Following concerts in Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois, Audra heads east this week, continuing her 22-city North America concert tour with performances at Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music (Sept 28) and Queens’s Kupferberg Center (Oct 5). She then travels to Washington, D.C. for a special free concert at the Library of Congress on October 10. These concerts come just days after Audra performed for the First Lady of the United States and spouses of Heads of State and Heads of Government who are in New York for the annual UN General Assembly. Visit Audra’s schedule for a full list of performances this fall.

NBC announced today that Audra has joined the cast of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music. The five-time Tony winner will portray Mother Abbess, the head of Nonnberg Abbey, in a live production.  Audra stars opposite Carrie Underwood as the young governess Maria, Stephen Moyer as Captain von Trapp, Laura Benanti as Elsa Schrader, and Christian Borle as Max Dettweiler. The three-hour television event will air on December 5.