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Sing Happy w/New York Philharmonic

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1 I Am What I Am  
2 It Might as Well Be Spring / Hurry It's Lovely Up Here  
3 Cornet Man  
4 Sing Happy  
5 Simple Little Things  
6 Introduction to Being Good isn't Good Enough  
7 Being Good Isn't Good Enough  
8 Summertime  
9 Chain of Love  
10 Vanilla Ice Cream  
11 March is a Windy Month  
12 Introduction to Medley  
13 Children Will Listen / You've Got to Be Carefully Taught  
14 Facebook Song  
15 Never Will I Marry  
16 Being Alive  
17 Introduction to Make Someone Happy  
18 Make Someone Happy  
19 Introduction to Climb Ev'ry Mountain  
20 Climb Ev'ry Mountain  
21 More I Cannot Wish You  
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Decca Gold is proud to announce the forthcoming release of Sing Happy, the live performance of the New York Philharmonic's 2018 Spring Gala starring Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald, conducted by Andy Einhorn. Recorded live on May 1 at David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, the recording represents McDonald's first collaboration with Decca Gold – as well as her first solo recording with full orchestra.

Sing Happy features many songs that are either new to McDonald's repertoire or have never before been recorded by her – such as "I Am What I Am" from La Cage aux Folles, "Vanilla Ice Cream" from She Loves Me, and "Children Will Listen" from Into The Woods– and offers a sneak peek at the repertoire she's performing on her upcoming North American concert tour. The album will be quickly mastered and sequenced and set for digital release on May 11 and physical formats on June 1.

Acclaimed by The New York Times as a "one-of-a-kind musical super-talent," Audra McDonald has won a record-breaking six Tony Awards, making her the most decorated performer in American theater. The singer and actress was named one of TIME magazine's 100 most influential people of 2015 and received a 2015 National Medal of Arts - America's highest honor for achievement in the arts - from President Barack Obama. McDonald is currently starring in the CBS All Access drama The Good Fight and has a series of concert dates throughout North America on which she's presenting many of the songs from Sing Happy. In addition to her work on stage and screen, McDonald is noted as a passionate advocate for equal rights, LGBTQ causes, and underprivileged youth.

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    Posted At: August 1, 2023 12:00 AM
    Six time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald will perform on Thursday. The Aspen Times - Sarah Girgis writes….There was a time when celebrated singer, actor and Broadway trailblazer Audra McDonald was reluctant to sing Broadway’s greatest tunes. Fans will be pleased to hear those days are behind her.“We’re going for the classic Great American ‘musical theater’ Songbook,” said McDonald. “These are songs th...
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  • Audra McDonald named recipient of Signature Theatre's 10th Stephen Sondheim Award / Playbill
    Posted At: January 15, 2019 12:00 AM

    Virginia's Signature Theatre will honor six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald with the company's tenth Stephen Sondheim Award March 4 at a black-tie gala at the Embassy of Italy. The evening will benefit Signature Theatre's artistic, education, and community programs. Signature Theatre inaugurated The Stephen Sondheim Award in 2009 in recognition of the importance of Sondheim's work to Signature and to the...
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  • Set for PBS: Great Performances, Tanglewood celebration caps Bernstein centennial / Forbes
    Posted At: August 12, 2018 12:00 AM

    The actual 100th anniversary of the birth of musician extraordinaire Leonard Bernstein on August 25 will be celebrated worldwide-capped by a special concert at Tanglewood that will be taped and later broadcast. While the centennial commemoration of his life and work continues in museums and at other concerts and events, Bernstein studied and conducted for 50 years at Tanglewood, the summer home in the Be...
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  • Audra McDonald brings her best to Cuyahoga Falls / cleveland.com
    Posted At: July 31, 2018 12:00 AM

    Before catching Audra McDonald with The Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Center Sunday night, I knew her mostly through the math of her accolades: The six Tonys, two Grammys and the Emmy. For one reason or another, I'd always missed her onstage in New York. I'll never repeat that mistake. In the meantime, as consolation, McDonald brought the Great American Songbook by way of classic and conte...
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  • Audra McDonald - Sing Happy is the IPR: Classical New Release
    Posted At: June 12, 2018 12:00 AM

    Audra McDonald has won Grammys, Emmys and six Tonys, which makes her American theater's most decorated performer. But she still has more to do - her newest album "Sing Happy" is her first solo recording with orchestra, and it features many songs that she has never recorded before. McDonald performs with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Andy Einhorn. The album includes musical theater...
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  • Audra McDonald with San Francisco Symphony, set for Davies Hall / The Mercury News
    Posted At: May 18, 2018 12:00 AM

    Audra McDonald can do it all. The six-time Tony Award winner moves effortlessly between comedy and heart-on-the-sleeve drama, and she's sure to dazzle when she returns to Davies Hall on May 18 for an evening of Broadway classics and contemporary musical theater works. With conductor Andy Einhorn leading the San Francisco Symphony orchestra, fans can expect to hear songs from the soprano's new CD, "Sing H...
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