonald: Shaping 'Bess' On Broadway, interview on Fresh Air (29 mins, 2012)