Audra McDonald Begins Extensive US Concert Tour

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Audra McDonald launches her extensive 2014–15 concert season with a performance at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA tonight. The season includes shows in more than 30 cities in 18 different states across the US, among them five cities in California and five in Florida; three each in New Jersey and upstate New York; dates in Indianapolis, Charlotte, Boston, Chapel Hill, and Tucson; and a return to Carnegie Hall. McDonald won a record-breaking sixth Tony Award for her portrayal of Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill earlier this year and released her latest solo album, Go Back Home, in 2013.

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Audra McDonald launches her extensive 2014–15 concert season with a performance at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles tonight. The season includes shows in more than 30 cities in 18 different states across the United States, among them five cities in California and five in Florida; three each in New Jersey and upstate New York; dates in Indianapolis, Charlotte, Boston, Chapel Hill, and Tucson; and a return to Carnegie Hall in New York City. The season also features a number of orchestra performances, including the Rochester Philharmonic, Naples Philharmonic, Des Moines Symphony, and Jacksonville Symphony, conducted by her musical director, Andy Einhorn. See below for the currently announced dates; for additional details, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

Earlier this year, McDonald won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for her unforgettable performance as Billie Holiday in the musical play Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill. This marks a historic sixth Tony Award win for McDonald, the most ever won by a performer, and Lady Day is Audra McDonald’s eleventh turn in a Broadway production. Her record-breaking sixth Tony Award follows the 2012 Tony Award for Leading Actress in a Musical for The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess and earlier Featured roles in Carousel (1994), Master Class (1996), Ragtime (1998), and A Raisin in the Sun (2004).

Audra McDonald released her latest solo album on Nonesuch Records last year with Go Back Home, her first album in seven years. The album features songs by composers with whom she has long been associated (Adam Guettel, Michael John LaChiusa, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim) and some, like the Kander & Ebb title track, relatively new to her repertoire; in addition, McDonald continues to champion works by an emerging generation of composers. “As usual,” says the Los Angeles Times, “she stuns upon entrance, exit and everything else.” New York magazine raves: “It’s entirely possible that Audra McDonald is the greatest singer alive.” USA Today says: “McDonald has one of the warmest, most glorious singing voices on the planet.”

Go Back Home is her fifth solo album for Nonesuch Records, following Way Back to Paradise (1998), How Glory Goes (2000), Happy Songs (2002), and Build a Bridge (2006). To peruse Audra McDonald’s Nonesuch discography, click here.

AUDRA McDONALD ON TOUR

Dec 2 Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles, CA
Dec 3 Cohan Center San Luis Obispo, CA
Dec 5 Green Music Center Rohnert Park, CA
Dec 6 Zellerbach Hall Berkeley, CA
Dec 7 The Granada Theatre Santa Barbara, CA
Jan 8 Parker Playhouse Fort Lauderdale, FL
Jan 17 Kodak Hall Rochester, NY
Jan 24 Hayes Hall Naples, FL
Jan 31 Teatro Real Madrid, Spain
Feb 6 Memorial Hall Chapel Hill, NC
Feb 8 Knight Theater Storrs, CT
Feb 13 Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts Stateline, NV
Feb 21 Des Moines Civic Center Des Moines, IA
Feb 27 Kohler Memorial Theatre Kohler, WI
Mar 1 Symphony Hall Boston, MA
Mar 12 EKU Center for the Arts Richmond, KY
Mar 15 Fox Theatre Tucson, AZ
Mar 21 Jacoby Symphony Hall Richmond, KY
Mar 22 Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Sarasota, FL
Mar 24 Kravis Center for the Performing Arts West Palm Beach, FL
Mar 27 Music Center at Strathmore North Bethesda, MD
Apr 2 Hopkins Center for the Arts Hanover, NH
Apr 11 Hosmer Hall Potsdam, NY
Apr 16 Schaeffer Auditorium Kutztown, PA
Apr 17 McCarter Theatre Center Princeton, NJ
Apr 19 Prudential Hall Newark, NJ
Apr 23 Peace Center for the Performing Arts Greenville, SC
Apr 25 Hilbert Circle Theatre Indianapolis, IN
Apr 29 Carnegie Hall New York, NY
May 1 Anne and Ellen Fife Theatre Blacksburg, VA
May 8 Bergen Performing Arts Center Englewood, NJ
May 9 Tilles Center for the Performing Arts Greenvale, NY
May 15 Virginia Arts Festival Norfolk, VA
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