Audra McDonald

Featuring a 40-piece orchestra and international stars of the stage and screen, My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert was filmed on 12 December 2023 at London’s newly restored Theatre Royal Drury Lane – the same venue that premiered the original West End productions of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific and The King and I.

One wild night, a deeply repressed man, the twink who gives him a happy ending, and all the lives they ruin along the way.

Echoing "An American Pageant for the Arts," the 1962 event conducted by Leonard Bernstein, this special celebration and re-launch of live, in-person performing arts in America will be hosted by six-time Tony Award® winner Audra McDonald with special guest Caroline Kennedy and feature the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO).

세상을 바꾸고 영혼을 위로한 환상의 디바, 아레사 프랭클린의 유년 시절부터 히트곡을 갖고 싶어하는 신인 가수를 거쳐 자신이 부르고 싶은 노래를 부를 수 있게 된 여왕의 자리에 오르기까지 삶의 발자취를 차근차근 훑어 나간다. 특히 스포트라이트를 받는 화려한 가수로서의 삶 이면에 한 인간으로서 또 한 여자로서 평탄치만은 않았던 일상의 모습들을 통해 진짜 아레사 프랭클린의 이야기를 들려준다.

Ohio State Murders is an unusual look at the destructiveness of racism in the U.S. When Suzanne Alexander, a fictional African American writer, returns to Ohio State University to talk about the violence in her writing, a dark mystery unravels.

Experience the magnificent voice and luminous stage presence of Audra McDonald—winner of a record-breaking six Tony Awards and the first performer to win all four acting categories—as she makes her debut at City Center in this special digital Gala presentation filmed live on our stage.

This feature length documentary tells the story of Mahani Teave who grew up on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and left at age 9 to pursue her dream of being classical pianist-a journey that takes her from mainland Chile to The Cleveland Music Institute to Berlin and the great concert halls of Europe. At the age of 30, on the brink of international success, Teave gives up her career to pursue a new dream, coming back full circle to Rapa Nui to found a free music school for the island's children. The resulting school-named Toki, after the basalt tool once used to shape Easter Island's iconic sculptures-is a model of sustainability, incorporating tons of tires, bottles and Pacific Ocean plastic; surrounded by agri-environmental gardens to grow food. With Toki, Mahani hopes to shape a bold new future for Rapa Nui and inspire hope and change on Earth, our island home.

Dive into the love affair between Hollywood and Broadway in this episode celebrating classic songs from Broadway musicals and classic cinema. Enjoy selections from Leonard Bernstein’s love letter to New York City, "On the Town," performed by Sutton Foster and Brian Stokes Mitchell.

From her stage and concert performances to her television and film roles, six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald is recognized for both her artistry and her activism, lending her voice to champion a variety of causes and organizations. Since her Carnegie Hall debut in 1998, she has been an audience favorite, returning for many of the Hall’s most celebrated events. This afternoon she is joined by music director Andy Einhorn for a varied selection of songs, as well as a conversation with Mo Rocca about the role of artistic expression in times of social change.

To celebrate the 90th birthday of Broadway songwriting great Stephen Sondheim, an A-list group of performers sing songs of inspiration from his songbook in a concert event filmed in their homes. Hosted and co-produced by Raúl Esparza, the acclaimed one-night-only event was created as a benefit for ASTEP (Artists Striving to End Poverty).

장애를 지닌 걸인 포기와 마약에 중독된 베스의 사랑을 그렸다. 포기 역은 에릭 오웬스, 베스 역은 엔젤 블루가 맡았다. 잔인한 폭력배 크라운 역을 알프레드 워커, 마약판매상 스포팅라이프 역을 프레데릭 밸런타인, 어부 제이크 역을 도노반 싱글터리, 그의 아내 클라라 역을 골다 슐츠, 남편을 잃은 강인한 여성 세레나 역을 라토니아 무어, 마리아 역을 데니스 그레이브스가 맡은 이 최고의 캐스팅을 데이비드 로버트슨이 지휘했다. 시대를 초월한 불후의 명곡 ‘서머타임’, ‘베스, 당신은 이제 내 사람’ 등을 들을 수 있는 이 새 프로덕션은 메트, 잉글리시 내셔널 오페라, 더치 내셔널 오페라의 공동제작 프로덕션이다.

In honor of Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday, Tanglewood—the famed summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra—dedicated its entire 2018 season to the iconic composer, conductor, performer, educator and humanitarian. The festivities culminated on Bernstein’s centennial birthday on August 25, 2018, in a special celebrity-studded gala concert. Directed for the stage by James Darrah, The Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood illuminates the breadth of Bernstein’s incredible life and career, which inspired generations of music lovers around the globe – from his talent as a composer to his generosity in mentoring other composers and musicians, his inimitable role as a driving musical force at Tanglewood for over 50 years and more.

