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Article: Enter Audra's Paradise.
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- The Black Collegian
- Article date:
- February 1, 2000
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Audra McDonald has arrived. With three Tony awards to her credit, the not even 30-year-old performer is considered to be one of the most compelling musical-theatre actresses of her generation. Praise of her talent is well, overwhelming. "There's no better singer on Broadway," reviews Time. "She's a great blazing star," says renowned Broadway Actress Zoe Caldwell. And then there is "Chicago Hope" star, Mandy Patinkin, who sang with McDonald on the album "Leonard Bernstein's New York. "Her voice completely intimidates me," says Patinkin, "She makes me feel like Rex Harrison should have felt when he was singing with Julie Andrews. I feel like I'd be much better off just ...