Down With Love - Audra McDonald

Our favorite performance ever from Audra - the last two minutes are amazing - and what a close!

"Down With Love" from "Hooray for What" - sung by Audra McDonald. Available on the highly recommended DVD "My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies."

See also versions from
Barbara Streisand: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4HwCb8cktQ
Judy Garland: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1rYjR3kC3U
Kristy Cates: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5CYs5R0R9E

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[Lisa246861]

Down with cupid! BANG!...hahahaha

[SMINOR1]

I really LOVE this version of this song! Her facial expressions are the best! She sings with so much feeling!

[fabriciomartinesalve]

Nossa, estou passado, ainda melhor que a versão original. Abaixo o amor já.

[broadwaytamn]

Personally, I would say this is my favorite version if I were to compare it to Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand's renditions.

[emkingston100]

is there any sheet music available for this version?

[comactortony]

I did D W L in DRAG @ the JUNGLE lounge in Nashville TN. In a BLACK BEE-HIVE wig, a torn & tattered wedding dress and tons of mascara running down my face! it was an off-the-beaten-path, a few blocks up from Broadway where all the honky-tonks where. so quite often the BIG guys whould slip on down the road and check out a drag version of Minnie, Dolly or Patsy Cline! Reba & Wynnona used go there so did Merle Haggert and his posse..well everybody has @ one time or another

[ImmaMink]

You know what? I don't care for this..sounds like a lot of screaming (belting) but mostly screaming. Some of the notes even sound a little off; either over or under the intended note.  She may be great in a broadway show, a good singing actress, but I'll take Barbra or Celine any day for everyday listening. Oh, and Liza, while her voice isn't as "good" as Audra's, Liza is one hell of a performer. I'll take her too.

[tggold]

@Evilqueen1985 Probably because by extroverting their thoughts they learn something from the performance. As singers we are taught not to impersonate voices we admire because we will copy the good and the bad. There is no such thing as a perfect voice that ever lived. A person's accomplishment does not suddenly prevent them from being able to make a flaw. Furthermore there are many people out there with "abnormal" instruments that can get away with improper phonation (ie: most famous belters).

[simplyme78]

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[Annabear2628]

its hard to tell wich is better her or judey but i think judey is

[dandy166]

Whow, When I first heard this at :"Live at the Lincoln Center" I flipped. Man, what a voice!

[Falln4DarkAngel]

I think...that this is the soundtrack of my life xD