The life of Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally (Master Class, Ragtime): 60 years of groundbreaking plays and musicals, the struggle for gay rights, addiction and recovery, finding true love, and the relentless pursuit of inspiration.

Ten lost souls slip in and out of one another's arms in a daisy-chained musical exploration of love's bittersweet embrace. A film adaptation of Michael John LaChiusa's celebrated musical, originally based on Arthur Schnitzler's play, La Ronde.

프랑스의 작은 마을에 아버지와 살고 있는 벨은 책을 통해 넓은 세계를 꿈꾼다. 전쟁 영웅 개스톤의 저돌적인 구애와 마을 사람들의 핀잔에도 결혼 따위엔 관심이 없다. 어느 날 행방불명된 아버지를 찾아 폐허가 된 성에 도착한 벨은 저주에 걸린 야수를 만나 아버지 대신 성에 갇히고, 야수 뿐 아니라 성 안의 모든 이들이 신비로운 장미의 마지막 꽃잎이 떨어지기 전에 저주를 풀지 못하면 영원히 인간으로 돌아올 수 없는 운명임을 알게 된다. 성에서 도망치려던 벨은 자신을 보호해 준 야수의 진심을 알게 되면서 차츰 마음을 열어가기 시작하는데...

This holiday special goes back in time to show how Elmo's ancestors--not to mention those of Grover, Big Bird, Bert, Ernie, Oscar the Grouch and Cookie Monster--helped transform "the most unfriendly street in town" into the bright, kind, music-filled place it is today.

It's 1959 in a seedy bar in Philadelphia, and Billie Holiday is giving one of her last performances interlaced with salty, often humorous, reminiscences to project a riveting portrait of the lady and her music 4 months before her death.

Recorded before a live audience at the historic Los Angeles Theatre, Josh Groban delves into his first love --Broadway musicals-- and brings some of the most iconic of these songs to life with timeless melodies and lyrics, including “All I Ask of You” (The Phantom of the Opera) and “Anthem” (Chess), among many others. In addition, the special, one-night only cinematic event features previously unreleased concert footage and a live Q&A with Groban, taking questions from fans in the audience and via social media before his performance.

음악을 향한 꿈과 자신의 록밴드 ‘더 플래쉬’에 대한 열정으로 가족도 사랑도 뒤로한 채 살고 있는 ‘리키’(메릴 스트립). 어느 날, 전 남편 ‘피트’(케빈 클라인)에게서 자신들의 딸 ‘줄리’(마미 검머)가 파경의 위기에 처했단 연락을 받고 20년 만에 가족들에게 돌아간다. 하지만 비밀리에 결혼식을 준비하고 있던 아들 ‘조쉬’, 이제 와서 엄마 행세를 하려는 그녀가 못마땅한 아들 ‘아담’, 그리고 폐인이 되다시피 한 ‘줄리’, 어느 누구도 그녀를 환영하지 않는데…. 과연 ‘리키’는 금이 가 버린 가족과의 관계를 회복하고 다시 해피엔딩을 노래할 수 있을까? 음악을 향한 용기, 사랑을 위한 준비, 모든 것은 지금부터다!

Murder, mayhem and the ultimate revenge. Stephen Sondheim's macabre musical masterpiece comes back to life in this bold new production, starring Bryn Terfel and Academy Award winner Emma Thompson.

This intimate documentary explores the life and career of the stage legend Stephen Sondheim through six of his best-known songs.

The Sound of Music Live! is a television special that was originally broadcast by NBC on December 5, 2013. Produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, the special was an adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway musical The Sound of Music, starring country singer Carrie Underwood as Maria von Trapp, performed and televised live from Grumman Studios in Bethpage, New York. Meron felt that if the telecast were successful, the concept could become "another kind of entertainment that can exist on TV." By her request, Underwood's casting as Maria was personally endorsed by Julie Andrews, who starred in the 1965 film.

Audra McDonald sings personal favorites and selections from her new album, Go Back Home.

베테랑 경관 데이브 브라운은 가족을 지키고, 그 자신 또한 살아남기 위해 고군분투한다

Join us for a rousing celebration of the life and works of one of Broadway's greatest legends — the one and only Stephen Sondheim. For the master composer and lyricist's 80th birthday, many of musical theater's brightest stars gathered in March of 2010 to perform more than two dozen sensational numbers from Sondheim's illustrious career, and several of these enduring songs are performed by the original Broadway cast members. David Hyde Pierce hosts this magical event with Stephen Sondheim's longtime collaborator Paul Gemignani conducting the New York Philharmonic. Originally broadcast as an episode of the PBS series "Great Performances" (season 38, episode 2).

