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[0:00] Linedy Genao: Hello, hello, everybody. Welcome to Entre Acts, your favorite podcast, Ya Tu Sabe. I'm Linedy Genao, and we're so excited to be back for season two. I have such an exciting guest today.

[0:24] Linedy Genao: If you had told the high school version of me, sitting in the audience, watching my absolute inspiration, that one day I'd make my Broadway debut with her, and years later, step into the very role she originated, I wouldn't have believed you.

[0:40] Linedy Genao: Long before I ever even shared a stage with her, her voice was literally the blueprint. One of the very first musical theater songs I ever learned was from a recording of her.

[0:51] Linedy Genao: My guest today is a highly celebrated Broadway artist, revered by critics and audiences alike for her extraordinary vocal versatility, luminous warmth, and definitive comedic timing. She is a master in her craft.

[1:04] Linedy Genao: From originating iconic roles and groundbreaking new musicals to anchoring major theatrical revivals, she has spent decades as one of the American theater's most captivating and enduring talents. And Latina, not to mention.

[1:16] Linedy Genao: Perhaps best known for originating the role of Daniela in In the Heights, winning a Drama Desk Award, or starring in Notebook, On Your Feet, to shining off Broadway in A Walk on the Moon, or Songs for a New World, and shaping the next generation as a faculty member at Yale.

[1:30] Linedy Genao: She is theatrical royalty, and a Latina legend whose first steps I am so honored to follow. Mi gente, please welcome Andréa Burns!

[1:38] Andréa Burns: Thank you so much. It's hard not to be emotional, just even right away. I'm so proud of you. Thank you so much. It's been such an honor, getting to watch your journey and meeting you at the very beginning of this ride, and watching you just blossom and bloom into this incredible artist, and the wonderful human that you are also being at the forefront of everyone's experience of you.

[2:05] Andréa Burns: And I just couldn't be more excited, proud. I love you. Thank you so much. I love you. Oh, God. Oh, my gosh. Okay, I need to get my eyes dry now. So welcome to Entre Acts. Thank you. I'm so excited you're here. So to get started, I love to start with a little icebreaker game of dominos. As you know, dominos is huge in our culture, but I don't really know how to play the actual game.

[2:29] Linedy Genao: Really? I know. It's not that hard. But I play it with my mom and she kills me every time. She's like, I don't know the rules. I know like, if you end with a one, the one has to attach at the end. Right. But then I don't know where it goes after that. So you know, we're playing the Entre Acts way here.

[2:29] Linedy Genao: Yes. Okay. So you're gonna pick a domino and that'll sum up to an icebreaker question. Are you ready?

[2:29] Andréa Burns: I'm ready. I'm ready. I'm excited.

[2:53] Linedy Genao: Four. Chocolate or vanilla?

[2:53] Andréa Burns: Vanilla.

[2:53] Linedy Genao: Thank God. Really? Same. Vanilla since I was a little girl. I like chocolate, but when it comes to ice cream, definitely vanilla.

[2:53] Andréa Burns: Yes. Gracias. Okay, next.

[2:53] Linedy Genao: Okay, next. Five. Okay. One thing you always have in your fridge.

[2:53] Andréa Burns: Ajo. I love garlic. Minced garlic. Always. You can't cook anything without it.

[3:21] Linedy Genao: Are you the person that if the recipe calls for three cloves, you add like?

[3:21] Andréa Burns: Oh, no. I mean, I'm just like freestyle. I go freestyle. But um, I do like a lot of garlic, but I can't if I don't have that garlic. I either have fresh garlic, but then I also cheat with my little minced, not powder, the minced garlic, like in a little teaspoon.

[3:21] Linedy Genao: No, no, no. Powder is fine. Okay. It's fine. I know. But you know, I love garlic. You know, we can always be, listen, we're busy ladies. We can always be super fresh. But, but the garlic is key. Okay. No, you're right. I love garlic. Key to the cooking. Okay, next.

[3:51] Linedy Genao: Okay, I'm reaching here. Six. Number six. You're stuck in a dressing room forever, sharing tight quarters with the entire cast of the Full Monty, or trying to keep a straight face around the chaotic salon energy of In the Heights.

[3:51] Andréa Burns: Oh. And with much love to my Full Monty family. Heights every time. Thank you. Chaotic. No.

