Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell re-unite to sing "Wheels of a Dream" from Ragtime

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  • Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
  • Twenty years after they first performed the roles, Broadway stars Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell re-unite to sing "Wheels of a Dream" from Ragtime LIVE at the Kennedy Center.
    "Let Freedom Ring!," part of the free daily performance series on the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage, features Tony®, Emmy®, and Grammy®-winning artist Audra McDonald and Two- time Tony®-winning artist Brian Stokes Mitchell and the Let Freedom Ring Choir led by Music Director Rev. Nolan Williams Jr.
    In collaboration with Georgetown University. January 21, 2019.
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Комментарии • 82

  • @KOLN555
    @KOLN555 4 года назад +181

    To be fair, Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell could probably sing any song together and make me cry.... but this song all the more so

    • @seppyq3672
      @seppyq3672 4 года назад +10

      They are both so amazing separately. But together, there are no words....

    • @dzl8596
      @dzl8596 2 года назад +7

      They could sing the phone book and make me cry.

    • @johnlancia8004
      @johnlancia8004 11 месяцев назад +4

      Super

    • @cards0486
      @cards0486 10 месяцев назад +1

      I agree. 100%.

  • @2034916
    @2034916 4 года назад +65

    Incredible! They should go on tour together singing the best of Broadway duets!
    Some Enchanted Evening, Tonight, Somewhere, If I Loved You, The Wheels of a Dream. The list is endless with their endless vocals.

    • @MsDreamscaper
      @MsDreamscaper 3 года назад +4

      That would be awesome. I've seen Audra in concert. Both have amazing voices.

  • @andyleclerc3600
    @andyleclerc3600 Год назад +17

    I was lucky to see these two in the original production, from near the front...one of the best days ever!

    • @LamaThubten
      @LamaThubten 4 месяца назад +1

      I can’t even imagine. 😢❤

  • @davidsolomon8203
    @davidsolomon8203 3 года назад +29

    Audra’s voice is a natural wonder!!!

  • @efrenbojorquez
    @efrenbojorquez 4 года назад +32

    3:07. The musician behind Audra just nods and shakes his head in awe. Just like us.

  • @joelashtonfogle
    @joelashtonfogle 2 года назад +16

    Both voices compliment each other so well

  • @cpiii6265
    @cpiii6265 4 года назад +14

    Audra sounds EXACTLY the same! Craziness!

  • @anastasiabeaverhausen8220
    @anastasiabeaverhausen8220 Год назад +13

    Makes me emotional every time. One of the greatest duets ever. Chills. Tears.

  • @hollyellard4412
    @hollyellard4412 5 лет назад +62

    I'm sooooo happy he still sounds so great in 2019! Same with Audra McDonald! Love them both!

    • @suttonwjr
      @suttonwjr 2 года назад +2

      With proper training and proper rest you can sound good lifelong!

    • @shaxnerd418
      @shaxnerd418 2 года назад +2

      If anything they sound better! Brian Stokes Mitchell’s phrasing at the beginning just sent me. And Audra is…well…she’s perfect

  • @ajalyons2521
    @ajalyons2521 4 года назад +47

    My parents in my head. This little orphan girl dreamed of the two of them sweeping me away. Their voices are pure gold and they're so beautiful! They do not look remotely middle aged. These people are in their 50s shaming us young bucks.
    The ancestors ordained this performance.

  • @marcielipsitt7754
    @marcielipsitt7754 Год назад +4

    Singing together for 27 years and I have been there from the start!

  • @zt6681
    @zt6681 5 лет назад +23

    I saw them in Ragtime when I was a child and definitely did NOT appreciate it as much as I do now. I could kick myself!

  • @michele9271
    @michele9271 4 года назад +8

    Hallelujah!!!!!!!! Ragtime was my all time favorite broadway show - it had an exceptionally talented cast and and incredible story. A story of the ages! Bring it back to broadway 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @jerrysumner4923
    @jerrysumner4923 3 года назад +7

    They were scheduled to do a concert in 2020, I believe on March 24. We looked forward with great anticipation to this event. Sadly, dreadful Covid intervened. The combination of their voices is simply enchanting! We can’t give up the dream.

