Hangar Theatre Kicks Off 2nd Annual Fall CabarETC Series With ANDRÉA BURNS

The Hangar Theatre kicks off its second annual Fall CabarETC series with a Cabaret performance featuring Broadway's Andréa Burns. Andréa Burns: A Deeper Shade of Red will perform for one night only on Saturday, October 1 at 8:00pm at the Hangar Theatre. Audiences are promised an entertaining, musical evening that explores Andréa's Jewish-Latina heritage with humor, wit, and a great mix of female pop artist hits & Broadway standards.

Regional audiences will remember Andréa's most recent debut at the Hangar Theatre in July 2011, where she played the hysterical Daisy in Tim Pinckney's world premiere of Ever So Humble.

Andréa is best known internationally for her performances as the saucy Daniela in Broadway's In the Heights (for which she won a Drama Desk Award); in the original company of Jason Robert Brown's critically acclaimed Songs for A New World; in the European tour of West Side Story (Maria); and on Broadway in Disney's Beauty and the Beast (Belle) and in The Full Monty (Vicki Nichols). In addition, Andréa has sung concerts at symphonic halls around the country including Carnegie Hall.

Tickets for Andréa Burns: A Deeper Shade of Red range from $15 t0 $28, and can be purchased in advance at: www.hangartheatre.org or by phone at (607) 273-4497; or at the door one-hour prior the performance at the Hangar Theatre in Cass Park, located at 801 Taughannock Blvd., Ithaca, NY 14850.

Subscriptions for the CabarETC season are also still available by calling the Hangar Theatre business office at (607) 273-8588 or by visiting the Hangar Business office at 171 East State Street, Suite 230 in Center Ithaca.

The 2011 CabarETC season is generously sponsored by: La Tourelle Resort and Spa and Cayuga Radio Group.

The Hangar Theatre is committed to providing exceptional theatre experiences of high professional quality to enrich, enlighten, educate, and entertain the diverse audience in the Finger Lakes region and beyond. Strong education and training programs are central parts of our commitment to the local and national artistic communities. Visit our website at www.hangartheatre.org.

ANDRÉA BURNS BIOGRAPHY

Andréa 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, and has sung concerts at Carnegie Hall and other symphonic halls around the country. But theatre audiences will know her best for her performances in the original company of Jason Robert Brown's critically acclaimed Songs for A New World and in Broadway's In the Heights, where she played the saucy hairdresser, Daniela.

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. 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 Tim Pinckney's world premiere of Ever So Humble at the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca, NY (Daisy), Bye Bye Birdie (Rose Alvarez), Guys and Dolls (Adelaide), Company (Marta) and Jesus Christ Superstar (Mary). Television credits include Law & Order: SVU as well as the animated series Wonderpets.

Andréa's debut solo album: Andréa Burns- A Deeper Shade of Red is available at amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, and www.psclassics.com. Andréa can also 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.