The program will include “Summertime” from “Porgy and Bess,” “Over the Rainbow” from “The Wizard of Oz,” “The Glamorous Life” from “A Little Night Music,” “I Could Have Danced All Night” from “My Fair Lady” and “Climb Ev’ry Mountain” from “The Sound of Music.” (McDonald was arguably the best thing about NBC’s “The Sound of Music Live!” in 2013 with her performance as the Mother Abbess.) There are traditional songs, like “Make Someone Happy,” and less traditional songs, like “Facebook Song” (complete with the, um, adult language).
The irony is that, to millions of Americans, McDonald is perhaps best known for her four-year run (2007-11) as Dr.