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Ms.
Andreas returned to
Broadway in April 2010 and is currently starring nightly as
Jacqueline in the Tony Award-winning production of “La Cage Aux
Folles” with Kelsey Grammer and Douglas Hodge. Prior to La
Cage, she received nation-wide raves starring as Margaret Johnson
in the 55 week national tour of the Tony Award winning musical, THE
LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA.
Best known for her work on the
Broadway stage, Ms. Andreas burst onto the
New York
theatre scene starring as Eliza Doolittle in the 20th Anniversary
production of MY FAIR LADY opposite Ian Richardson of the
Royal Shakespeare Company and garnering the Theatre World Award.
As revivals gained popularity, Ms. Andreas received two
Tony nominations re-creating Laurey in
OKLAHOMA
! working with Billy Hammerstein and Agnes DeMilles, and as
Frankie Frayne in ON YOUR TOES directed by the legendary
George Abbott. Other Broadway credits include WORDS AND
MUSIC with Sammy Cahn,
Nancy
in
ANGEL STREET
with Dina Merrill, Rebecca in RAGS, the short-lived
Alice
in the short-lived LEGS DIAMOND with the late, great and
wonderful Peter Allen, and the Broadway bound and derailed Erte
production of STARDUST. Ms. Andreas created the role
of
Marguerite St
. Just on Broadway in the original production of THE SCARLET
PIMPERNEL opposite Douglas Sills and Terrence Mann.
She received rapturous notices and a Barrymore
Award for her portrayal of Vera Simpson in the Prince Music
Theater’s production of Rogers and Hart’s PAL JOEY.
Television credits include: Law & Order: SVU, The Cosby
Show, PBS’ Musical Comedy Tonight, Taylor
Benson in Another World, and as Ava Gardner in
Fox’s mini-series, Mia, Child of
Hollywood
.
“With the birth of my son, Mac, I took a pivotal detour.
When he was diagnosed with pervasive developmental disabilities, I
moved into concert work so that I could continue to sing and give
him the attention he needed. And in concert, without a
character, I realized I had stepped into a rich new musical world.
As Mac grew older, the theatre beckoned and I allowed myself
to collaborate with composer Martin Silvestri and writer Joel
Higgins leading to my West End debut starring in their musical THE
FIELDS OF AMBROSIA at the Aldwych Theatre in London followed
by concerts with Marty in London, Paris, Rome, Australia and The
White House.”
She has sung in concert in Carnegie
Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Town Hall, the Kennedy Center Jazz
Festival and the Caramoor Festival to name a few. Symphonic
work includes the Boston Philharmonic with Ben Zander, the Tulsa
Symphony with Peter Nero, the Detroit Symphony , the Richmond
Symphony with Charles Strouse, the Palm Beach Pops with Bob
Lapin and Symphony Silicon Valley.
Engagements in New York at the CAFÉ CARLYLE and the ALGONQUIN’S
OAK ROOM prompted the New York Times to extol: “She
delicately kills with the sheer beauty of her voice”…”She
finds a blend of lyricism and sweet sensuality that only the
finest Broadway voices can conjure.” Liz Smith was
moved to write: “Christine Andreas is everything
anyone who loves romantic pop music could want - simply sine qua
non.” Her CARNEGIE HALL debut was hailed as
‘brilliant’, ‘delicious’ and ‘sexy’ in
Variety.
The natural next step was to capture her music on CD. In
collaboration with Silvestri, a Grammy nominated producer, they
released LOVE IS GOOD. HERE’S TO THE LADIES, their
second CD collaboration and a tribute to the great ladies of the
theatre, recorded in
London
with a 50 piece orchestra; and THE CARLYLE SET, a
sophisticated set of contemporary standards recorded with a
quartet of
New York
's most outstanding musicians. Both CD’s were selected on
USA
Today’s’ top 10 list... After the release of the
CD she returned to The Café Carlyle in
New York
for an encore performance and repeated it once again at the
Catalina Grill in
Los Angeles
. The LA Times called her “a
mesmerizing musical presence”.
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