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Audra McDonald - 'The Gilded Age' [LIVE]

5/4/20261 hr 32 min

In front of an audience of students at Chapman University, the legendary Broadway star — who has been nominated for and won more acting Tonys than anyone else — and TV character actress reflects on the early struggles that led her to attempt suicide, finding her voice and confidence on stage, overcoming her fear of screen acting and, most recently, highlighting a little-known chapter of Black history on three seasons of Julian Fellowes' critically-acclaimed HBO drama series.

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Clips

Audra on surviving Juilliard
Fainting at the callback
Grief onstage, grace offstage
Answering Gypsy casting doubts
Becoming Billie Holiday
Porgy and Bess reality check
The secret to playing drunk
Climbing the mountain nightly
Why she said yes to Gilded Age
Choosing roles by fear

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

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  3. Scott Feinberg· Host0:25

    [upbeat music] Good evening, everyone, and thank you for joining us tonight for a live episode of The Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast, which I say for our listeners is being recorded in front of an audience of students at Chapman University in California's Orange County. I'm Scott Feinberg, THR's Executive Editor of Awards Coverage, and trustee professor here at Chapman's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. And I've had the great privilege of interviewing hundreds of incredibly talented people for this podcast over the past 10 plus years. But I've gotta tell you, I don't think I've ever been more awestruck of a guest than I am tonight. We are about to be joined by an actress and singer who, at just 55, is already a legend. She's an all-time giant of the theater. Indeed, if Broadway had a Mount Rushmore, her face would surely be on it. And she has also quietly done impressive work on screens big and small, most recently on three seasons of the HBO

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