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Andrea McArdle

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Actor b. 1963 On stage 19772006

Andrea McArdle (born November 5, 1963) is an American singer and actress best known for originating the role of Annie in the Broadway musical Annie.

On stage 7 productions, 29 years

1977 Annie Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Martin Charnin 2,377 perf.
1987 Les Misérables Broadway Theatre · Original · directed by Trevor Nunn & John Caird 6,680 perf.
1987 Les Miserables Broadway Theatre · Original · directed by Trevor Nunn & John Caird 6,680 perf.
1987 Starlight Express Gershwin Theatre · Original · directed by Trevor Nunn 761 perf.
1994 Beauty and the Beast Palace Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Jess Roth 5,461 perf.
1996 State Fair Music Box Theatre · Original · directed by James Hammerstein, Randy Skinner 110 perf.
2006 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas August Wilson Theatre · Revival · directed by Mark S. Hoebee 1 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Terrence Mann 4 productions
Willy Falk 3 productions
Stephen R. Buntrock 3 productions
Sarah Uriarte 3 productions
Nicholas Jonas 3 productions
Merwin Foard 3 productions
Laurie Beechman 3 productions
Kerry Butler 3 productions
Harrison Chad 3 productions
Gina Ferrall 3 productions
Brian Press 3 productions
Braden Danner 3 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking. 2 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

In the literature8 passages

  • Andrea McArdle, as Annie, and Sandy in the original Goodspeed Opera House production of Annie .ebooks/Berloni, Bill/Broadway Tails_ Heartfelt Stories of Rescued Dogs Who Became Showbiz Superstars - Bill Berloni & Jim Hanrahan.txt
  • In seven years on Broadway, Sandy starred with five different Annies: Andrea McArdle (left), and from top to bottom, Shelley Bruce, Sarah Jessica Parker, Allison Smith, and Alyson Kirk.ebooks/Berloni, Bill/Broadway Tails_ Heartfelt Stories of Rescued Dogs Who Became Showbiz Superstars - Bill Berloni & Jim Hanrahan.txt
  • Andrea McArdle as Annie The sun wouldn’t have come out tomorrow if there hadn’t been a girl with the strength, charisma, timing, and sensitivity to play Little Orphan Annie. Some performances at the Goodspeed Opera House with another Annie had to pass before lyricist-director Martin Charnin noticed that the kid playing Pepper had enough p…ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
  • Andrea McArdle hadn’t had much onstage experience; what kid of twelve did? She’d been in dinner-theater productions of The King and I and The Sound of Music. She’d done the pilot for Horschak, a planned spinoff for Ron Palillo’s character in the Welcome Back, Kotter series that never spun off.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
  • ANDREA McARDLE , the original Annie, has also appeared in Les Mis é rables , Starlight Express , and State Fair.ebooks/Frommer, Myrna Katz & Frommer, Harvey/It Happened on Broadway_ An Oral History of the Great White Way - Myrna Katz Frommer & Harvey Frommer.txt
  • ANDREA McARDLE: I was a twelve-year-old pint-sized tomboy when I auditioned for Annie . I wore a little dress and knee socks, with my hair pinned up in curls, and sang the Rodgers and Hart song “Johnny One Note” because I could really belt out that “one note” and hold it. The veins were popping out of my neck. I got to be one of the orpha…ebooks/Frommer, Myrna Katz & Frommer, Harvey/It Happened on Broadway_ An Oral History of the Great White Way - Myrna Katz Frommer & Harvey Frommer.txt

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