Andrea Ross

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Andrea Ross
Andrea Ross on the cover of her debut album Moon River (2007)
Background information
Birth name	Andrea Christine Ross
Born	April 8, 1991 (age 16) Dover, New Hampshire USA
Genre(s)	Classical crossover, pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, actress
Years active	1999-present
Label(s)	Universal (UCJ)
Website	AndreaRoss.com

Andrea Christine Ross (born April 8, 1991) is an American singer and actress. Andrea has been an award-winning lead actress on stage in her local area of Boston, Massachusetts since the age of 8 years old. At age 13 she was discovered by Andrew Lloyd Webber who decided to champion her career and launch her as his protégée with a debut CD recording in 2007.^[1]

1 Biography
- 1.1 1999-2006: Stage career
  - 1.1.1 Regional Theatre credits
- 1.2 2007-present: Solo career
  - 1.2.1 "Moon River" Track listing
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Biography

Andrea Ross was born on April 8, 1991 in Dover, New Hampshire. She is the daughter of William Ross, an engineer and Paula (Manousos) Ross, an accounting administrator. An only child, Andrea exhibited an early flair for drama having learned to recite the alphabet in an opera-style voice at age 3. At age 4 Andrea played Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in her pre-school Christmas play. By age 6 Andrea was taking a variety of private lessons in music and dance and also trying her hand at sports. But it is was enrollment at a local performing arts after-school program that won out. Andrea progressed quickly from ensemble roles to lead musical theatre roles on-stage. Encouraged by her enthusiasm, her parents allowed her to travel to Boston to audition for a professional family theatre. Andrea won the lead role in "Tuck Everlasting" at the Wheelock Family Theatre at age 10. This was the beginning of a 5-year continuous string of winning lead roles and critical praise from the Boston-area press and theatre community.^[2]

[edit] 1999-2006: Stage career

On May 23, 2005, Andrea Ross became the youngest person to receive Boston's prestigious Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Actress. In her nominating remarks on Andrea’s behalf, Terry Byrne, theatre critic of the Boston Herald commented: "Stage presence is that ineffable quality some performers have to command an audience's attention, sometimes before they even begin to speak... Combine that with considerable acting talent, a magnificent singing voice, and a strong sense of focus and the star quality is undeniable..."

Andrea Ross has been a member of the Actors' Equity Association professional union since 2006.

In August 2006, Andrea Ross portrayed Gabriella Montez in Disney Theatrical Productions' and Music Theater International's first granted license of the musical stage production High School Musical at Stagedoor Manor in Loch Sheldrake, New York.^[3]^[4]

When Andrew Lloyd Webber introduced Andrea Ross at his Sydmonton Festival in 2005, he said:

“

I've not heard a voice like this for a long, long time. I think she's quite extraordinary. I ask you to give a hugely warm welcome to somebody who I think you're going to hear an awful lot more of for the next . . . 50 years!

”

[edit] Regional Theatre credits

Tuck Everlasting (Winnie Foster), 2002 Wheelock Family Theatre, Boston, MA
Annie (Annie), 2003 Trinity Repertory Theater, Providence, RI
Lizzie Borden: The Musical (Young Lizzie), 2004 Stoneham Theatre, Stoneham, MA
A Little Night Music (Fredrika), 2004 The Lyric Stage of Boston, Boston, MA
Ramona Quimby (Ramona), 2004 Wheelock Family Theatre, Boston, MA
The Sound of Music (Liesl von Trapp), 2005 Wheelock Family Theatre, Boston, MA
Sara Crewe: A Little Princess (Sara Crewe), 2006 Wheelock Family Theatre, Boston, MA

[edit] 2007-present: Solo career

Andrea Ross' debut studio album "Moon River" will be released on March 5, 2007 by Universal Classics & Jazz in the UK. It is produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Nigel Wright.