Singer's sonic purity, orchestra's lushness By Peter Dobrin
You can keep those waltzes and polkas. This New Year's Eve, the Philadelphia Orchestra imported Audra McDonald.
Today is Sunday, August 9, 2026 Closing: Death of a Salesman Closing: Every Brilliant Thing Broadway Baby Birthdays: Anna Kendrick Brandon Espinoza Quinn M. Bass Gillian Anderson Melanie Griffith André Bossard Richard Quarry David Steinberg Nuala Willis Jamila Gavin Stuart Wurtzel Laryssa Lauret Dick Anthony Williams Cynthia Harris Merle Kilgore Buz Kohan Dolores Wilson Robert Shaw Daniel Keyes Edwin Gifford Marta Becket Adrian Foley Patricia Marmont Tormod Skagestad Giles Cooper Harold Gordon Anne Brown Brian Sullivan Leo Genn William Malten Armand Salacrou Paul Kelly P. L. Travers Léonide Massine Nat Pendleton Kathleen Lockhart James L. Crane A.M. Botsford Alice Fleming William Frederick Peters Randle Ayrton Alexandre Bisson