The New York Times reported that one of the biggest celebrities on the planet, Ms. Oprah Winfrey, is in talks to make her Broadway debut in the two-hander 'Night Mother with five-time Tony winner Audra McDonald. Well, that put us into a tizzy. Scroll on as we process this information through animated GIF.
Oprah on Broadway?![Oprah- Gif- 1](https://img.broadwaybox.com/photo/image/o_on_bway.gif)
Oprah was really good in The Butler and The Color Purple.
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Oh, she’s playing Audra’s mother?
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The play is about a mother and daughter talking openly on the evening of the daughter’s (Audra) planned suicide?
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Oh, it won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1983.
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Nice! George C. Wolfe would direct. Loved Lucky Guy, The Normal Heart, Caroline, or Change and The Wild Party. And Lord knows Angels in America is always good for a cry.
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Oy! 'Night Mother is totally going to be a tearjerker.
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WTF?! 2015-2016 season? That’s an eternity away.
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This really is awesome news.
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Alright, I’m going to go watch clips of Audra singing on YouTube now.