Andréa (pronounced on-DRAY-uh) 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 and as Vicki Nichols in The Full Monty, having played the same role in the first national tour, but theatre audiences will know her best for her performance in the original company of Jason Robert Brown's critically acclaimed Songs for A New World.

Andréa portrayed Lucille Frank in the national tour of Parade, directed by Harold Prince, for which she received a National Broadway Award nomination for Best Actress, She also created the role of Celeste in Stephen Sondheim's Saturday Night at Second Stage and appeared at Carnegie Hall opposite Elaine Stritch in Noel Coward's Sail Away!.

Regionally, Andréa was nominated for the prestigious Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Dot in Sunday in the Park with George at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. A versatile actress, Andréa has played a variety of roles across this country ranging from Eva Peron in Evita to Laurey in Oklahoma! Other regional credits include Marta in Company and Mary in Jesus Christ Superstar and recently Manuela in the world premiere of The Pirate. Television credits include Law & Order: SVU as well as the animated series Wonderpets.

Andréa can be heard on the original cast recordings of Songs for A New World, Saturday Night, Shine, Broadway Bound, The Broadway Musicals of 1953, and It's Only Life.

Andréa has recently diversified her talents by breaking into the dance music scene as a songwriter and vocalist. She can be heard on Femme Fatale: Divas of Dance Music as well as on her own dance single she co-wrote with her brother, Mike: 100 stories.

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