Andrea McArdle
Andrea McArdle was born in Philadelphia. While studying dance as a child, s… Read Full Bio ↴Andrea McArdle was born in Philadelphia. While studying dance as a child, she was spotted by a talent agent who got her work in a number of television commercials. This led to McArdle's two-and-a-half year stint on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow. She also appeared on Al Alberts' Showcase, a local televised talent show in Philadelphia.

Andrea's big break came in early 1977 when she was pulled from the chorus of orphans to replace Kristin Vigard, the original star in the Broadway musical Annie, during rehearsals. The show was a critical and commercial smash, and she became the youngest performer ever to be nominated for a Tony Award as Best Lead Actress in a Musical. She lost to co-star Dorothy Loudon--who played Miss Hannigan--but did receive the Theater World and Outer Critics' Circle Awards for her performance. In April 1978, she opened in London's West End production. She appeared several times on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1977-79, on one occasion accompanied by Liberace. She also appeared more than once on the Mike Douglas Show, singing with Kristy McNichol, Stephanie Mills, Liberace and Don Rickles.

She also appeared on Welcome Back Kotter, playing Arnold Horshack's younger sister.

Her first assignment after returning to the States was the plum role of Judy Garland in NBC's telepic Rainbow (1978), but throughout her career she has concentrated primarily on performing in musical theater and cabarets. Her credits include Les Misérables (both on Broadway and in the national tour), Jerry's Girls (a revue of Jerry Herman songs co-starring Carol Channing and Leslie Uggams) Beauty and the Beast, Starlight Express, Meet Me In St. Louis, Wizard of Oz, They're Playing Our Song, and another celebrated Annie in Irving Berlin's classic, Annie Get Your Gun. She briefly appeared in the 1999 Rob Marshall-directed TV version of Annie, singing a segment of the song "N.Y.C."

McArdle has performed in the showrooms of many of the casino hotels in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, and in cabarets such as Odette's in New Hope, Pennsylvania and the King Cole Room at the St. Regis Hotel and Freddy's Supper Club in Manhattan.

Her CD, Andrea McArdle on Broadway, was arranged and produced by her husband, composer Edd Kalehoff, who also collaborated with her on an album of Christmas songs that was released in conjunction with her Family Christmas Show at the Tropicana Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The couple has one daughter, Alexis Kalehoff, a performer who has appeared with her mother in Les Miz.
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Annie The sun´ll come out Tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar That …
Annie: Annie: Annie: Tomorrow The sun´ll come out Tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar That …
Annie: It's The Hard-Knock Life It's the hard-knock life for us It's the hard-knock life for…
Annie: Tomorrow The sun´ll come out Tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar That …
Easy To Be Hard How can people be so heartless How can people be so…
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Have yourself a merry little Christmas Let your heart be li…
I Don't Need Anything But You WARBUCKS AND ANNIE Together at last! Together for ever!…
I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here GRACE Cecile will pick out all your clothes CECILE (s…
It Might As Well Be Spring I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm I'm as…
It's the Hard Knock Life It's the hard-knock life for us! It's the hard-knock life f…
It's the Hard-Knock Life It's the hard-knock life for us! It's the hard-knock life f…
Maybe Maybe far away Or maybe real near by He may be pouring…
Tomorrow The sun will come out tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar that…



Tomorrow from Annie The sun will come out tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar that…


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