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Audra McDonald at the Van Wezel

Earning an unprecedented three Tony® Awards before the age of 30 (Carousel, Master Class, and Ragtime) and a fourth in 2004 (A Raisin in the Sun), singer and actress Audra McDonald is an extraordinary force. Audra blends a luscious, classically-trained soprano voice with an incomparable gift for dramatic truth-telling – a gift that resonates in her film and television work (for all you Private Practice fans), as well as on stage.

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