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TWO-TIME TONY AWARD® WINNER ANDREA MARTIN WILL REPRISE THE ROLE OF “BERTHE” AT THE SHN GOLDEN GATE THEATRE FINAL 2 WEEKS OCTOBER 7-19
– SHN is thrilled to announce that Andrea Martin, who won the 2013 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for creating the role of “Berthe” in the Broadway production, will reprise the role in the final two weeks (October 7-19) of the San Francisco engagement at the SHN Golden Gate Theatre.
Andrea Martin announced the news this morning live on ABC’s “The View.” The announcement will air locally between 10am-11am PST.
PIPPIN begins tonight and runs through through October 19 at the SHN Golden Gate Theatre. As previously announced, Lucie Arnaz will portray the role of “Berthe” September 23 through October 5.
“SHN is excited to have Andrea Martin reprise her Tony Award-winning Broadway role in PIPPIN for our San Francisco engagement,” said Greg Holland, SHN’s Chief Executive Officer. “With the upcoming production featuring Broadway’s original Pippin, John Rubinstein as well as the Broadway revival’s original Pippin, Matthew James Thomas, SHN is thrilled that San Francisco audiences will get the opportunity to see this incredible collection of Broadway stars on the Golden Gate stage.”
Two-time Tony Award winner Andrea Martin can currently be seen in the new NBC comedy series “Working the Engels.” She appeared on the New York stage most recently in Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Act One, winning an Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance. Her other theatre credits include Exit the King, Young Frankenstein, Oklahoma, Candide and My Favorite Year, for which she won her first Tony Award. Her film and TV credits include The Producers, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, All Over the Guy, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Breaking Upwards, and “SCTV,” for which she earned two Emmy Awards. She will next be seen on screen in Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, released this fall. Her book of autobiographical essays “Andrea Martin’s Lady Parts” will be released by Harper Collins in September.
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