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STAGE TUBE: On This Day 11/5- Andrea McArdle

By: Nov. 05, 2013
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Welcome to BWW's ON THIS DAY Series celebrating theatrical birthdays, openings and special events that took place on this day in theatre history!

Happy Birthday Andrea McArdle! As "Annie," McArdle became the youngest performer ever to be nominated for a Tony Award as Best Lead Actress in a Musical. Also on Broadway, she starred in the Jerry Herman musical Jerry's Girls alongside Carol Channing and Leslie Uggams; she portrayed the sassy Smoking Car, Ashley, in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express; and starred as Margy Frake in State Fair; as Fantine in Les Miserables and as Belle in Disney's Beauty and the Beast.

In celebration of this day, we bring you 'Tomorrow' as performed at the 1977 Tony Awards. Click below to check it out!







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