Michael Shulman
Appearances
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Audra McDonald on Stephen Sondheim, “Gypsy,” and Being Black on Broadway
Audrey McDonald on stage at the New Yorker Festival, and she's starring in the revival of Gypsy, which is opening on Broadway. She spoke with the New Yorker's Michael Schulman.
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Audra McDonald on Stephen Sondheim, “Gypsy,” and Being Black on Broadway
This is The New Yorker Radio Hour. I'm David Remnick. The show Gypsy, an early work by Stephen Sondheim, is sometimes called the greatest of American musicals. A new production on Broadway is a real event. all the more so when a star like Audra McDonald is in the lead role of Rose, a complicated stage mother with outsized ambitions for her daughters.
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Audra McDonald on Stephen Sondheim, “Gypsy,” and Being Black on Broadway
That's the New Yorker Radio Hour for today. I'm David Remnick. Thanks for listening. See you next time.
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Audra McDonald on Stephen Sondheim, “Gypsy,” and Being Black on Broadway
Rose has been called, and I think it's only half-joking, the King Lear of musical theater. Audra McDonald has won six Tonys as an actor in plays as well as musicals, and she joined us at the New Yorker Festival in October as the cast of Gypsy was getting ready for previews. Here's staff writer Michael Shulman.
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Audra McDonald on Stephen Sondheim, “Gypsy,” and Being Black on Broadway
We'll continue in a moment. This is The New Yorker Radio Hour.
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Audra McDonald on Stephen Sondheim, “Gypsy,” and Being Black on Broadway
This is the New Yorker Radio Hour. I'm David Remnick. Recently at the New Yorker Festival, the celebrated actress and singer Audra McDonald talked with our staff writer, Michael Shulman. We'll return to that conversation now. Here's Michael Shulman.