By Jennifer R Jones | Posted on April 14, 2013 1:51 PM
Broadway Star Audra Mcdonald Is Set To Release Her Fifth Solo Recording Entitled Go Back Home Featuring Two Modern Musical Theater Composers
Broadway Star Audra McDonald Releasing Fifth Solo Recording
Multiple Tony Award winner and Broadway star Audra McDonald (Porgy and Bess) is set to release her fifth solo recording on May 21. The album, titled Go Back Home, will be available on Nonesuch Records.
Along with the title song (from John Kander & Fred Ebb's musical The Scottsboro Boys), Go Back Home will feature an array of songs from Broadway shows and other musicals, including Stephen Sondheim's "The Glamorous Life," Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Edelweiss," Kander & Ebb's "First You Dream," and Jule Styne and Comden & Green's "Make Someone Happy".
Featuring The Work Of Two Modern Theater Composers
As she has often done before, McDonald will feature the work of two of her favorite modern musical theater composers, Adam Guettel and Michael John LaChiusa. The album will also highlight songs by emerging composers like Adam Gwon and Will Reynolds.
Shortly before the recording's release, Audra McDonald will perform in a May 9 concert at Avery Fisher Hall to promote the album. PBS will film the concert and subsequently broadcast it as a part of the "Live From Lincoln Center" series on May 24.
