NewsPHOTO ARCHIVE: Five-Time Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald on BroadwayAudra McDonald will appear in the upcoming television broadcast The Sound of Music Live! We look at her greatest stage hits.
By
Matthew Blank
November 27, 2013
Last year McDonald won her 5th career Tony Award for her leading performance in The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess. She previously won Tonys for Carousel, Master Class, Ragtime and A Raisin in the Sun.
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Celebrating 6-Time Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald
Celebrating 6-Time Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald
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Eddie Korbich and Audra McDonald in Carousel, 1994
Eddie Korbich and Audra McDonald in Carousel, 1994
Joan Marcus
Audra McDonald and cast in Carousel, 1994
Audra McDonald and Fisher Stevens in Carousel, 1994
Joan Marcus
Audra McDonald, 1994 Tony Win for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, Carousel
Zoe Caldwell and Audra McDonald in Master Class, 1995
Jay Thompson
Audra McDonald, 1996 Tony Win for Best Featured Actress in a Play, Master Class
Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell in Ragtime, 1998
Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell in Ragtime, 1998
Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell in Ragtime, 1998
Audra McDonald, 1998 Tony Win for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, Ragtime
Mary Testa and Audra McDonald in Marie Christine, 1999
Audra McDonald in Marie Christine, 1999
Audra McDonald and Anthony Crivello in Marie Christine, 1999
Vivian Reed and Audra McDonald in Marie Christine, 1999
Audra McDonald in Marie Christine, 1999
Audra McDonald and Ethan Hawke in Henry IV, 2003
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Audra McDonald and Sanaa Lathan in A Raisin in the Sun, 2004
Audra McDonald and Sean Combs in A Raisin in the Sun, 2004
Audra McDonald in A Raisin in the Sun, 2004
Sean Combs and Audra McDonald in A Raisin in the Sun, 2004
Audra McDonald, 2004 Tony Win for Best Featured Actress in a Play, A Raisin in the Sun
Audra McDonald and John Cullum in 110 in the Shade, 2007
Steve Kazee and Audra McDonald in 110 in the Shade, 2007
Audra McDonald and cast in 110 in the Shade, 2007
Audra McDonald and Christopher Innvar in 110 in the Shade, 2007
The three-hour Dec. 5 live telecast will feature six-time Grammy winner Underwood as Maria and “True Blood” star Stephen Moyer as Capt. Georg von Trapp with Tony Award winners McDonald (Mother Abbess), Benanti (Elsa Schrader) and Borle (Max Dettweiler).
The young cast set to play the von Trapp children are Ariane Rinehart (Liesl), Michael Nigro (Fredrich), Ella Watts-Gorman (Louisa), Joe West (Kurt), Sophia Caruso (Brigitta), Grace Rundhaug (Marta) and Peyton Ella as young Gretl.
The live TV version of the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical is based on the original 1959 Broadway production of The Sound of Music, starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel, with a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. The iconic story, according to NBC, "centers on a young woman who leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the seven children of a naval officer widower."
The creative team includes production designer Derek McLane, art director Kevin Rupnik and assistant art director Aimee Dombo.
The Sound of Music Live! is executive-produced by Neil Meron and Craig Zadan. Beth McCarthy-Miller and Rob Ashford serve as co-directors.
The Sound of Music Live! is produced by Universal Television.
Before returning to Broadway in Cats: The Jellicle Ball, the Tony-winning legend reflects on his career, from The Wiz, to The Full Monty, to Hadestown.