  • @ryans634
    @ryans634 5 лет назад +17

    Gosh, I don’t think I expect this to make me cry so much...

  • @emilypadden6406
    @emilypadden6406 5 лет назад +24

    This whole love story killed me...I used to listen to Sarah Brown Eyes on repeat and cry. So good.

  • @newyorker2581
    @newyorker2581 4 года назад +9

    This show makes me soooo emotional! It was the show that introduced me to theatre and blessed me with my passion & career!
    I owe everything to these two (especially Audra!), Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, E.L. Doctorow, everyone else involved in creating this masterpiece of a show, and finally (but certainly not least!) the genius who thought to showcase this show on PBS so this little girl's life could forever be changed with the gift that is theatre- THANK YOU!! The most heartfelt of thank-yous!

  • @davidsolomon8203
    @davidsolomon8203 4 года назад +7

    Has there EVER been a more THRILLING duet on Broadway?

    • @andrewtucker2782
      @andrewtucker2782 3 года назад

      This is Sarah brightman and Michael Crawford status right here

  • @geaj
    @geaj 4 года назад +5

    That show should still be running!

  • @ActSingDanceFly
    @ActSingDanceFly 4 года назад +2

    I'm not crying... It's just the onions I'm cutting

  • @leighbesstoad
    @leighbesstoad 5 лет назад +17

    I hope the entire concert is available. Because this is amazing. And this was a free concert. Incredible. Two of our greatest stars.

    • @kennedycenter
      @kennedycenter  5 лет назад +7

      Hi, Floyd! You can watch the full stream of this year's Let Freedom Ring! tribute here: ruclips.net/video/rB07sFb956M/видео.html

  • @erinpufunt
    @erinpufunt 2 года назад +1

    They both sound exactly the same as they did 30 some years ago it’s amazing

  • @josieiris2441
    @josieiris2441 4 года назад +9

    I saw him live in Bremerton last week and I feel like I've missed out on so much. He is a wonderful man and an inspiration!

  • @lunalin9870
    @lunalin9870 3 года назад +5

    i wish BSM & Audra could be my parents😭

  • @marcialao7589
    @marcialao7589 День назад

    So under rated

  • @iago07
    @iago07 2 года назад +6

    And THIS, ladies and gents and gender non-binary folks, is the voice and power of THE MOST TONY-WINNING FEMALE ACTOR of all time… THE Audra Macdonald 😍😍😍

  • @jerrysumner4923
    @jerrysumner4923 4 месяца назад +1

    Nothing tops this

  • @andygranick
    @andygranick 10 месяцев назад +1

    Simply magical.

  • @kathryngann3479
    @kathryngann3479 3 года назад +3

    This always gives me goose bumps

  • @victordunson719
    @victordunson719 5 лет назад +4

    Yep, that single teared me. One of the best performances of this song I have ever heard including the two times I saw them on Broadway.......

  • @EnglishProfStyle
    @EnglishProfStyle 4 года назад +1

    One of my favorite musicals of all time. When I finally saw the touring show I cried the entire show. So beautiful and moving.

  • @jerrysumner4923
    @jerrysumner4923 11 месяцев назад

    Audra and Stokes! Don’t get any better than that🎉

  • @janetkennedy5920
    @janetkennedy5920 8 месяцев назад

    She blows him away!!

  • @paulhackett3836
    @paulhackett3836 Год назад

    My favorite Broadway song. Saw it on the road in Kansas City. Audience was in awe

  • @jaygatz4335
    @jaygatz4335 Год назад

    I saw them in Toronto in the original production. Powerful then - powerful now. They're both still in great voice.

  • @jerrysumner4923
    @jerrysumner4923 Год назад

    Incomparable duet!

