NewsPHOTO ARCHIVE: Five-Time Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald on BroadwayThe Drama League honored five-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald at its 29th Annual Musical Celebration of Broadway Feb. 11 at the Pierre Hotel. Playbill.com looks back at her Broadway career thus far.
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Matthew Blank
February 12, 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
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Audra McDonald and cast in Carousel, 1994
Audra McDonald and Fisher Stevens in Carousel, 1994
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Audra McDonald, 1994 Tony Win for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, Carousel
The Musical Celebration of Broadway featured songs from McDonald's many Broadway triumphs, including The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, Carousel, Ragtime, Master Class, Marie Christine, 110 In The Shade; her operatic and concert work, including her celebrated turns in Passion and Mahagonny; and her award-winning albums "Way Back To Paradise," "How Glory Goes," "Happy Songs" and "Build a Bridge."
The revival of the John Kander-Fred Ebb-Joe Masteroff musical opened at the August Wilson Theatre April 21, with Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin leading the cast.
