Andrea McArdle: An Evening with Andrea McArdle

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Andrea McArdle

An Evening with Andrea McArdle

Feinstein’s/54 Below, NYC, October 11, 2017

Reviewed by Candace Leeds for Cabaret Scenes

Andrea McArdle

Forty years ago, a thirteen-year-old actress made Broadway history as the youngest performer to ever be nominated for a Tony Award: for her starring role as Little Orphan Annie in the hit musical Annie. And that role launched Andrea McArdle’s busy career in musical theater and cabaret.
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Today, she is still wowing audiences, performing around the country and internationally,

McArdle swept into a packed house at Feinstein’s/54 Below, looking svelte and smashing, treating the audience to a rousing show of great Broadway and film standards, plus a little pop.  Throughout, she charmed with her bold, belty voice and endearing patter, regaling us with tales of her entertainment career and personal life.

“It Might as Well Be Spring” (Rodgers & Hammerstein) came straight from her heart, followed by her powerful medley from Oliver!: “Where Is Love?”/”As Long as He Needs Me” (Lionel Bart).
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  Other highlights included an expressive “Over the Rainbow”—harking back to the 1978 NBC television film Rainbow, in which she starred as Judy Garland—and a rousing “(Theme from) New York, New York” (Kander & Ebb) paired with Annie‘s “N.Y.C“ (Charles Strouse/Martin Charnin).
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McArdle presented a moving version of a song which she said haunted her since her childhood: “Sideshow” (Vinnie Barrett/Robert Eli), which she paired with a moving and plaintive “Don’t Cry Out Loud” (Peter Allen/Carole Bayer Sager).

Her grand finale was her star-making hit song from Annie, “Tomorrow,” which brought the cheering audience to its feet.

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Candace Leeds

Candace Leeds has been steeped in the world of music since the age of twelve, when she enrolled in Juilliard to study voice and prepare for a professional career. After 15 years of music studies, she moved into entertainment management at New York's Town Hall, where she produced concerts and served as Associate Director. Her writing and marketing skills led to senior positions in major public relations firms, including the PR arm of Grey Advertising and The Rowland Company, which became part of Saatchi and Saatchi. For the past two decades, she served as Vice President of Public Affairs at the multi-billion dollar conglomerate, Loews Corporation, and now has her own marketing consulting company. While pursuing her business career, she continued her music involvement, studying cabaret and occasionally performing in local New York venues. Candace is an accomplished writer whose work has appeared in the New York Daily News, TV World, and many others.