  • @littlearrowsstorytyme7813
    @littlearrowsstorytyme7813 4 года назад +2

    My heart is so full!! A wonderful performance!! Bravo

  • @TheBebopyo
    @TheBebopyo 8 месяцев назад

    the best of chills always

  • @katiemcteague
    @katiemcteague 2 года назад

    Stunning as always. Two perfect voices blending in a perfect duet. I can listen to this forever.

  • @kassdiamond
    @kassdiamond 4 года назад +1

    They are phenomenal.

  • @ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy
    @ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy 4 месяца назад +3

    A perfect pairing of song and voice. ❤

  • @jerrysumner4923
    @jerrysumner4923 2 года назад

    Every time I hear it. Tears of joy!

  • @williampacholski8398
    @williampacholski8398 4 года назад

    This song speaks to something so deep in the human condition - impossible not resonate on a deep level with the struggle, the dream, the commitment. Especially poignant today.

  • @OverDramaticPumpkins
    @OverDramaticPumpkins 3 года назад +1

    Instant goosebumps!

  • @youtubefan8459
    @youtubefan8459 4 года назад

    This is so beautiful. They still sound phenomenal. One of the most moving songs in Broadway.

  • @sandradiaz4366
    @sandradiaz4366 11 месяцев назад

    Legends.

  • @beedubya8836
    @beedubya8836 4 года назад

    Oh, just tears forming in my eyes.

  • @sharron74
    @sharron74 5 лет назад +3

    YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @centerfold8
    @centerfold8 3 года назад

    This song gave me so much joy

  • @BillYovino
    @BillYovino Год назад

    This rocks my soul.

  • @tjshelton5632
    @tjshelton5632 5 лет назад +3

    Wow this hit hard.

  • @jerrysumner4923
    @jerrysumner4923 2 года назад

    The ultimate pair.

  • @Moderndrama
    @Moderndrama Год назад

    MAGNIFICENT!

  • @germainesota985
    @germainesota985 5 лет назад +1

    Wow! This was so deeply emotional! I just finished teaching "At the River I Stand" where MLK gave his "Mountaintop" speech. Powerful!!

  • @raquelf.1962
    @raquelf.1962 3 года назад

    Wonderful.This is a great musical!

  • @EvaGrayzel
    @EvaGrayzel Год назад

    Thank you for sharing this!!!

  • @fletcherhc653
    @fletcherhc653 Год назад

    Amazing! Bravi!

  • @DavidAsset78
    @DavidAsset78 4 года назад

    The best!

  • @francoisbessing
    @francoisbessing 5 лет назад +5

    In public and couldn't stop the tears...oh well..

  • @CherieulaJ
    @CherieulaJ 3 года назад

    B.U.T. FULL!! 🎵🎶🎙🎤🎻🎺🎷🎸🎹🗣

  • @robherrera1084
    @robherrera1084 3 года назад

    GOSH AUDRA

  • @sonjagood7305
    @sonjagood7305 3 года назад

    💜💜

  • @arturoaustin7364
    @arturoaustin7364 3 года назад

    Going through a big time and the house was the time to go to the beach

  • @robreynolds6546
    @robreynolds6546 5 лет назад +1

    As a performer, whenever I see or hear footage of myself from twenty years ago, I think, "Wow, I thought I was god back then? I was terrible compared to now." I wonder if Audra and Brian think the same ting when they listen to the OCR of Ragtime :-D

    • @andresuston7692
      @andresuston7692 4 года назад

      People do that in everyday life, not just "performers".

  • @arturoaustin7364
    @arturoaustin7364 3 года назад

    Hola tia I was a big big time for the time I had the house

  • @dalty8741
    @dalty8741 3 года назад +3

    Orchestra is too loud

  • @jacobwhite6748
    @jacobwhite6748 5 лет назад +1

    No clue why he sang really modern nasally the first lines and went back to traditional backspace Coalhouse