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Audra McDonald picked for Lincoln Center Hall of Fame

FILE - In this March 12, 1941, file photo, Louis Armstrong, wearing a Brooklyn College sweater, performs on the campus in New York as the school honored him with the degree "Doctor of Swing." Armstrong, Placido Domingo, Yo-Yo Ma, Audra McDonald, Leontyne Price and Harold Prince are this year's selections for the Performing Arts Hall of Fame at Lincoln Center. Jed Bernstein, president of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, made the announcement Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. The honorees will be inducted June 20 during a ceremony at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall.
FILE - In this March 12, 1941, file photo, Louis Armstrong, wearing a Brooklyn College sweater, performs on the campus in New York as the school honored him with the degree "Doctor of Swing." Armstrong, Placido Domingo, Yo-Yo Ma, Audra McDonald, Leontyne Price and Harold Prince are this year's selections for the Performing Arts Hall of Fame at Lincoln Center. Jed Bernstein, president of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, made the announcement Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. The honorees will be inducted June 20 during a ceremony at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall. AP

Louis Armstrong, Placido Domingo, Yo-Yo Ma, Audra McDonald (who was raised in Fresno), Leontyne Price and Harold Prince are this year's selections for the Performing Arts Hall of Fame at Lincoln Center.

Jed Bernstein, president of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, made the announcement Thursday. The honorees will be inducted June 20 during a ceremony at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall. Their names will be integrated into the paving stones on Lincoln Center's plaza.

Thirty founding legends were selected last month when Lincoln Center first announced the hall, a group that included George Balanchine, Leonard Bernstein, James Levine, Wynton Marsalis, Gregory Mosher, Jerome Robbins and Beverly Sills.

This story was originally published February 11, 2016 at 10:48 AM with the headline "Audra McDonald picked for Lincoln Center Hall of Fame."

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