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
Burns was born in Miami Beach, Florida to a Jewish father and a Venezuelan mother. She has described herself as "a Venezuelan Jewess from Miami who grew up loving Broadway." 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 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. Burns appeared in the original company of Jason Robert Brown’s critically acclaimed Songs for a New World. Burns portrayed Lucille Frank in the national tour of Brown's Parade, for which she received a Touring Broadway Awards nomination for Best Actress. She was also created the role of Celeste in Saturday Night, by Stephen Sondheim, at Second Stage Theatre.

Her début 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 No. 2 spot on the 2006 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play charts.

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. 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.

Personal life
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.

Stage credits
Original Broadway Production, 2024
 * The Notebook (musical) (Broadway) as Nurse Lori / Mother

Lincoln Center, 2023
 * The Gardens of Anuncia (Old Globe, Off-Broadway) as Aunt Lucia

New York City Center, 2023
 * The Light in the Piazza (Off-Broadway Encores!) as Signora Naccarelli

Chicago Shakespeare Theater, 2022
 * The Notebook (musical) (Chicago) as Nurse Lori / Mother

Broadway Revival, 2019
 * The Rose Tattoo (Broadway) as Peppina & Serafina Delle Rose (Standby)

Encores! Off-Center Revival, 2019
 * Working: A Musical (Off-Broadway)

New York Premiere at 59E59 Theaters, 2019
 * Smart Blonde (Off-Broadway)

York Theatre Company Off-Broadway Revival, 2019
 * Carmelina (Off-Broadway) as Carmelina

Two River Theater World Premiere, 2018
 * Pamela’s First Musical (New York) as Mary Ethel Bernadette

Original Broadway Production, 2015
 * On Your Feet! (Broadway) as Gloria Fajardo

Oriental Theatre (Chicago), 2015
 * On Your Feet! (Chicago) as Gloria Fajardo

City Theatre (Pittsburgh), 2014
 * Smart Blonde (Pittsburgh) as Judy Holliday

Original Broadway Production, 2013
 * The Nance (Broadway) as Carmen

Hangar Theatre, 2012
 * Next to Normal (Ithaca) as Diana

Hangar Theatre, 2012
 * Ever So Humble (Ithaca)

The Muny, 2011
 * Bye Bye Birdie (St. Louis) as Rose "Rosie" Alvarez

Broadway Transfer, 2008
 * In The Heights (Broadway) as Daniela

Broadway Revival, 2007
 * The Ritz (Broadway) as Googie Gomez (Standby)

Original Off-Broadway Production, 2007
 * In the Heights (Off-Broadway) as Daniela

World Premiere, 2006
 * Cole Porter's The Pirate (Philadelphia) as Manuela

Reading, 2006
 * In This House (New York)

US National Tour, 2001
 * The Full Monty (US Tour) as Vicki Nichols

Original Broadway Production, 2000
 * The Full Monty (Broadway) as Vicki Nichols [Replacement]

Off-Broadway Production, 2000
 * Saturday Night (Off-Broadway) as Celeste

US National Tour, 1999
 * Parade  (US Tour) as Lucille Frank

New York Concert, 1999
 * Sail Away (Off-Broadway) as Nancy Foyle

Original Off-Off-Broadway Production, 1995
 * Songs for a New World (Off-Off-Broadway)

Original Broadway Production, 1994
 * Beauty and the Beast (Broadway) as Belle (Understudy) [Replacement] & Townsperson, Enchanted Object (Replacement)

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Recording credits
[Motion Picture Soundtrack, 2021] [Studio Cast, 2008] Performer [Solo album, 2007] [The Songs of Georgia Stitt, 2007] Performer [ John Bucchino, 2006] Performer
 * West Side Story (2021 film) as Fausta
 * In The Heights
 * Shade Of Red
 * This Ordinary Thursday
 * It's Only Life

[Studio Cast, 2004] Performer
 * Fine and Dandy

[Demo Recording, 2002] Performer [Studio Recording, 2002] Performer
 * The Last Five Years
 * 100 Stories"-

[Original Off-Broadway Cast Album, 2000]
 * Saturday Night as Celeste

[Original Off-Broadway Cast Album, 1995] Performer
 * Songs for a New World

Awards

 * 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