[4:21] Andréa Burns: No, no, no, mi amor. That is, that's a, that's like a special kind of Latin meditation salon at In the Heights. You know what I'm saying? Like there's a beauty of the salon of the Latin salon that you can only know from having experienced it growing up. And it's, it's a kind of church. It really is.

[4:21] Andréa Burns: Yeah, there's nothing like it. So I wouldn't say maybe chaotic on the outside. But no, absolutely. Therapy on the inside. Absolutely. Heights salon every time. One more last one. Okay.

[4:52] Linedy Genao: Six again. Okay, we'll pick a random even perfect. Okay, even better. Fabulous.

[4:57] Andréa Burns: I gag over this question. But I meet me stalling. Okay, so for those of you who don't, I mean, you've had this on your I listen to your podcast. And you have Brandon Contreras on and you asked him this question. And I exploded laughing. Because it's so inside. So basically niche, like what kind of Latin house cleaning product did you have in your house growing up? For me, it was me stalling lavender.

[5:25] Andréa Burns: We always did lavender anything. Yeah, right. So I think when I first moved to New York, I didn't see that. And I saw I bought a fabuloso. And I was like, No, it's not the same. It's not right. It's like super sweet or something. me stalling lavender every time. That's how I know my house is clean.

[5:40] Linedy Genao: I think one of my grandma's used me stalling. And one of my grandma's used fabuloso. But my mom would use fabuloso fabuloso. But like you would know whose house you're at. But exactly. I know. Exactly. sponsor us. I will also me stalling me stalling. Please. I love that question. So nice. And I ran into Brandon yesterday at PT.

[6:01] Andréa Burns: Oh, my God. And I ran into Brandon at PT like the day before I ran into you. Because physical therapy is a blessing. I know. It is a great, great gift. And we thank all of the brilliant physical therapists that take care of us on Broadway. Amen.

[6:01] Linedy Genao: Okay, thank you so much. Thank you for indulging us on the game of dominos.

[6:18] Andréa Burns: Yeah. So far as you know, Entre Acts is a podcast where we talk about the entry acts the in betweens periods as artists that we go through when we're not working, right? I say this all the time. But teachers typically have the summers off and there's no shame or taboo, you know, around like you have the summer off. Great. What are you doing? You know?

[6:39] Linedy Genao: But with artists, when people are like, What are you doing? Are you working? Um, no, not right now. We feel shame or embarrassment. There's this negative connotation to that. And I wanted to create a space where we talk about that and how important and positive it is because we get to visit family, we get to, you know, refill our cups, we get to rest, we get to cook, you know, do things that we normally don't get to do with our schedules. So I wanted to first ask you, what does the in between period mean to you?

[7:05] Andréa Burns: Well, first of all, thank you for addressing this on this podcast. To me, it's a gift of being allowed to just sort of step out of the hustle culture, especially as New Yorkers, and freelancers. And it's all like, what's next? And got to get this and got to book this. And sometimes I actually really, I appreciate that, actually, you're, you know, people know more about you while you're working on one thing, but I don't actually, I'm somebody who's not a fan of like, I'm working on one thing. I'm rehearsing one show. So like, on my lunch break, I have to go audition for another. But that becomes so real, right?

[7:35] Andréa Burns: And so I like, I like being able to step out and pay attention to what my body and mind needs. I'm like a, I'm like a half and half. I'm an extrovert introvert, right? Like, I love people. I love a party. I love having my friends around and laughing my head off. But I also definitely need to recharge.

[8:03] Andréa Burns: And, you know, last year, I actually sort of stepped away a little bit. I'm probably one of the older people that you've had on this podcast. No, but for real, I'm proud of it, you know, but I think that you go through many cycles in your life. And I think it takes a long time to drop the urgency of, but I have to get back, but I have to, what's the next thing, but I have to be seen out there, you know.

[8:33] Andréa Burns: I think the longer time, the more time you spend on the planet, you start to realize your worth in other ways. And so I had been working a lot very steadily and gratefully, but I felt that I was feeling the burnout.

[8:52] Andréa Burns: And also, sometimes you get, sometimes I feel the commerce, the business part of the show business can become so, can eclipse the art in a way that can really steal your soul sometimes. And I had come out of a really, like, busy prolific time, but I was like, you know what, I think I'm going to step out for a minute.

