Ohio State Murders, in which she is on stage for the entirety of the 75-minute play. The very next day, she will perform to a sold-out Carnegie Hall for a solo concert.
And that’s all after she drops her six-year-old daughter off at the school bus. “To be honest, ‘me time’ is kind of nonexistent right now,” she says from her New York home.
In a world where the uber-successful seem to somehow have ten times more hours in a day than us mere mortals, it’s a refreshingly human response.But McDonald, a six-time who is the most decorated actress in the award’s history, is grateful for the lack of sleep.
When Ohio State Murders opens on December 8, it marks many firsts: McDonald’s first time back on stage since 2019, the very first performance in the newly renamed James Earl Jones theater, and the long overdue Broadway debut of the award-winning 91-year-old playwright Adrienne Kennedy. “It’s a huge moment,” McDonald says. “I recognize the importance of this, and I feel a huge responsibility to Adrienne Kennedy.
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