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Audra McDonald Reschedules December Carnegie Hall Concert

The six-time Tony winner has had an unforeseen scheduling change.

Audra McDonald will present a concert at Carnegie Hall on December 12.
Audra McDonald will now perform at Carnegie Hall on April 29, 2015.
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Six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald has postponed her upcoming December 12 Carnegie Hall concert due to an unanticipated scheduling change related to a film project. Her performance at the legendary venue has been rescheduled for April 29, 2015.

McDonald will be joined by music director and pianist Andy Einhorn, bassist Mark Vanderpoel, and drummer Gene Lewin. The concert will feature many songs that are new to her repertoire. This will be McDonald's fourth solo Carnegie Hall concert at the Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, where she appeared most recently in October 2011.

McDonald has a record six performance Tony Awards as well as two Grammy Awards. She won her first Tony for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for Carousel at Lincoln Center Theater and two additional Tony Awards in the featured actress category over the next four years for Master Class (1996) and Ragtime (1998). In 2004, she won her fourth Tony for A Raisin in the Sun, and in 2012 she won her fifth for her performance as Bess in The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess. Most recently, McDonald made Broadway history after winning her sixth award for her portrayal of Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill.

In 2012, McDonald was named the new official host of the PBS series Live From Lincoln Center, which earned her a third Emmy nomination.

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