Audra fainting spells?

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Audra fainting spells?

Posted: 5/23/07 at 10:30am

What are these fainting spells that are mentioned in the Post's recent article on Audra McDonald? She fainted after singing "Down with Love" and Mary Tyler Moore's doctor husband helped her? Was this after the Broadway Leading Ladies?

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#2

re: Audra fainting spells?

Posted: 5/23/07 at 10:31am

She used to faint all the time, apparantly. She says she doesn't anymore.

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#3

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Posted: 5/23/07 at 10:34am

I really didn't like that article. It basically was like, "She faints, but now she doesn't." Why bring up something that intriguing without explaining it?

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#4

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Posted: 5/23/07 at 10:35am

^^^ seriously.

#5

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Posted: 5/23/07 at 10:40am

My problem was either bring it up and explain it or don't bring it up at all, thinkpink. Stupid writers...

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#6

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Posted: 5/23/07 at 11:46am

that's the Post for ya. That whole article was just sloppy.

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#7

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Posted: 5/23/07 at 11:52am

I got from the article that she used to psych herself out to the point of passing out, but that now that she has a child, her priorities have changed, and the pressures of performing doen't have the same power over her.

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#8

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Posted: 5/23/07 at 1:31pm

The fainting occured while she was singing as a result of hyperventilation (shallow breathing), usually stemming from nerves. She very sweetly names her daughter as the cure, but I'm guessing the reality is that the breathing relaxed through refinement of vocal technique and increased performing experience. If you listen to her first solo recording you can hear the audible gasping for air that is very rare in her current performances.

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#9

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Posted: 5/23/07 at 1:32pm

I remember back in the late 90's, Rosie O'Donnell mentioned on her talk show that she had attended a benefit the night before and Audra had fainted and literally fell forward and off the stage.

#10

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Posted: 5/23/07 at 1:39pm

Wow, I didn't know it was a recurring thing. I know in her audition for Carousel, she sang and then fainted right after she finished.

This makes me love her 10 times more. Though I'm glad she doesn't faint anymore.

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#11

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Posted: 5/23/07 at 2:56pm

I had heard a weird rumor years ago that she was narcoleptic, but the nerves/breathing thing makes more sense. At any rate, I'm glad it's something she has under control now.

#12

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Posted: 5/23/07 at 3:03pm

I remember hearing that she fainted during a performance once. I think it was Marie Christine, but I'm not sure.

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#13

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Posted: 5/23/07 at 3:11pm

"The fainting occured while she was singing as a result of hyperventilation (shallow breathing), usually stemming from nerves."

Julliard should have dealt with this when she was a student. What are they teaching these days?

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#14

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Posted: 5/23/07 at 3:22pm

How to make an impression at an audition?

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#15

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Posted: 5/23/07 at 6:48pm

She also has low blood pressure. This can cause fainting spells. I suffer from the same thing. Not a big deal, she's learned to handle it. Let it go.