Congratulations join order with Audra McDonald: The previous Private Practice star and six-time Tony winner is pregnant! McDonald, 45, broke the glad news that she’s expecting her initial kid along with husband Will certainly Swenson via Twitter.
Referring to her current role in Broadway’s Shuffle Along, she wrote: “That knew that tap dancing throughout perimenopause can cause pregnancy? Will certainly and I are forever surprised—and elated—to be expecting a brand-new addition to our family.”
Who knew that tap dancing throughout perimenopause can lead 2 pregnancy? @thewillswenson & I are forever surprised however elated 2 b expecting
— Audra McDonald (@AudraEqualityMc) May 10, 2016
She likewise revealed in a statement that because of the pregnancy she Will certainly take maternity leave from her current role at completion of July and Will certainly likewise delay her West End debut in the London production of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, which owned been established with in the summer. “I am so fairly grateful to everybody in brand-new York and London with permitting me to rearrange my timetable to satisfy this minor miracle,” McDonald said.
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“While I’m disappointed I have actually to delay my West End debut in Lady Day, I’m delighted I’ll have the ability to spend a minor much more time in Shuffle Along this summertime and Will certainly anticipate specifying up a 1920s-themed nursery in my clothing space as soon as I go back to the show.”
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McDonald and Swenson, a fellow theater veteran, married in 2012 at their estate in Croton-on-Hudson, brand-new York. They currently have actually 3 kids in between them from previous marriages. McDonald is mom to Zoe Madeline, 15, while Swenson has actually 2 sons, Bridger, 13, and Sawyer, 10.