[9:17] Andréa Burns: I've been a teacher for like 20 years. I love it. And last year, I spent a lot more time in the classroom, because I was like, I need a space that is more art forward, and commerce free. And ironically, I'm there with so many young people who are like, I just want to be working on Broadway.

[9:36] Andréa Burns: And I want to, of course, like help them get there and give them the tools to succeed when they do. But I'm also very mindful of the fact that, yeah, but this is where we actually get to create the toolbox, the art, the craft. So teaching for me is not so much like a in between side hustle at all. It's also kind of a sacred space for me.

[10:04] Andréa Burns: So I dive into teaching. I dive into reading. I love reading a lot. I get on my couch. And now that we're in the fall vibes, give me that little cup of tea, cup of coffee under my blanket. I think we have to quiet ourselves. And it's very hard, not only as people in this business, but in this age where we're like, okay, but people are posting and what do I need to, what's my presence here? What's my presence there?

[10:34] Andréa Burns: I think you really do have to seek that sort of inner quiet to find out maybe even what you have to say next. Otherwise, you're just scrambling to, I don't know, I feel like I've realized that you don't want to just be somebody who is repeating what everybody else is doing, because you feel like you want to keep up. So I'm not sure if that answered your question.

[10:59] Linedy Genao: No, absolutely, absolutely. And that I've been finding that for myself right now, being out of work on a medical leave, you know, in this intermission myself, you know, of just like reflection and figuring out what to say, you know, I've been very not on social media, obviously, because I can't really be on my phone and stuff like that.

[11:18] Linedy Genao: But it has made me look inward on how I want to show up for myself, but in this industry, with the work that I do with others, you know, people that I look up to that look up to me. And so yeah, I needed to hear that. So thank you. And it's definitely something that I'm doing live in the moment right now.

[11:40] Andréa Burns: Yes. Well, also, when you're on leave, so you have that pressure of like, how long is it going to take for me to get back? And you, you know, what I said to you, you know, when this first happened, which is, you can't rush your healing. And you can't cheat yourself of that your body knows what to do. And you have to respect it. Because really, you're the only one who's going to teach the world how to treat you.

[11:40] Linedy Genao: Yeah. Right. So yeah, yeah, you have to do it. And you know, it's, we talk a lot about, you know, on this podcast, you talk a lot about like, who are you if you're not working? But really, who are you to whom? Okay, domino drop, right? Who am I right now? My focus? I mean, I'm someone who's been married a really long time. I have a son who's graduated from college, like I've launched my bird from the nest. And I'm like, okay, so whose opinion really matters? Like, right? Like, I answer to me, who, what actions can I take? And what actions can I take that will make myself love and respect me and my choices? And I think, because of the hustle culture, because of wanting to be good girls, which I know you are, which I was too, it's like, yes, sir, yes, sir, I want to do all the right things. And we tend to put our opinions of what we think is right for us behind in the back. And it's

[13:39] Andréa Burns: I think it's always a decision. You get to decide whether this is a deficit or a gift. But honestly, like I always see it as a gift when I was especially as a mom of a young person, you know, it's like, oh my God, thank God I get more time with my kid. I get to tuck him in at night. I get to read him stories at night. Or, oh my God, my husband and I, we get to travel because we have this free time. I get to see my parents more. I get to hang out with people I love. That's a big thing that I want to talk about that we're not doing enough of anymore. Like when I came to New York in the 90s, one thing that was really incredible about that before the age of social media and texting is people hung out.

And we were sitting around hanging out, laughing our asses off with some of the most brilliant, creative people in the world, right? And so much of your creativity comes from that. And so that is something that I'm trying to fold into my life a lot more now in between because again, I think it's in service to my creativity, right? Why do we love being in a rehearsal room? Collaboration, connection, humor, learning from other people's outrageous points of view in the world, right? So it's like, well, great. Let's just have a bottle of wine and a bunch of food and let me invite my brilliant friends over and see what we learn. And so I'm trying to do a lot more of that. I have a dear friend who is not a play.

He's a director, but recently he's been writing plays. And so he hosts a dinner party and is like, come read my play and then we'll all talk about it, right? And it's like, I haven't done that since I was like in my 20s when we were like, let's read a Tennessee Williams play, right? And learn. And this is just really cool to just be back in rooms with people serving collaboration and creativity, which by the way, is the best part of the rehearsal room anyway.

