Back in November, after California voted down Prop 8, Will and I attended our first protest. We marched through the streets of the Upper West Side and supported our friends and family in California who had their rights stripped from them by a bunch of mean spirited voters. Now the marriage fight is in our [...]
I’ve written about Audra McDonald for a Geek Out previously, but today’s is song specific. “Cradle and All” is written by Ricky Ian Gordon and Jessica Molaskey and appeared on McDonald’s Build a Bridge CD. This song is gorgeous. I encourage you to listen to the message in the lyrics and appreciate Audra’s voice blending [...]
25Dec08
Merry Christmas!
We wish you a very Merry Christmas… with a little help from the wonderful Audra McDonald!
6Feb08
A Look Into Our iTunes World
On a whim I took a look at the button on our iTunes console that said “Top 25 Most Played” just to see what was there. We’ve been using iTunes for a couple years now and this combines the statistics from what’s played on our iPods plus what is played through the console itself. I [...]
I went from having a Geek Out about her on Friday to sitting six rows away from her tonight! We just got home from 110 in the Shade and all the reviews raving about Audra’s performance were right on the money. She commands the stage in this musical revival of the 1963 show, which is [...]
25May07
Friday Geek Out: Audra McDonald
I discovered Audra McDonald when she was in Ragtime in 1998. Initially it was just a performance on The Rosie O’Donnell Show and later Will and I saw the entire show on a trip to NYC. I was blown away by her voice and her acting. She’s won four Tonys–two for plays (Master Class and [...]
