July 22
Audra McDonald
On Thursday, July 22 at 8pm (check local listings), singing sensation Audra McDonald joins the Boston Pops Orchestra for an evening of the best of Broadway. McDonald made history last year when, at twenty-eight, she won her third Tony Award for her portrayal of Sarah in the Broadway production of Ragtime, becoming the youngest three-time winner. McDonald has performed with the San Francisco Symphony and taped the Broadway's Leading Ladies concert at Carnegie Hall which broadcast on PBS's Great Performances earlier this season. Her upcoming appearances include engagements with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony, the New World Symphony, and the Philadelphia Orchestra. For her EVENING AT POPS debut, McDonald will sing works of Harold Arlen, composer of popular American show tunes and musical scores (including "Over the Rainbow" and "Stormy Weather"), and introduce viewers to music of the up-and-coming Broadway composers featured on her hit CD, Way Back to Paradise.
Concert Program
- Selections from Girl Crazy George Gershwin, arr. Anderson
"I Got Rhythm"
"Embraceable You"
"Bidin' My Time"
"But Not For Me"
"I Got Rhythm" (reprise) - "Fascinatin' Rhythm," George Gershwin, arr. Thomas/Coughlin
- "Tom" from Hello Again Michael John LaChiusa, arr. Hochman
- "Baby Moon," Adam Guettel arr. Coughlin
- "A Lullaby" Ricky Ian Gordon/James Agee, arr. Sebesky
- Carousel Waltz, Rodgers
- "A Sleepin' Bee," Harold Arlen/Truman Capote, arr. Stern/Hochman
- "The Man That Got Away," Harold Arlen/Gershwin
- "Stars and the Moon," Jason Robert Brown, arr. Stern from Songs for a New World
- "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home," Harold Arlen/Mercer, arr. Stern/Coughlin
- "Get Happy," Harold Arlen, arr. Sebesky