[15:45] Linedy Genao: Absolutely. Is there anything that you do in the in-between that's completely unrelated to the arts?

[15:45] Andréa Burns: That's completely unrelated to the arts. I am a book girly, like I do like a Higgy moment, like with my little fake fireplace, and my little, you know, blanket and my little golden milk and my little whatever. So I really love that. In fact, I love books so much that somebody had said to me like, you should have a podcast, you should talk about books. And I was like, no, because that's the one art form. I like, I don't know how the sausage is made. I don't want to know. I just want to live in my beautiful world. Look at this story. It's magical. It's for me. End of story. I don't want to know the politics of what it took to get published. I don't want any of that. So that is something that I that I love.

And also I love to cook. And that was something that came to me kind of late. But you know, my mother, my Venezuelan mom would be like, mira, eso se te va a salir. It'll show up. I was like, how do you boil water when I first moved here? And then she's like, you know, it's latent, it's gonna come. And I really enjoy, for example, like my husband is a director, and he's, you know, he's like in rehearsal, and I'm not doing anything right now. And so I'm like, oh, great. You know, I can have dinner ready. And like, the candles burning at seven o'clock when he comes home. I love that. I really I find I really enjoy it. I like being creative. I don't really follow recipes. I'm not a baker at all, because I mess up getting into that.

It's a science. It's a science. And actually, when I was young, like newly married, I was like, oh, look at cute. I made these little cookies and these muffins. And that was cute. But then I gave it up. And now I just like like comida, you know, like a home cooked meal. And yeah, so I enjoy that.

[17:48] Linedy Genao: I love that. What's your favorite kind of genre and book?

[17:53] Andréa Burns: Oh my god, I read everything. I will read like a Victorian classic. I will read a thriller. I will read Project Hail Mary. I will read anything and everything. It just has to be good.

[18:03] Linedy Genao: I love that. I need to get back into reading. I really do.

[18:07] Andréa Burns: I'll send you I'll have some recs for you. Customized just for you.

[18:12] Linedy Genao: So in three words, how would you describe the season of life you're stepping into?

[18:17] Andréa Burns: I asked Mandy this question, too.

[18:20] Linedy Genao: Okay, I would say, can I have four?

[18:22] Andréa Burns: Absolutely.

[18:24] Andréa Burns: I am a queen. Period. I really am like, you know, recently, I went to a, sadly, the funeral of a friend's mom. And I was watching all this. They had this footage of her and, you know, and she was an older lady, thank goodness. And, but I was watching her and seeing her and her beauty, very vibrant woman. And I thought, oh my god, I have there is some distance between me and that even, you know, at a time when we're such a youth obsessed culture, and you're like, oh my gosh, I'm older. I just was like, oh my god, but look at me now. I am a queen. I have my, I have built my queendom. I have built my, my relationships, my body of work, the things that I want to give. And I have so much. I'm still very much in a learning space.

I hope to die in a learning space. But this is an era of Reina for me, I think of the women who were that when I was even like 30. You know, I'm looking at Chita, I'm looking at Rita, I'm looking at Graciela Daniel, Priscilla, you know, these incredible women who were trailblazers, but also just like, what I really love about these Latin artists is like they were grown ass women. Right? We also live in a culture of kind of, we're obsessed with overgrown girls. And I think maybe it's because of the Latina that we take great pride in actual womanhood. And it's exciting to be able to say like, oh, no, I've entered into this era where I can claim, you know, I'm not a princess at all. That was a that was a time.

But that's not who I am anymore. And I'm queen of my queendom. And, and what that means is responsibility and kindness to others. But also, I have the luxury to finally pour a lot of love on myself. And before, when I was looking at myself, it was always about how I could improve or, or negative self talk about Yeah, but you're not this, you might be this, but you're that are all the compare and despair stuff that happens in this business. But now, I feel like I don't know, I have this beautiful clearing, this this moment of majesty that is here. And it's going to, you know, it'll pass and then I'll be something else, I'll be a wise, ancient, other kind of crone, you know, spectacular being, but this this is queendom. And I'm stepping into it unapologetically.

