Audra McDonald: The Power of Taking On Work That Scares You
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Audra McDonald (Master Class, Ragtime, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill) has won six Tony Awards--more performance wins than any other theater actor. (She's also won two Grammys and one Emmy along the way.) Still, each new role she takes scares her. Audra tells Guy why fear is actually essential to her work, about her never-ending quest to know her characters better, and how it felt to have her friend and mentor, Stephen Sondheim, publicly pan one of her shows.
Links from the Show
01. Excerpts of Audra and Zoe Caldwell in Master Class
02. Audra singing "Summertime" from her role as Bess in The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
03. Audra performing Billie Holiday's "God Bless the Child" from Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
04. Audra performing "Say No to This" from Hamilton in the voice of Billie Holiday
05. Playbill ’s pick of 13 Audra performances
06. Audra’s 2020 New Yorker interview
07. More on Audra's role in Ohio State Murders
