Audra McDonald

07/04/09 The Fourth of July is one of television's greatest nights.  |  TV Guy

07/01/09 Hopefully, this time, whomever they cast as Sarah won't pull as many sick-outs as Audra McDonald!  |  Perez Hilton

07/01/09 The news that Jude Law is coming to "Hamlet" on Broadway this fall, and the buzz about Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Ortiz downtown in "Othello" in September, has obscured the recent chatter about another Shakespeare in town.  |  ArtsBeat - The New York Times

06/29/09 Raul Esparza, one of the hottest leading men on Broadway, has slipped effortlessly from a star turn as a fast-talking, cutthroat movie producer in the revival of "Speed-the-Plow" to a dreamy, lovelorn Duke Orsino in the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park production of "Twelfth Night."  |  Journal News - White Plains NY

06/29/09 At Thursday's opening night perf of the Shakespeare in the Park production of "Twelfth Night," it didn't rain once -- a delightful surprise to New Yorkers grumbling about a weeklong stretch of wet weather.  |  Variety

06/29/09 Anne Hathaway, Audra McDonald and Julie White.  |  Variety

06/29/09 She performed alongside stage and screen veterans Raul Esparza, Audra McDonald and Julie White.  |  Journal News - White Plains NY

06/28/09 Gotham stages have seen their share of major productions of "Twelfth Night" in the past two decades, but few of them have managed to entirely woo the New York critics.  |  Variety

06/26/09 Oscar nominee Anne Hathaway has won high praise for her stint in a free New York production of William Shakespeare play Twelfth Night , with critics hailing the performance as "most wonderful" and "joyous".  |  The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

06/26/09 Critics are calling " Twelfth Night " with Anne Hathaway one of the best Shakespeare in the Park productions in years.  |  NewYorkology Travel

06/25/09 Audra McDonald, with her four Tony Awards , suggests again that she may well be able to do anything.  |  Newsday - New York NY

06/25/09 Anne Hathaway , Audra McDonald and Raul Esparza in "Twelfth Night" -- that trio offers star power equal to any we've come to expect from the Public Theater's free Shakespear e in New York's Central Park.  |  Bloomberg.com

06/22/09 But most of the prominent portrayals of black women on television are men in corpulent drag (Madea), strutting tarts ("The Real Housewives of Atlanta") or emotionless law enforcement officers (Lt. Anita Van Buren of "Law & Order").  |  The Courier-Journal - Louisville KY

06/22/09 Often in America traditional productions of Shakespeare plays cease after high school and become snazzy reinterpretations designed to reach out to a wider audience or bring Shakespeare up to date: a condensed version, an all-female or all-male cast version, an outer space version, a puppet version, whatever.  |  Blogcritics.org Culture

06/18/09 So far, the first lady has chosen to be a food bank volunteer with an outsize entourage and an education activist with the largest soapbox imaginable.  |  MSNBC

06/18/09 "This includes absolutely no rooftop parties or gatherings for viewing of the fireworks celebration, unless the said property has met the code standards for such usage. And it is especially important that no overcrowding occur on these properties. Furthermore, the use of balconies, fire escapes, porches or any other structures for viewing are strictly prohibited within the confines of the codes for such structures," states the letter from Mayor David Roberts on the city of Hoboken website.  |  NewYorkology Travel

06/17/09 Joining the group, as a maker of mischief and romantic interest to Sir Toby is Julie White's Maria.  |  The Hot Blog - Movie City News

06/10/09 Shakespeare in the Park tonight kicks off its 2009 free summer season with Anne Hathaway in "Twelfth Night," new food options from Danny Meyer , and a return of the online ticket lottery.  |  NewYorkology Travel

06/02/09 Students, please show your ids, as it may get you into this Sunday's black-tie Tony Awards for a mere $40.  |  NewYorkology Travel

05/26/09 The Tony Awards will send in the celebrities for the June 7 telecast on CBS.  |  TV Guy