[21:10] Linedy Genao: Oh, man, we have royalty in the house. Oh my god, Andrea, I love that so much. Yeah, it's so inspiring. And again, it reminds Mandy said something very similar that she was stepping into her Senora era. Yeah, she's stepping into her like, I can't think of the word right now. But thank you so much for sharing that. So I so inspired, I think, especially as women, too. There's, you know, there's a lot of, especially when you step into the Senora era, era, which I've been in now for a while, it still ends up being claimed by others, right? The Senora de King, somebody's mother, somebody's this, and it's like, no, you know, the queen is the somebody. And I think with women, it's really hard for us, because we're nurturers to actually step into it and claim it and say, you know, no, I'm the somebody and I, I have enough. And I am. I have enough and I am enough. I am adding that to my mantra that I say every single day. Thank you so much.

[22:12] Andréa Burns: Oh, my gosh, Andrea, we have to get into the heights of it all because I can't believe it. I literally like, again, how like I, you can't make this up. You can't make this up how full circle I'm so grateful I got to make my debut with you. You and everyone else in the company of on your feet held me under your wings as I learned how to bevel. I learned how to bow literally everything, everything. And now I get to step into the shoes of the role you created that I saw you do so many times that I heard your voice singing so many times, by the way, one of the first musical theater songs I ever learned was I'm not afraid of anything. And Christmas a lullaby. Oh my God. And so then, so I knew you before heights existed in my life.

Wow, which was great. And then I was like, Oh my God, this is Andrea Burns from songs for a new world. Yes, you know, rather than like Andrea Burns from in the heights, like I knew you first from songs for a new world. So now to be playing Daniela, and to like, not only have worked with you, but to have your friendship, it's just, it means so much to me. So I would love to ask you and I know we're gonna have our cafecito. So I'm gonna dive right in with that, too. But like, I would love to know what you could offer in terms of anything, any advice, any wisdom into your process of Daniela into just Yeah, advice on how the heck to take on this role that you created.

[23:37] Andréa Burns: Oh my God, I'm going to tell you what Glinda the Good Witch told Dorothy, it's been inside you all this time. Oh my God, it's yours. Now. This is yours to step into. I mean, you know, I had the privilege of I have to confess that Alejandro Senor let me know I found out like the day before you told me and he told me and I just he said you were going to be playing it. I just went. And he goes, Oh my God, I got to watch that. I got to watch your I got to tell you that. And I got to watch it with him. I he came to see me in a walk on the moon. And he was telling me I was like, Are you so excited? And then he told me, you know, who's going to be Daniela. And I said, I said, Oh, my God, I'm dying to know.

He said, Oh, my God, I got to tell you that I got to see your face. So I'm so excited because I feel like you're ready. I mean, yes, thank you. Thank you for the honor of create, you know, acknowledging my creation of it, and all of that. And yet, these roles, these roles were written, and built with so much love from not only Lynn and Kiara and Alex. But those of us who were there, who were just pouring all the memories of our families of the lady who cut my hair in Miami of that right, we're pouring all this stuff that was part of us that nobody was really asking us about here in our New York life. So so much love of that has been poured in that it's just ready for you. It's like a warm bath for you to just step into and bring you to it.

I mean, what's so funny is like, everybody knows you as such a sweet and beautiful girl and with a heart of gold, but I know how funny you are. I know that Dominicana that has not actually been able to be let loose on the Broadway stage yet. And I'm, I'm very excited to see what you bring. There's nothing that I can tell you. And I will tell you whatever you want. But But there's nothing that I can tell you that I don't think you already know, whether you think you know it or not.

[26:17] Andréa Burns: So much of it is built. Jenna and I never met before that. And we did a workshop and we were doing the staging. And they had given us like an eight count to walk into the salon. And they were like, make sure you hit these accents. Bum, bum, bum, bum. And I, at that moment, like opened the door and like threw the keys up on an accent. And Janet caught them on the other one. And that was like the moment. It was like the true love moment. It was like, we have been, this match was made in heaven. And, you know, she's still, she's my best friend. I mean, we came extremely close from that experience. But no, it was a party. It was a party every night. Yes, please. Party con pay, which is what Janet called it.

