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Audra McDonald To Co-Star In CBS’ ‘The Ordained’, 2 Join ‘Welcome To The Family’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday March 1, 2013 @ 10:15am PSTTags: Aramis Knight, Audra McDonald, Ella Rae Peck, The Ordained, Welcome To The Family
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Private Practice alumna Audra McDonald has been cast in the CBS drama pilot The Ordained, executive produced by Frank Marshall. Directed by RJ Cutler from a script by Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, Ordained centers on Tom Reilly (Charlie Cox), the son of a Kennedy-esque family who leaves the priesthood and becomes a lawyer at a top New York firm to prevent his politician sister from being assassinated. McDonald will play Anthea, a senior litigator at the firm. McDonald is the second Private Practice co-star to book a pilot; KaDee Strickland is in NBC’s Bloodline. READ MORE »

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Audra McDonald To Depart ‘Private Practice’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday February 8, 2011 @ 10:47pm PSTTags: Audra McDonald, Private Practice, TV
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Original Private Practice cast member Audra McDonald will be leaving the Grey’s Anatomy spinoff at the end of the season. According to TVLine’s Michael Ausiello who scooped the news, New York-based McDonald is exiting the show to spend … Read More »

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White House To Celebrate Broadway

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Wednesday July 14, 2010 @ 7:11pm PDTTags: Audra McDonald, Brian D'Arcy James, Broadway, Idina Menzel, Karen Olivo, Nathan Lane

white_houseThe White House has just announced that next Monday WETA is taping for broadcast on PBS on October 20th “A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House” featuring performances by major Broadway artists and new talent presenting selections from American … Read More »

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