“The Hardest Role I’ve Ever Played”: Your First Look at Audra McDonald in Ohio State Murders

Audra McDonald may be the most-awarded Broadway performer of all time, but she’s not done challenging herself. This season she breathes life into Suzanne Alexander, the protagonist of Adrienne Kennedy’s play Ohio State Murders, which opens Thursday, December 8, at the James Earl Jones Theatre. “It’s the hardest role I’ve ever played in my entire life,” the six-time Tony winner tells Vanity Fair. Richard Termine McDonald stars alongside Bryce Pinkham, Mister Fitzgerald, Lizan Mitchell, and Abigail Stephenson in the production directed by Tony-winner Kenny Leon. In 1989, Adrienne Kennedy was commissioned to write a play by her hometown playhouse—the Great… Read Full Article