{"id":4159,"date":"2015-02-03T23:29:21","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T23:29:21","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-04-16T12:37:17","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T12:37:17","slug":"audra-mcdonald-at-madrids-teatro-real-she-ran-spain-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laughfrodisiac.com\/2015\/02\/03\/audra-mcdonald-at-madrids-teatro-real-she-ran-spain-html\/","title":{"rendered":"Audra McDonald at Madrid’s Teatro Real: She Ran Spain\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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    A most unnecessary thing in this world is to ‘review’ anything Audra McDonald does. She’s the greatest singer in the world and one of the most effective actors. Any time she opens that goddamn fabulous trap of hers, it’s going to be the greatest sound you’ve ever heard. So, we’re not really going to review last weekend’s concert at Madrid’s Teatro Real; we are just going to gush about it. Because that’s all you can do when Audra performs. 
     <\/span>I’ve had the ridiculous good fortune of being able to see Audra perform live every year since 2001, when I attended a master class for high school students that she held during the opening season of <\/span>Philadelphia’s <\/span>Kimmel Center. I remember she mentioned “my friend Julie Andrews” and I was like this is the coolest person ever. That night, we all got to attend her concert, and minds were blown like balloons. I remember hearing for the first time the incredibly fun songs “Bambalele” and “I Double Dare You” (both on her album “Happy Songs”). I’m pretty sure she sings the latter at every concert, and with dern good reason. It is SO FUN, and she clearly enjoys singing it. Also, it includes the lyric “You seem to think that half aloof is better than none”, which I adore.<\/span>
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