Andréa Burns is an American actress and singer best known for her portrayal of the hairdresser Daniela in Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical In the Heights, as Carmen in Douglas Carter Beane's The Nance, and as Mrs. Spamboni in The Electric Company.

Andréa Burns
Born
Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actress, singer, performer
Years active1992–present
SpousePeter Flynn
Children1

Early life

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Burns was born in Miami Beach, Florida to a Jewish father and a Venezuelan mother.[1][2][3] She has described herself as "a Venezuelan Jewess from Miami who grew up loving Broadway."[4] 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.[citation needed]

Career

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Burns began her career touring the opera houses of Europe as Maria in West Side Story when she was 18 years old.[citation needed] She has appeared on Broadway as Belle in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, as Vicki Nichols in The Full Monty, as Carmen in The Nance, as Daniela in In the Heights, and as Googie Gomez in The Ritz, and she has sung concerts at Carnegie Hall.[citation needed] Burns appeared in the original company of Jason Robert Brown’s critically acclaimed Songs for a New World.[citation needed] Burns portrayed Lucille Frank in the national tour of Brown's Parade, for which she received a Touring Broadway Awards nomination for Best Actress.[5] She was also created the role of Celeste in Saturday Night, by Stephen Sondheim, at Second Stage Theatre.[citation needed]

Her début solo album A Deeper Shade of Red was described by Playbill as "superb on all counts!"[citation needed] In 2006, "100 Stories", a single she co-wrote with her brother, music producer Mike Burns, rose to the No. 2 spot on the 2006 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play charts.[citation needed]

Television credits include Marvel Comics's Jessica Jones, Kevin Can Wait, Sky Dancers, Law & Order: SVU, Rescue Me, Blue Bloods, The Electric Company (2009 TV series), and Wonder Pets.[citation needed] 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.

Burns starred as Lenora in the 2015 film Akron, an official selection of the Out on Film Festival 2015, and played Fausta in Steven Spielberg's 2021 film West Side Story.[citation needed]

Personal life

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She is married to director Peter Flynn. Their son, Hudson Flynn, is featured on the cover art of her solo album, A Deeper Shade of Red.[citation needed]

Stage credits

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Original Broadway Production, 2024

Lincoln Center, 2023

New York City Center, 2023

Chicago Shakespeare Theater, 2022

Broadway Revival, 2019

  • Working: A Musical (Off-Broadway)

Encores! Off-Center Revival, 2019

  • Smart Blonde (Off-Broadway)

New York Premiere at 59E59 Theaters, 2019

  • Carmelina (Off-Broadway) as Carmelina

York Theatre Company Off-Broadway Revival, 2019

  • Pamela’s First Musical (New York) as Mary Ethel Bernadette

Two River Theater World Premiere, 2018

Original Broadway Production, 2015

Oriental Theatre (Chicago), 2015

City Theatre (Pittsburgh), 2014

Original Broadway Production, 2013

Hangar Theatre, 2012

  • Ever So Humble (Ithaca)

Hangar Theatre, 2012

The Muny, 2011

Broadway Transfer, 2008

Broadway Revival, 2007

Original Off-Broadway Production, 2007

World Premiere, 2006

Reading, 2006

US National Tour, 2001

Original Broadway Production, 2000

Off-Broadway Production, 2000

  • Parade (US Tour) as Lucille Frank

US National Tour, 1999

New York Concert, 1999

Original Off-Off-Broadway Production, 1995

Original Broadway Production, 1994

Source:[6]

Recording credits

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[Motion Picture Soundtrack, 2021]

[Studio Cast, 2008] Performer

  • Shade Of Red

[Solo album, 2007]

  • This Ordinary Thursday

[The Songs of Georgia Stitt, 2007] Performer

  • It's Only Life

[John Bucchino, 2006] Performer

[Studio Cast, 2004] Performer

[Demo Recording, 2002] Performer

  • 100 Stories"-

[Studio Recording, 2002] Performer

[Original Off-Broadway Cast Album, 2000]

[Original Off-Broadway Cast Album, 1995] Performer

Awards

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  • 2016 Outer Critics Circle – Nominee – Best Featured Actress Musical
  • 2007 Drama Desk Award – Best ensemble
  • 2003 Joseph Jefferson Awards – Nominee, Actress in a Principal Role – Musical
  • 2001 Touring Broadway Awards – Nominee – Best Actress Musical

References

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  1. ^ "Cabaret" talkinbroadway.com
  2. ^ "Hitting New Heights" Archived January 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Playbill
  3. ^ [1] Archived June 10, 2015, at the Wayback Machine robertwestfield.com
  4. ^ "Q&A with Andrea Burns". broadwayworld.com. April 28, 2009. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  5. ^ "Winners – National Broadway Theatre Awards". Nationalbroadwayawards.com. 2001. Archived from the original on February 15, 2002. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  6. ^ "Andrea Burns". BroadwayWorld. June 4, 2009. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
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