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George Lee Andrews

ActorBorn 1942On stage 1973 to 20126 productions on this page

George Lee Andrews (born October 13, 1942, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American actor and singer. He holds the Guinness World Record for the most performances in the same Broadway show, having appeared in the musical The Phantom of the Opera on 9,382 occasions over a period of 23 years, he was in the original Broadway cast of the show and took over the role of Richard Firmin from 1990 to 2001, he then switched roles with Jeff Keller and played Gilles André from 2001 to 2011. He made his Broadway debut as Frid in the original production of A Little Night Music, and later appeared in the original productions of On the Twentieth Century; Merlin, and The Phantom of the Opera, and in the revival…

On stage

6 productions, 39 years
1973
A Little Night MusicBroadway Shubert Theatre. Original. Directed by Harold Prince
601 performances
1973
Sondheim: A Musical TributeBroadway Shubert Theatre. Original. Directed by Burt Shevelove
1978
On the Twentieth CenturyBroadway St. James Theatre. Original. Directed by Harold Prince
449 performances
1983
MerlinBroadway Mark Hellinger Theatre. Original. Directed by Christopher Chadman
199 performances
1988
The Phantom of the OperaBroadway Majestic Theatre. Original. Directed by Harold Prince
13,981 performances
2012
EvitaBroadway Marquis Theatre. Revival. Directed by André Ptaszynski
337 performances

Worked with more than once

12 names

Also credited on

1 work

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