Admired and praised by the likes of Irving Berlin and Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer has been described as "one of our great folk poets" and "the most perfect American lyricist". Throughout his extraordinary career, he collaborated with hundreds of composers to write legendary movie songs such as "Hooray for Hollywood", "Jeepers Creepers" and "Moon River". Mercer then went on to co-found Capitol Records in 1942 and became a successful Broadway producer of St. Louis Woman and L'il Abner.

Dreams can make a life worth living, but they can also be dashed by bad decisions. This is the crossroads whare the Younger family find themselves when their father passes away and leaves them with $10,000 in life insurance money. Should they buy a new home for the family? Perhaps a liquor store? While no choice is easy, life on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s is even harder.

- Recorded live at Los Angeles Opera, 1 & 4 March 2007. Welcome to Mahagonny, where sin is "in" and love is always on sale. This Old West boomtown rises from the desert to become a razzle-dazzle mecca for lust, liberty, and the pursuit of pleasure. Cash is king, poverty is punishable by death, and anything worth doing is worth overdoing. Director John Doyle melds his Tony Award winning talent with the lyrics of influential playwright Bertolt Brecht and an incomparable score by Kurt Weill. The brilliant cast is led by superstars Audra McDonald, as the tart-with-a-heart `Jenny' and Patti LuPone, who portrays the town's feisty madam. Audra McDonald · Patti LuPone · Anthony Dean Griffey Robert Wörle · John Easterlin · Mel Ulrich Directed for Stage by John Doyle Chorus and Orchestra of the Los Angeles Opera James Conlon, conductor

Broadway and concert star Audra McDonald rings in the new year with a program of cherished song standards by Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Harold Arlen, and others, backed by members of the New York Philharmonic conducted by Ted Sperling.

Audra McDonald, already renowned for her virtuosity in classical and Broadway song, brings her talents to new genres by interpreting works of pop and contemporary composers, including pieces from her album Build a Bridge.

Four-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and veteran movie and television star Peter Graves join with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square in an extraordinary musical Christmas celebration. This spectacular performance of the Choir's 2004 Christmas concert will be a holiday favorite for years to come.

Broadway royalty and Tony-winners Tommy Tune, Carol Channing, Robert Goulet, and Harvey Fierstein are your hosts for this third compilation of great musical performances from the archives of the Tony Award® broadcasts. Legendary stars from legendary shows strut their stuff in 23 performances that have become part of Broadway history.

Passion is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Lapine. The story was adapted from Ettore Scola's film Passione d'Amore. Central themes include love, sex, obsession, illness, passion, beauty, power and manipulation. Set in 19th century Italy, the plot concerns a young soldier and the changes in him brought about by the obsessive love of Fosca, his Colonel's homely, ailing cousin.

Izzy, the youngest son of a troubled New York family, takes a shine to breaking into people's apartments as a way to get attention.

그롬버그 가족은 멋진 집에서 여유로운 생활을 누리는 뉴욕의 중산층 가정이다. 겉으로는 평범해 보이는 그들의 생활이지만 가족마다 각자의 문제를 안고 있는 것이 그롬버그 가족의 실체이다. 알렉스는 아버지와의 소원한 관계, 외간 여자와의 부적절한 관계를 아내에게 발각되어 소파에서 잠을 자는 신세가 되어버린 문제를 안고 있다. 대학에 다니는 천하태평의 아들 애쉬는 부모님 몰래 마약 거래에 까지 손을 대고 있다. 할아버지 미첼은 인생의 황혼기에 들어서도 젊음을 사수하려 고집을 피우며 가족 위에서 제왕처럼 군림하려 든다. 그러던 어느날, 할머니의 죽음을 맞이하여 곪아있던 상처가 터지듯 그롬버그 가족의 문제들이 터져나오며, 그롬버그 가족의 일대 위기가 닥쳐오게 되는데....

The classic musical by Bernstein, Comden and Green is performed live in concert in Berlin, starring Audra McDonald, Thomas Hampson, Brent Barrett and Kim Criswell, and conducted by Simon Rattle.

