Record-breaking 6-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald is to return to London’s West End in April for four concerts only at Leicester Square Theatre, where she completely sold out her shows last year.
The Broadway legend will be joined on stage this time by host & pianist Seth Rudetsky, who last month starred in the 5-star London premiere of his Broadway musical “Disaster!”. The performances will also include a special guest appearance by McDonald’s husband, Will Swenson (the Tony nominated star of “Hair” and “Pricilla, Queen of the Desert”) and are produced by Mark Cortale.
Audra McDonald in Concert will run at Leicester Square Theatre on April 12, 13, 14 & 15. The format of the evening will be a seamless mix of intimate behind-the-scenes stories from one of Broadway’s biggest stars – prompted by Rudetsky’s probing, funny, revealing questions – and Audra singing some of the biggest hits from her musical theatre repertoire.
This is a spontaneous evening of hilarity and show-stopping songs not to be missed. Audra McDonald’s last series of Leicester Square Theatre concerts were this week named one of 2016’s “Best Gigs of the Year” by reviewer Clive Davis of The Times and were among LiveTheatreUK’s Top 10 West End Musicals of the year. “Audra MacDonald’s Leicester Square Theatre concert was not really a musical, but it certainly counted as one of the greatest nights of musical theatre in the year. McDonald was a complete superstar, effortlessly telling deeply affecting stories through song, connecting intuitively with her audience and singing with a ferocity, a gentle touch, a supremely confident and peerlessly matched tone that simply took one’s breath away. Time after time.”
Audra McDonald holds the record for more Tony Best Performance wins than any other actor in history, and is the only person to win all four acting categories. She married Will Swenson in 2012 and this past October they became new parents to a baby girl.
Producer Mark Cortale previously presented the acclaimed Patti LuPone in concert with Seth Rudetsky in the same concert format at Leicester Square Theatre in 2013.
AUDRA McDONALD
with special guests
WILL SWENSON
and
SETH RUDETSKY
as pianist & host
Wednesday April 12 at 8.45pm
Thursday April 13 at 8.45pm
Friday April 14 at 8.45pm
Saturday April 15 at 8.45pm
Leicester Square Theatre
6 Leicester Place
London
WC2H 7BX
Tickets:
£70.00*, £55.00, £40.00, £25.00
*Strictly limited number of top price
tickets include post show
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“Thriller Live” smashes yet another West End record!
After 3,304 peformances it topples “Me & My Girl”to become the 16th Longest Running Musical of all Time!
Thriller Live has smashed yet another West End record to become London’s 16th Longest Running Musical of all time. On Sunday December 18, the cast performed the 3,304th show at the Lyric Theatre to overtake “Me & My Girl”, which opened in 1985, to snatch the record.
And another is due to fall soon… on Saturday February 4 2017, Thriller Live will play its 3,358th show at the Lyric, when it will topple Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s legendary 1972 rock opera, “Jesus Christ Superstar” to become no 15 in the official West End Hall of Fame.
Thriller Live, the West End concert spectacular, created to celebrate the career of the world’s greatest entertainer, Michael Jackson and The Jackson Five, is currently the 7th longest running West End Musical still playing – but that will change again when “Jersey Boys” closes in March.
Thriller Live recently announced yet another new booking period to October 1, 2017.
Thriller Live first opened in the West End in January 2009. It never fails to get the audience on its feet and has received nightly standing ovations at the Lyric Theatre, where it holds the record as the longest running show since the theatre started entertaining the capital in December 1888.
Thriller Live recently sold its 2 millionth West End ticket and has now been seen by over 4 milion people in 33 countries and played over 5,100 performances worldwide.
Thriller Live sets out on January 27 on a major new tour, playing 12 theatres across the UK, Germany and Macau. The UK tour dates are: Southport Theatre (27 & 28 Jan); Eden Court Theatre, Inverness (30 Jan – 4 Feb); His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen (6 – 11 Feb); Norwich Theatre Royal (13 – 18 Feb); Wolverhampton Grand Theatre (21- 25 Feb); Venue Cymru, Llandudno (27 Feb – 1 March); Sands Centre Carlisle (2 – 4 March); Gaiety Theatre Dublin (6 – 11 March); Waterfront Hall, Belfast (16 – 18 March); Grand Theatre Swansea (20 – 25 March).
