Andréa Burns

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.

Early life[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

• The Light in the Piazza (Off-Broadway Encores!) as Signora Naccarelli

New York City Center, 2023

• The Notebook (musical) (Chicago) as Nurse Lori / Mother

Chicago Shakespeare Theater, 2022

• The Rose Tattoo (Broadway) as Peppina & Serafina Delle Rose (Standby)

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

• On Your Feet! (Broadway) as Gloria Fajardo

Original Broadway Production, 2015

• On Your Feet! (Chicago) as Gloria Fajardo

Oriental Theatre (Chicago), 2015

• Smart Blonde (Pittsburgh) as Judy Holliday

City Theatre (Pittsburgh), 2014

• The Nance (Broadway) as Carmen

Original Broadway Production, 2013

• Next to Normal (Ithaca) as Diana

Hangar Theatre, 2012

• Ever So Humble (Ithaca)

Hangar Theatre, 2012

• Bye Bye Birdie (St. Louis) as Rose "Rosie" Alvarez

The Muny, 2011

• In The Heights (Broadway) as Daniela

Broadway Transfer, 2008

• The Ritz (Broadway) as Googie Gomez (Standby)

Broadway Revival, 2007

• In the Heights (Off-Broadway) as Daniela

Original Off-Broadway Production, 2007

• Cole Porter's The Pirate (Philadelphia) as Manuela

World Premiere, 2006

• In This House (New York)

Reading, 2006

• The Full Monty (US Tour) as Vicki Nichols

US National Tour, 2001

• The Full Monty (Broadway) as Vicki Nichols [Replacement]

Original Broadway Production, 2000

• Saturday Night (Off-Broadway) as Celeste

Off-Broadway Production, 2000

• Parade (US Tour) as Lucille Frank

US National Tour, 1999

• Sail Away (Off-Broadway) as Nancy Foyle

New York Concert, 1999

• Songs for a New World (Off-Off-Broadway)

Original Off-Off-Broadway Production, 1995

• Beauty and the Beast (Broadway) as Belle (Understudy) [Replacement] & Townsperson, Enchanted Object (Replacement)

Original Broadway Production, 1994

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Recording credits[edit]

• West Side Story (2021 film) as Fausta

[Motion Picture Soundtrack, 2021]

• In The Heights

[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

• Fine and Dandy

[Studio Cast, 2004] Performer

• The Last Five Years

[Demo Recording, 2002] Performer

• 100 Stories"-

[Studio Recording, 2002] Performer

• Saturday Night as Celeste

[Original Off-Broadway Cast Album, 2000]

• Songs for a New World

[Original Off-Broadway Cast Album, 1995] Performer

Awards[edit]

• 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[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website
• Andréa Burns at IMDb
• Andréa Burns at the Internet Broadway Database
• Lortel Off-Broadway Database listing