어릴 적부터 비어트릭스 포터의 그림책을 읽으면서 언어의 아름다움을 깨닫고 천재적이지만 인간미 없고 냉정하기 짝이 없는 중년 학자가 된다. 주인공 비비안 베어링은 너무 똑똑한 사람이었다. 그녀의 똑똑함은 단순한 지능지수에 대한 기술 이상의 것이었으며, 그녀는 난소암 말기 환자로 실험적인 약물 치료를 받고 있는 중이었고 그녀의 몸을 뒤틀며 괴롭히는 것은 적인 암세포가 아니라 그녀의 암을 치유하기 위한 약물인 것을 알게 되면서 좌절을 맛보게 된다. 지금까지 영문학자로서 책을 연구하고 가르치던 사람이 이제는 자신이 책이 되어 암전문가들과 의대생에게 연구과제가 된 입장이 되어 반전을 일으키게 된다. 매정한 인물이 세상을 향해 마음을 활짝 열어도 보았지만 세상은 그렇게 만만치가 않았다. 오히려 그녀에게 난소암과 그로 인해 고통 받는 그녀의 육체는 평생을 연구해 왔던 주제가 육화되어 나타나는 것이다. 그녀도 다른 사람들처럼 고통 받고 두려워하며 간호사 수지와의 관계를 통해 보다 단순하고 소박한 인간적 감정의 가치를 재인식하지만, 그러는 동안에도 그녀의 두뇌는 그녀가 마주친 형이상학적 패러독스를 무시할 만큼 '위트'를 잃지 않는데...

A presidential debate, unconfirmed rumors and four reporters who take the political process into their own hands. With the election only a week away, the two candidates square off in a final debate. The televised event takes a dramatic turn when the moderator and three panelists confront one of the candidates with unconfirmed rumors and allegations. The debate quickly turns into a witch hunt and destroys one politician's career. They also give Tom Chapman, the up-and-coming reporter investigating the panel's ambush, the story of a lifetime: What went on behind the last debate.

Audra McDonald, Tony Award-winner for Carousel, Master Class, and Ragtime, appears live in concert from the Donmar Warehouse in London. In a program that blends the old and the new, McDonald presents ballads by Gershwin, Arlen, and Kern, along with songs by the next generation of music theatre composers. Her performance demonstrates why The New York Times has declared, "She has the vocal power and charisma to make you believe in a better musical future."

A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.

On Sept. 28, 1998, some of the greatest divas in musical theater -- including Marin Mazzie, Judy Kuhn and Audra McDonald -- took the stage at New York City's Carnegie Hall to belt out songs that made them famous. Julie Andrews hosted the event. Showstoppers include Liza Minnelli performing "Some People"; Andrea McArdle singing "Look for the Silver Lining" and "Tomorrow"; and Bebe Neuwirth and Karen Ziemba teaming for "Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag." Originally broadcast on PBS's "Great Performances" (season 28, episode 4).

보육원에서 힘든 하루하루를 보내는 소녀 애니. 마음씨 고약한 보육원장 해니건에게 질릴 대로 질린 애니는 낡은 보육원에서 도망쳐 부모님을 찾아 나선다. 뉴욕의 차갑고 매정한 거리에서 마음씨 좋은 부자 올리버 워벅스 씨의 품으로 가기까지의 여정 속에 벌어지는 수많은 사건이 음악과 함께 펼쳐진다.

Tells the story of Sadie and Bessie Delany, two African-American (they preferred "colored") sisters who both lived past the age of 100. They grew up on a North Carolina college campus, the daughters of the first African-American Episcopal bishop, who was born a slave, and a woman with an inter-racial background. With the support of each other and their family, they survived encounters with racism and sexism in their own different ways. Sadie quietly and sweetly broke barriers to become the first African-American home-ec teacher in New York City, while Bessie, with her own brand of outspokenness, became the second African-American dentist in New York City. At the ages of 103 and 101, they told their story to Amy Hill Hearth, a white New York Times reporter who published an article about them. The overwhelming response launched a bestselling book, a Broadway play, and this film.

동성애자인 조지(폴 루드)는 대학교수 졸리와 동거를 하고 있다. 학교 선생님인 조지는 학예회가 있던 날, 콘스탄스의 파티에서 니나(제니퍼 애니스턴)를 알게 되고 졸리에게 결별 당한 후, 니나의 집에서 함께 생활하게 된다. 복지관 상담원인 니나는 남자 친구인 빈스와의 동거보다는 게이인 조지와의 생활에서 더 편안함과 안정을 느끼고 둘은 친구처럼 가까워진다. 그러던 중 빈스의 아이를 임신하게 된 니나는 출산 후 아이를 빈스가 아닌 조지와 키우고 싶어한다. 니나는 조지에게 부부가 아닌 친구로서 아이의 양육을 도와달라고 부탁한다.

An elderly man wants to exit earth in a state of unity with all creatures. To that end, he hires a quartet of manservants to plug his facial orifices with their fingers.

Gay, civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, who organized the 1963 March on Washington.