Audra McDonald sings "I Could Have Danced All Night" during the rFamily "cruise" at Club Med Ixtapa - July 15, 2010. Seth Rudetsky (on piano) kept changing to higher and higher keys as the song progressed.
@Isabelle Vasquez - Yet with humor and grace, plus being the pro that she is, she seamlessly changed keys herself almost without batting an eye - all while flipping Seth off in the process!
That was a great D-flat/C-sharp at the end. I didn't expect that at all. That's probably the highest note I've heard Audra sing in public and she rocked it!
She's just wonderful. Just enough of a diva to put you in awe but fun enough to make you want to invite her to supper. I love that she said "come on you theater queens" and flipped off the pianist when he surprised her with that key change toward the end. Audra, you're my hero!
AMazing voice and I love the fact that even though he raised the key towards the end she still upped the ante with the high note and hit it! OMG it's high!!!!!! SHe nailed it.
She is absolutely FANDAMNTASTIC!!!!! This is why you have so many Tony Awards. I'm singing this for an audition and I was looking around for this song on RU-vid. Seriously, the BEST!!!!
Seth on piano constantly changing the key had me laughing so hard - I have a voice teacher who does the exact same thing to me whenever I sing this exact same song. I think the record for the highest she got the final note without me noticing was an E.
Seth: "Next Step" Audra: *Eyes * Seth: "YOU KNOW YOU WANT IT, I'M GOING UP" THE FINGER Seth: "GO FOR IT!" Audra shows us one of the many reasons she is 6 Time Tony Award Winning Actress Audra McDonald
Thanks for explaining about Seth's piano playing. Know I get why she was flipping him off. This whole thing is funny as hell. "ShUT UP! MY solo!" and they just keep singing! lol
+Adam Efimoff She has done roles that were typically a white person's role. She won a Tony Award for her performance in Carousel, doing a role that is typically done by a white woman. Also, she recently did the Mother Superior part in a live TV production of The Sound of Music. That, of course, is a white person's part, since Mother Superiors in pre-war Austria were not black. For My Fair Lady, they could engage in color-blind casting, as they did with those other parts, and cast her as Eliza Doolittle, the Julie Andrews' part. I'm sure she would do a good job with it, since she did a good job with the other parts I mentioned. It's just a matter of whether you would be willing to accept the color-blind casting.
