Andrea Burns

Andréa Burns
Born (1971-02-21) February 21, 1971
Miami Beach, Florida

Andréa Burns (born February 21, 1971) is an American Drama Desk Award-winning actress and singer, best known for her portrayal of the saucy hairdresser "Daniela" in Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony Award-winning musical "In The Heights," as "Carmen" in Douglas Carter Beane's "The Nance" alongside Nathan Lane, and "Mrs. Spamboni" in The Electric Company (2009 TV series).

She is currently starring on Broadway in Gloria Estefan's biographical musical "On Your Feet!"[1]

Early life

Andréa was born in Miami Beach, Florida to a Jewish father and a Venezuelan mother.[2][3][4] She has described herself as "...a Venezuelan Jewess from Miami who grew up loving Broadway."[5] She spent many summers training at the French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts and is a graduate of Miami's New World School of the Arts.

Career

Burns began her career touring the opera houses of Europe as Maria in West Side Story when she was 18 years old. She has appeared on Broadway as "Belle" in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, as "Vicki Nichols" in The Full Monty, as Googie Gomez in The Ritz and has sung concerts at Carnegie Hall. Andréa was in the original company of Jason Robert Brown’s critically acclaimed Songs for a New World and since has become one of the foremost interpreters of his work. Andréa portrayed Lucille Frank in the national tour of Jason Robert Brown's Parade, directed by Harold Prince, for which she received a Touring Broadway Awards nomination for Best Actress.[6] She was also selected by Stephen Sondheim to create the role of Celeste in Saturday Night at Second Stage Theatre.

Her debut solo album A Deeper Shade Of Red was described by Playbill as "superb on all counts!" In 2006, “100 Stories," a single she co-wrote with her brother, music producer Mike Burns, rose to the #2 spot on the 2006 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play charts.

Television credits include Marvel Comics's Jessica Jones on Netflix, Law & Order: SVU, Rescue Me, The Electric Company (2009 TV series), Wonder Pets. She can also be heard on the original cast recordings of In The Heights, Songs for a New World, This Ordinary Thursday - The Songs of Georgia Stitt, Saturday Night, It’s Only Life, Dear Edwina, Shine, Broadway Bound, and Broadway Musicals of 1953.

Most recently, Andréa starred as "Lenora" in the 2015 film AKRON, an official selection of the Out on Film Festival 2015.

Personal life

She is married to director Peter Flynn. They have a son who is featured on the cover art of her solo album, A Deeper Shade of Red.

Stage credits[7]

Marriott Marquis Original Broadway Production, 2015 Gloria Fajardo (Originator)

Oriental Theatre (Chicago), 2015 Gloria Fajardo (Originator)

City Theatre (Pittsburgh), 2014 Judy Holliday

Original Broadway Production, 2013 Carmen

The Muny, 2011 Rose "Rosie" Alvarez

Broadway Transfer, 2008 Daniela

Roundabout Revival, 2007 Googie Gomez (Standby)

Original Off-Broadway Production, 2007 Daniela (Originator)

World Premiere, 2006 Manuela

Reading, 2006 Performer

National Tour, 2001 Vicki Nichols

Original Broadway Production, 2000 Vicki Nichols [Replacement]

Off-Broadway Production, 2000 Celeste

US National Tour, 1999 Lucille Frank

New York Concert, 1999 Nancy Foyle

Original Off-Off-Broadway Production, 1995 Performer

Original Broadway Production, 1994 Belle [Replacement][Understudy] Townsperson, Enchanted Object [Replacement] Townsperson, Enchanted Object [Replacement] Enchanted Object [Replacement] Townsperson [Replacement]

European Tour 1992-1993 Maria [Replacement][Understudy]

Recording credits

[Studio Cast, 2008] Performer

[Solo album, 2007]

[The Songs of Georgia Stitt, 2007] Performer

[John Bucchino, 2006] Performer

[Studio Cast, 2004] Performer

[Demo Recording, 2002] Performer

[Studio Recording, 2002] Performer

[Original Off-Broadway Cast, 2000] Celeste

[Original Cast Members, 1995] Performer

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "On Your Feet!". Retrieved 2015-09-18.
  2. ↑ http://www.talkinbroadway.com/cabaret/081106.html
  3. ↑ http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/122528-ONSTAGE-BACKSTAGE-Hitting-New-Heights
  4. ↑ http://www.robertwestfield.com/archive/westcoasttour.htm
  5. ↑ BWW (2009-04-28). [broadwayworld.com "Q&A with Andrea Burns"] Check |url= value (help). Retrieved 2009-06-03.
  6. ↑ "Winners - National Broadway Theatre Awards". Nationalbroadwayawards.com. 2001. Archived from the original on 2002-02-15. Retrieved 2013-06-05.
  7. ↑ "Andrea Burns". BroadwayWorld. 2009-06-04. Retrieved 2013-06-05.

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