Audra McDonald

She was there at the same time as well and other really wonderful people. But I was stuck. I was watching them do this and I wasn't. And here I was in New York at Juilliard practicing. My address was literally Broadway. And I had never felt so far away from my goal, which was Broadway. So I left school. I like to joke that I did the four-year program in five years.

She was there at the same time as well and other really wonderful people. But I was stuck. I was watching them do this and I wasn't. And here I was in New York at Juilliard practicing. My address was literally Broadway. And I had never felt so far away from my goal, which was Broadway. So I left school. I like to joke that I did the four-year program in five years.

She was there at the same time as well and other really wonderful people. But I was stuck. I was watching them do this and I wasn't. And here I was in New York at Juilliard practicing. My address was literally Broadway. And I had never felt so far away from my goal, which was Broadway. So I left school. I like to joke that I did the four-year program in five years.

And I left Juilliard for a little while because I just couldn't handle it anymore. And one of the things I ended up doing while I was taking some time off was I auditioned for things and I got into the touring company of the Secret Garden. And so I went on the road with that. And then I came back and did the last two months of Secret Garden on Broadway and finished school at the same time.

And I left Juilliard for a little while because I just couldn't handle it anymore. And one of the things I ended up doing while I was taking some time off was I auditioned for things and I got into the touring company of the Secret Garden. And so I went on the road with that. And then I came back and did the last two months of Secret Garden on Broadway and finished school at the same time.

And I left Juilliard for a little while because I just couldn't handle it anymore. And one of the things I ended up doing while I was taking some time off was I auditioned for things and I got into the touring company of the Secret Garden. And so I went on the road with that. And then I came back and did the last two months of Secret Garden on Broadway and finished school at the same time.

And then from that, I went back out on the road and I got an agent and my agent said, we've got this audition for you for Carousel.

And then from that, I went back out on the road and I got an agent and my agent said, we've got this audition for you for Carousel.

And then from that, I went back out on the road and I got an agent and my agent said, we've got this audition for you for Carousel.

I marry Mr. Snow Then it's off to home we'll go And both of us will look a little dreamy Roger McDonald singing a bit from Carousel, and she's talking with The New Yorker's Michael Shulman.

I marry Mr. Snow Then it's off to home we'll go And both of us will look a little dreamy Roger McDonald singing a bit from Carousel, and she's talking with The New Yorker's Michael Shulman.

I marry Mr. Snow Then it's off to home we'll go And both of us will look a little dreamy Roger McDonald singing a bit from Carousel, and she's talking with The New Yorker's Michael Shulman.

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It breezes below

It breezes below

I wasn't even thinking leading lady. I was, you know, a little black girl from Fresno, nine years old, in this dinner theater. Got to be Uncle Jocko's kitty. I was, you know, a kid in the ensemble of Hello, Dolly! I, you know, I ended up, they cast me when I was 16 to play Eva Peron and Evita at the local dinner theater.

I wasn't even thinking leading lady. I was, you know, a little black girl from Fresno, nine years old, in this dinner theater. Got to be Uncle Jocko's kitty. I was, you know, a kid in the ensemble of Hello, Dolly! I, you know, I ended up, they cast me when I was 16 to play Eva Peron and Evita at the local dinner theater.

I wasn't even thinking leading lady. I was, you know, a little black girl from Fresno, nine years old, in this dinner theater. Got to be Uncle Jocko's kitty. I was, you know, a kid in the ensemble of Hello, Dolly! I, you know, I ended up, they cast me when I was 16 to play Eva Peron and Evita at the local dinner theater.

Which was a big scandal because they double cast the role and the other woman was a 23 or 24 year old white woman. And so this is Fresno land of like Devin Nunes.

Which was a big scandal because they double cast the role and the other woman was a 23 or 24 year old white woman. And so this is Fresno land of like Devin Nunes.