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== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Burns was born in [[Miami Beach]], [[Florida]] to a Jewish father and a Venezuelan mother.<ref>[http://www.talkinbroadway.com/cabaret/081106.html "Cabaret"] talkinbroadway.com</ref><ref>[http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/122528-ONSTAGE-BACKSTAGE-Hitting-New-Heights "Hitting New Heights"] Playbill</ref><ref>[http://www.robertwestfield.com/archive/westcoasttour.htm ] robertwestfield.com</ref> She has described herself as "...a Venezuelan Jewess from Miami who grew up loving Broadway."<ref>{{cite news| title =Q&A with Andrea Burns | date=2009-04-28 | url=http://broadwayworld.com/article/QA_with_Andrea_Burns_on_IN_THE_HEIGHTS_Her_Actors_Fund_Concert_at_Feinsteins_and_More_20090428 |work=broadwayworld.com | accessdate=2016-08-05}}</ref> 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]].
Burns was born in [[Miami Beach]], [[Florida]] to a Jewish father and a Venezuelan mother.<ref>[http://www.talkinbroadway.com/cabaret/081106.html "Cabaret"] talkinbroadway.com</ref><ref>[http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/122528-ONSTAGE-BACKSTAGE-Hitting-New-Heights "Hitting New Heights"] {{wayback|url=http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/122528-ONSTAGE-BACKSTAGE-Hitting-New-Heights |date=20120107012212 }} Playbill</ref><ref>[http://www.robertwestfield.com/archive/westcoasttour.htm ] robertwestfield.com</ref> She has described herself as "...a Venezuelan Jewess from Miami who grew up loving Broadway."<ref>{{cite news| title =Q&A with Andrea Burns | date=2009-04-28 | url=http://broadwayworld.com/article/QA_with_Andrea_Burns_on_IN_THE_HEIGHTS_Her_Actors_Fund_Concert_at_Feinsteins_and_More_20090428 |work=broadwayworld.com | accessdate=2016-08-05}}</ref> 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==
==Career==
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*[http://new.music.yahoo.com/andrea-burns/albums/100-stories--34022037 100 Stories]”-
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==Awards==
==Awards==
*[http://outercritics.org/news/american-psycho-and-she-loves-me-lead-2016-occ-nominations/ 2016 Outer Critics Circle - Nominee - Best Featured Actress Musical]
*[http://outercritics.org/news/american-psycho-and-she-loves-me-lead-2016-occ-nominations/ 2016 Outer Critics Circle - Nominee - Best Featured Actress Musical]
*[http://www.ibdb.com/awardperson.asp?id=91702 2007 Drama Desk Award - Best ensemble]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100211202531/http://ibdb.com/awardperson.asp?id=91702 2007 Drama Desk Award - Best ensemble]
*[http://livedesignonline.com/news/show_business_joseph_jefferson_award_2/ 2003 Joseph Jefferson Awards - Nominee, Actress in a Principal Role – Musical]
*[http://livedesignonline.com/news/show_business_joseph_jefferson_award_2/ 2003 Joseph Jefferson Awards - Nominee, Actress in a Principal Role – Musical]
*[http://www.nationalbroadwayawards.com/winners-2001.html 2001 Touring Broadway Awards - Nominee - Best Actress Musical]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20020215112021/http://www.nationalbroadwayawards.com/winners-2001.html 2001 Touring Broadway Awards - Nominee - Best Actress Musical]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 15:09, 13 October 2016

Andréa Burns
Born (1971-02-21) February 21, 1971 (age 53)
Miami Beach, Florida
Occupation(s)Actress, singer, performer
Years active1992–present
SpousePeter Flynn

Andréa Burns (born February 21, 1971) is an American 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

Burns 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. Burns 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. Burns 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, Sky Dancers,Law & Order: SVU, Rescue Me, Blue Bloods, The Electric Company (2009 TV series), and 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

Source:[7]

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

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

  • Smart Blonde (Pittsburgh)

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. ^ "Cabaret" talkinbroadway.com
  3. ^ "Hitting New Heights" Archived 2012-01-07 at the Wayback Machine Playbill
  4. ^ [1] robertwestfield.com
  5. ^ "Q&A with Andrea Burns". broadwayworld.com. 2009-04-28. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  6. ^ "Winners - National Broadway Theatre Awards". Nationalbroadwayawards.com. 2001. Archived from the original on 2002-02-15. Retrieved 2013-06-05. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Andrea Burns". BroadwayWorld. 2009-06-04. Retrieved 2013-06-05. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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