Comment on ‘Becoming A Mother Broke Me Open.’ Audra McDonald Explains How Parenthood Affected Her Career

‘Becoming A Mother Broke Me Open.’ Audra McDonald Explains How Parenthood Affected Her Career

Audra McDonald, winner of a record six Tonys, two Grammys and an Emmy, has starred in everything from Carousel and The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess on Broadway, to major TV roles in Private Practice and The Gilded Age. During her decades-long career as a lioness of American theater, McDonald has also become a mother twice, to children born almost 16 years apart. She opened up in an interview about how her two difficult pregnancies impacted her packed performance schedule, how the arts need to change to accommodate mothers, and how she almost lost a pregnancy in the middle of a Broadway performance. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] You were already a three-time Tony winner by the time your daughter Zoe was born.

 

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