Audra Mcdonald is phenomenal.

 Last week I was incredibly fortunate to see, broadway super-star, Audra Mcdonald live in Bloomington. We were in the 9th row!

I cried so many times and felt incredibly uplifted to hear such a talented and driven performer. She is so loveable. She gave endearing anecdotes that made me feel like I was out to lunch with an old friend who happened to break out into song every now and then. seriously. She wouldn't even introduce songs by their title-she would sing the song and then ask for the audience to guess! HA! I loved it. Here's a little snip-it of her personalty from Broadway.com 

I nearly died when she turned the concert into a sing-a-long for "I could have danced all night". How exciting to get to sing with her (haha in my dreams).  Be sure to listen to her CD. There are so many gems. Here was my favorite. As a teacher this song just hit me so differently. This is so much what the day to day work is about. Make someone happy.

 For those of you in the bay area she is giving this same concert in June 12 at the Mountain Winery. You can check out her website for more details. 

On her website I found out she will be performing with her husband this summer!! I got this information from her website.

 "This summer, Audra McDonald will star opposite her husband Will Swenson in a production of Eugene O’Neill’s drama A Moon for the Misbegotten (Aug 5- 23), directed by Gordon Edelstein, at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts. Audra will play Josie, a farmer’s daughter who plots against their alcoholic landlord, James Tyrone Jr., who will be played by Will Swenson. Audra and Will Swenson first worked together in the Roundabout Theater Company’s 2007 award-winning revival of the Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones, and N. Richard Nash musical 110 in the Shade."


This is incredibly exciting! 

If you happen to be LDS you might now Will Swenson from the movie "The Singles Ward". If you happen to be a huge musical theatre fan then you probably remember him from "Hair"! If you are both a musical theatre fan and LDS then you probably already know this!