Audra McDonald to Join Barbara Cook in Concert for Special America Votes Benefit

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Audra McDonald will join fellow Tony Award winner and famed Sondheim interpreter Barbara Cook for a very special concert event titled Audra McDonald & Barbara Cook: Broadway Voices for Change, on Sunday, October 19, at 8 PM, at New York's Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Proceeds from the event will benefit America Votes, the largest grassroots voter mobilization effort in the US, supporting a broad economic and social justice agenda.

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Audra McDonald will join fellow Tony Award winner and famed Sondheim interpreter Barbara Cook for a very special concert event on Sunday, October 19. Proceeds from the event, titled Audra McDonald & Barbara Cook: Broadway Voices for Change, will benefit America Votes, the largest grassroots voter mobilization effort in the US today. It is a coalition of over 40 of the most powerful national groups, like labor unions, Sierra Club, NAACP, VoteVets, and the League of Young Voters, working together to increase progressive voter registration and turnout in support of a broad economic and social justice agenda. For more information on the organization, visit americavotes.org.

The October 19 concert will be held at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in New York at 8 PM. Ted Sperling and Lee Musiker, longtime collaborators of Audra's and Nonesuch, will serve as music directors. For tickets to the event, visit telecharge.com.

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    Audra McDonald to Join Barbara Cook in Concert for Special America Votes Benefit
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    Audra McDonald will join fellow Tony Award winner and famed Sondheim interpreter Barbara Cook for a very special concert event on Sunday, October 19. Proceeds from the event, titled Audra McDonald & Barbara Cook: Broadway Voices for Change, will benefit America Votes, the largest grassroots voter mobilization effort in the US today. It is a coalition of over 40 of the most powerful national groups, like labor unions, Sierra Club, NAACP, VoteVets, and the League of Young Voters, working together to increase progressive voter registration and turnout in support of a broad economic and social justice agenda. For more information on the organization, visit americavotes.org.

    The October 19 concert will be held at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in New York at 8 PM. Ted Sperling and Lee Musiker, longtime collaborators of Audra's and Nonesuch, will serve as music directors. For tickets to the event, visit telecharge.com.

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