Audra McDonald Stars as Broadway Cares’ Holiday Legends Ornament

Audra McDonald Stars
as Broadway Cares’ Holiday Legends Ornament 
Tony Award-winning Performance as Billie Holiday Immortalized by Artist Glen Hanson

 

The holiday season is just weeks away but it’s time to think about your decorations and if you are a theater lover — like me — you will join me as I clap my hands with joy because six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald joins the ranks of Broadway legends immortalized as holiday ornaments benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. 

Captured as Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, the 6” glass ornament features McDonald in the jewel-adorned gown she wore onstage at Circle in the Square in New York and Wyndham's Theatre in London.

 

McDonald joins Julie Andrews, Carol Burnett, Carol Channing, Glenn Close, Harvey Fierstein, Angela Lansbury, Patti LuPone, Liza Minnelli, Bernadette Peters, Chita Rivera, Barbra Streisand, and Gwen Verdon as part of the Broadway Legends series. In addition to McDonald’s ornament, an extremely limited supply of Burnett, Close, Fierstein, and Lansbury ornaments remain available at broadwaycares.org/store.

 

“I’m thrilled to be part of such a beloved holiday tradition,” McDonald said. “Lady Day adorning the trees of theater lovers will hopefully bring an extra bit of Broadway magic to their holiday seasons. It is made only more special knowing that proceeds benefit Broadway Cares, an organization that is a beacon of compassion in our community.”

 

McDonald is the winner of a record-breaking six Tony Awards for her roles in Carousel, Master Class, Ragtime, A Raisin in the Sun, The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess,

 and Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill. She is also the recipient of two Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, and a National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama.

 

The ornament was designed exclusively for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS by artist Glen Hanson for Christopher Radko. Hanson has designed the Broadway Legends ornaments for the last seven years.

Add even more razzle-dazzle to your holiday season with other gifts from the Broadway Cares online store. The 10th set of the collectible ornament collaboration with Playbill features famous covers from six long-running Broadway musicals. This year’s edition includes Billy Elliot, Funny Girl, Hellzapoppin, The Music Man, Oh, Calcutta! and School of Rock - The Musical. The 2021 holiday shop also includes updated versions of Broadway Cares’ tote bag, mug, ornament, pillow, and T-shirts, each emblazoned with classic musical theater logos

 

To purchase the limited edition ornament and all your other holiday gifts, go to broadwaycares.org/store.

 

 

For more information, please visit Broadway Cares online at broadwaycares.org, at facebook.com/BCEFA, at instagram.com/BCEFA, at twitter.com/BCEFA, and at youtube.com/BCEFA.

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