Four-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald returns to Broadway by way of “Catfish Row” this January in “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess”– a newly reworked version of the 1935 American opera. In this special edition of Soundcheck, McDonald joins us in the Greene Space with co-star Norm Lewis to talk about updating an American classic - and to perform songs from the Broadway show. (Watch video of the performance.)
Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis talk about the new "Porgy and Bess" with host John Schaefer. (At left: pianist Paul Masse)
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Cast members Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis of the new Broadway production "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess"
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Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis sing an excerpt from "Porgy and Bess" for a live audience in The Greene Space.
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