Andrea McArdle — Page 2

I saw her play Evita opposite Adrian Zmed as Che a little over 10 years ago, she was quite good as I recall.
Funny side note, it was at a theater I used to work for , and she showed up once for the 3pm Sunday matinee at 2:55pm. LOL!

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I'm not sure everyone would agree that she is always a doll/dream to work with. She had an infamous feud with the music director at Beauty and the Beast over her urge to riff during A Change In Me. And more than once, she went up on her lyrics during Home, leaving the audience listening to the gorgeous orchestrations for as long as an entire verse or bridge.

But I would agree that she loves to perform. Needs to. And sounds amazing.

Updated On: 7/2/07 at 10:13 AM

With all due respect dancinfan, one quarel does not make for a bad attitude.
We all have worked for jerks(unless of course YOU are a jerk,in wich case You realy should be self employed)but look at the nonsense She has had to put up with.

State Fair:She tried to do it the way She does best - barefooted but the Director mandated She HAD to wear saddle shoes that hurt Her feet.
She broke Her foot in several places.

With Starlight Express She had a Choreographer insist that the dancers dance in a mannor that the human body was not desighned to on rollerskates.
In that show She fractured Her jaw.
She was one of the lucky ones.

Are You seeing a pattern here? when She Has blindly listened to others nothing good has come from it.

Shure there was not (to My knoledge)risk of life and limb in Beauty and the Beast but those experiences should have taught Her not to jump simply because She is told to.
Andrea sings in a unique way that is natural to Her and they wanted Her to do it the very opposte way She has always done it.
It is not simply a habit for Her to belt out when She sings,it is a talent that is as unique and natural as breathing is for us.
I can see it from the Music Directors point of view but only SHE can know what is natural for Her voice.
Does She sing in a compromised manner and keep the peace or give the Audience what they paid for?

Updated On: 7/3/07 at 05:42 PM

Actually, Andrea sings straight (without blues riffs) very, very well (as she has done her whole life, starting with Annie), so no one was asking her to sing the opposite way of what she does well. She was just having a bored feud with the music director over tempos. I have no explanation of why she went up on lyrics more than once, do you?

Relax. She's a cool chick. Certain days during her long and honorable run at Beauty, she was not at her greatest, but no one is perfect every day.

Anyone hear about her Ogunquit CABARET opening night... she left the stage midway through act 1 and refused to return. The show was stopped for a half hour for "technical difficulties." When she finally returned to the stage there was a tension between her and the cast you could feel. It was like being at a dinner party where the hosts fight in the kitchen so loud you can hear it.. and all you want is dessert do you can leave!

Actualy dancinfan if You actualy look and listen You will find that they did indeed want Her to sing softer and lower than Her unsual range.
She got the job (acording to Her) because the producers heard Her sing in 'head voice' and not Her usual style and wanted Her to do thier show.
She wanted to do it the way She knew to do it they wanted Her to do it the way they heard Her before.
Bouth sides came to an agreement in the end as civilised people do.

Updated On: 7/6/07 at 12:25 PM

During Debbie/Deborah Gibson's run in BEAUTY & THE BEAST, she elaborated on CNN's SHOWBIZ TODAY how the producers of the show were very particular about how Belle had to be sung. She sang a verse of "Belle" in her style of singing; then sang the same verse in the style the producers wanted. It was interesting to hear the noticible difference.

Exactly, She is a bigger name than a lot of people working today.
She IS a star who apparently doesn't realise it.

Her brother Michael is very cute.

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Is that someone tweaking Mike McCardle's nipple?

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as luck would have it -- that's yours truly tweaking Michael's right nipple.

Does he also perform?

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