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Audra McDonald was a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on NBC last night. She spoke with Fallon about her upcoming return to Broadway in Shuffle Along, and more. She also joined the host for a reunion of their duo, the Yahoo! Answers Lounge Singers, to give voice to some sage Yahoo! Answers in their own inimitable way. You can watch them here.

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Audra McDonald was a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on NBC last night. She spoke with Fallon about her upcoming return to Broadway in Shuffle Along, which begins previews on March 15 and opens on April 28, and more. She also joined the host for a reunion of their duo, the Yahoo! Answers Lounge Singers, to give voice to some sage Yahoo! Answers in their own inimitable way. You can watch the segments below.

The revival of the 1921 musical Shuffle Along is directed by George C. Wolfe and choreographed by Savion Glover. Tickets are available now at shufflealongbraodway.com.

In her previous turn on Broadway, McDonald portrayed Billie Holiday in Lanie Robertson's musical play Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill. An HBO presentation of Lady Day, filmed before a live audience at Café Brasil in New Orleans in 2014, will premiere on Saturday, March 12.

Audra McDonald’s fifth solo album, Go Back Home, was released on Nonesuch Records in 2013, and followed her previously released albums Build a Bridge (2006), Happy Songs (2002), How Glory Goes (2000), and Way Back to Paradise (1998).

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  • Tuesday, February 23, 2016
    Watch: Audra McDonald Talks "Shuffle Along," Sings Yahoo! Answers on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon"
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    Audra McDonald was a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on NBC last night. She spoke with Fallon about her upcoming return to Broadway in Shuffle Along, which begins previews on March 15 and opens on April 28, and more. She also joined the host for a reunion of their duo, the Yahoo! Answers Lounge Singers, to give voice to some sage Yahoo! Answers in their own inimitable way. You can watch the segments below.

    The revival of the 1921 musical Shuffle Along is directed by George C. Wolfe and choreographed by Savion Glover. Tickets are available now at shufflealongbraodway.com.

    In her previous turn on Broadway, McDonald portrayed Billie Holiday in Lanie Robertson's musical play Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill. An HBO presentation of Lady Day, filmed before a live audience at Café Brasil in New Orleans in 2014, will premiere on Saturday, March 12.

    Audra McDonald’s fifth solo album, Go Back Home, was released on Nonesuch Records in 2013, and followed her previously released albums Build a Bridge (2006), Happy Songs (2002), How Glory Goes (2000), and Way Back to Paradise (1998).

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