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Mcdonald_audra_2Audra McDonald joins her castmates from the 2004 Broadway revival of A Raising in the Sun---Sean Combs and Phylicia Rashad---for a sold-out New York Times Live TimesTalks event tonight at the Times Center in Manhattan. They'll be joined by their director, Kenny Leon, and moderator, Times reporter Patricia Cohen, to preview their ABC-TV adaptation of the play and discuss the present-day relevance of Lorraine Hansberry's landmark 1959 work. Although the event is sold out, the Times Center site reports that tickets may be available for purchase at the door after 5:30 PM.

Also participating in a TimesTalk this week is Amy Ryan, who was recently nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actress in Gone Baby Gone and is known to fans of HBO's The Wire as "Beadie" Russell. She'll be joined by fellow Oscar nominees, Juno's star, Ellen Page, and director, Jason Reitman, to discuss breakthrough roles. Tickets are still available at thetimescenter.com.

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  • Sunday, February 3, 2008
    Audra McDonald Joins Combs, Rashad in TimesTalk Tonight

    Mcdonald_audra_2Audra McDonald joins her castmates from the 2004 Broadway revival of A Raising in the Sun---Sean Combs and Phylicia Rashad---for a sold-out New York Times Live TimesTalks event tonight at the Times Center in Manhattan. They'll be joined by their director, Kenny Leon, and moderator, Times reporter Patricia Cohen, to preview their ABC-TV adaptation of the play and discuss the present-day relevance of Lorraine Hansberry's landmark 1959 work. Although the event is sold out, the Times Center site reports that tickets may be available for purchase at the door after 5:30 PM.

    Also participating in a TimesTalk this week is Amy Ryan, who was recently nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actress in Gone Baby Gone and is known to fans of HBO's The Wire as "Beadie" Russell. She'll be joined by fellow Oscar nominees, Juno's star, Ellen Page, and director, Jason Reitman, to discuss breakthrough roles. Tickets are still available at thetimescenter.com.

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