Anyone else want to see Audra McDonald as Eliza?- Page 2
Anyone else want to see Audra McDonald as Eliza?
Audra McDonald in My Fair Lady#25
Posted: 8/25/17 at 12:22pm
Added to the fact that she's far too old for the role, her voice also has an awfully mature, dark, heavy tone for that score - it would be kinda like hearing Deborah Voigt as Maria in West Side Story.
Better roles, I think, would be Mrs. Maurrant in Street Scene, Vanessa in Vanessa, Regina in Regina, dramatic soprano stuff like that. And definitely adult roles, not ingenues. Even better - get someone to write her a new role, like a musical of Beloved, with McDonald as Sethe. Or in a lighter vein, perhaps Amanda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada.
Audra McDonald in My Fair Lady#26
Posted: 8/25/17 at 12:25pm
newintown said: "Even better - get someone to write her a new role, like a musical of Beloved, with McDonald as Sethe. Or in a lighter vein, perhaps Amanda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada."
YES to both of these. I can't wait to get her back on Broadway.
Audra McDonald in My Fair Lady#28
Posted: 8/25/17 at 5:16pm
Moriah3 said: "Am I the only person who wants to see her play Eliza in the revival?
Yes. She's totally wrong.
Who wants to see Rosie ODonnell as Eliza?
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Audra McDonald in My Fair Lady#29
Posted: 8/25/17 at 6:18pm
Added to the fact that she's far too old for the role, her voice also has an awfully mature, dark, heavy tone for that score - it would be kinda like hearing Deborah Voigt as Maria in West Side Story.
Better roles, I think, would be Mrs. Maurrant in Street Scene, Vanessa in Vanessa, Regina in Regina, dramatic soprano stuff like that. And definitely adult roles, not ingenues. Even better - get someone to write her a new role, like a musical of Beloved, with McDonald as Sethe. Or in a lighter vein, perhaps Amanda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada.
Now I need a musical version of Beloved.
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