Andrea is easily one of the most unappreciated performers of our time.
She has worked so much of Her life and has recieved little note for it.
I have never met Her and I know I never will,it is sad but understandable.
Still I am capable of seeing that what is not for the best is often for the best-Life is contradictory.
Andrea was the butt of jokes after Her involvement on ANNIE. Programs like SCTV lampooned Her as a desperate attention hound trying desperately to stay in the spotlight.
I have also heard Her sing "I Dreamed a Dream", it is fair when sang by other Actors.
But as ThankstoPhantom rightly said it grabs You when Andrea sings it:it bares Your hidden sadness that haunts You, that You try to avoid looking at.
Her melodic sirens song voice singing so gently those lyrics wich are so great because they are true is overwhelming.
I have heard Her sing that song a few times but I avoid listening too often,it always opens a wound.
It saddens Me that I read in this message board that She wouldn't play Sally on Broadway in CABARET because She does not believe She is a suitably well known name.
What this means is that She doesn't have enugh confidence in Herself and how unique she truly is.
How great She truly is.
Her Mom and Dad instilled a humility in Their Daughter We can only applaud that,but too much humility is as dangerouse as too little.
I believe She can do ANYTHING She were to set Her mind to,if She doesn't know that then I know a friend of Hers I have said as much to-because life is too short to not be honest about our feelings for one another.
I know more about Andreas life than I do My own but always I am learning.
People like Myself can and will never be more than they are due to the circumstances of thier lives She is as diffrent as night is from day in that regard.
When I heard She was going to play ANNIE on oDonnels cruise I remember thinking " a 43 year old woman playing a 12 year old girl She played when She was 14,that sounds like a Monty Python skit".
Is She turning into the charicature that they made of Her in the late 70s/early 80s?
It is truly painfull to say that.
She loves to perform, She NEEDS to:it is Her nature, but things will NEVER be the way they could have been.
We can only hope for the best for Her,We must love Her and Her Family and trust that things will work out well for Her because trust and faith is realy all We ever realy have.
Updated On: 7/3/07 at 11:57 AM