(Actress) first captured the hearts of theatergoers everywhere in 1977 when she originated the title role in the mega-musical Annie. She became the youngest performer ever to be nominated for a Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical. She also received the Theater World and Outer Critics’ Circle Awards, and subsequently performed the role in London. Andrea was then tapped to portray Judy Garland in the NBC television movie Rainbow. Her other Broadway credits include Les Miserables (Fantine), Starlight Express (Ashley), Beauty and the Beast (Belle), and State Fair (Margy Frake). She has performed in concert halls from Carnegie Hall to the Las Vegas Hilton to the Hong Kong Philharmonic, and has appeared in several television specials, including the Johnny Carson, Merv Griffen and Dinah Shore shows, along with several PBS concerts from the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall.