Audra McDonald Shares Emmy Award Win for Live From Lincoln Center's "Sweeney Todd"

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Audra McDonald, a six-time Tony Award winner, now shares an Emmy Award as host of Live From Lincoln Center's telecast of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The show has won the Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Program. As the official host of the PBS series, McDonald shares the award with the show’s producers. She has served as the official host of Live From Lincoln Center since 2012. This marks her fourth Emmy nomination and her first win.

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Audra McDonald, a six-time Tony Award winner, now shares an Emmy Award as host of Live From Lincoln Center's telecast of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The show won the Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Program at Sunday's awards ceremony. As the official host of the PBS series, McDonald shares the award with the show’s producers.

Starring Emma Thompson as Mrs. Lovett and Bryn Terfel as the title character, Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd aired nationally on PBS on September 26, 2014. The production was directed by Lonny Price and featured the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Alan Gilbert. (Nonesuch Records has released two recordings of Sweeney Todd: the 2007 film soundtrack and the 2006 Broadway cast recording.) McDonald has served as the official host of Live From Lincoln Center since 2012. This marks her fourth Emmy nomination and her first win.

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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  • Monday, September 14, 2015
    Audra McDonald Shares Emmy Award Win for Live From Lincoln Center's "Sweeney Todd"
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    Audra McDonald, a six-time Tony Award winner, now shares an Emmy Award as host of Live From Lincoln Center's telecast of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The show won the Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Program at Sunday's awards ceremony. As the official host of the PBS series, McDonald shares the award with the show’s producers.

    Starring Emma Thompson as Mrs. Lovett and Bryn Terfel as the title character, Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd aired nationally on PBS on September 26, 2014. The production was directed by Lonny Price and featured the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Alan Gilbert. (Nonesuch Records has released two recordings of Sweeney Todd: the 2007 film soundtrack and the 2006 Broadway cast recording.) McDonald has served as the official host of Live From Lincoln Center since 2012. This marks her fourth Emmy nomination and her first win.

    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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