A party with pay. Because we're like, you guys, this isn't a job. It's a party con pay. What I would ask you to do is like, the one thing I'll say for all the people who love and revere the Heights that are going to be working on it and your beautiful cast is like, don't take it. Don't be precious. Don't take it too seriously. Because you know, if you think about honoring us, the cast, that production, you're going to be going astray. If you think about honoring the people that live in these characters, that's where you're going to go. And that's going to be the gold for you. I mean, Janet used to bring Cortaditos into the salon. We would, we would be like Nina LaFarga would come in during Respira to get her hair washed.

But then we'd be like, tweezing her eyebrows like it was. It was a full party. It was a full service salon. Yeah, Janet would be like doing filing Nina's nails every night like we were in it. We were in it because I think we both knew that place so well that we were just able to inhabit it and have the best time. Oh my gosh, I can't wait. So exciting. I can't wait. I can't wait. And this is still so full circle. I literally still can't believe it. I know. Oh my god, so good.

[28:20] Linedy Genao: So Andrea, we are at the silly chisme hot takes questions. Okay, I'm ready because Oh, I forgot to say we all our episodes are formatted like a sandwich eato. How can I forget? The beginning was fun. The middle is, you know, heartfelt. And now we're at the other other end of the sandwich eato. Okay. And on that note, what's your favorite sandwich eato? What do you like in between your bread?

[28:43] Andréa Burns: Oh my god, I just um, I love a bueno. I love like a tomato caprese, which is not really Italian. I mean, which is Italian and not really Latin, but um, but I love like a jamon y queso in a pan tostada kind of. That's literally what Robin said. But he said in pan sobao or something. No pan tostada. Like that's like, I could probably eat that for the rest of my life. That's so good. So good.

[29:03] Linedy Genao: Okay, if you had to legally change your middle name to the last thing you bought online, what would it be?

[29:09] Andréa Burns: Oh my god, that's an amazing question. Oh god, but I don't know. I don't want to think of what is the last thing that I bought online? Oh, I bought moisturizer. So Linady moisturizer. Okay. Um, what did I Oh my god, bueno. I'm gonna have to say. Did you order something on Amazon? Or did you buy more ajo recently? That would be so good. Um, yeah, let's just say no, no, but I wouldn't have bought an Andrea adobo burns.

[29:44] Linedy Genao: I know. Last thing about but you receive $500 that must be spent within five minutes from now. How do you spend it?

[29:55] Andréa Burns: Oh my god, calling all my friends to meet me for lunch and we'll get to hang out get to hang out and collaborate. Yes. I love hanging out.

[30:07] Linedy Genao: If Daniela ran a modern salon in Washington Heights today, what's the absolute first thing she would ban or cancel?

[30:13] Andréa Burns: My god, I'm like, one of the lines something highlight. Oh, yeah, no, but just, you know, she doesn't like anybody wasting her time. So I would just say like, if you're coming in for the you know, drama, I would say drama. She just doesn't the drama can come in but she she doesn't suffer for too long. She's about getting it back together. But it's all red and move on and move on.

[30:46] Linedy Genao: Finish the phrase the way to my heart is generosity.

[30:46] Andréa Burns: I love that. I love that. Okay, you've played iconic neighborhood anchors from Washington Heights to West Side Story San Juan Hill in real life. What's your ultimate go to comfort neighborhood spot?

[31:03] Andréa Burns: Oh, the West Village.

[31:08] Linedy Genao: I knew you were gonna. Yes. You know, are you still in the East Village?

[31:08] Andréa Burns: No, no, no. West Village is where I was forever. I raised I got married there. I raised my son there. West Village, West Village. So that's where my heart is. I live in a beautiful apartment in South Harlem now. And, and we love it up there too. But no, that's, that's, that's home to me.

[31:32] Linedy Genao: I know who to ask. Whenever I'm down there, which is very rare. I'm always like, I need to come down more often. This is beautiful.

[31:38] Andréa Burns: Yes. Perfect. Beautiful chapter. Um, okay. I asked this with Robin too. But if you have to pick one Broadway character you've played, who would absolutely survive a zombie apocalypse in Times Square who you're betting on?

[31:51] Andréa Burns: Daniela. Claro que si. That's not even a question. Yes. Yes. Daniela would. Yeah.

[32:02] Linedy Genao: Yeah. She would get everybody out of there.

[32:04] Andréa Burns: Literally, literally.

[32:02] Linedy Genao: Okay, last question of the Chief Smith section is, if you could live in any decade for a year, which one and why?

[32:15] Andréa Burns: Um, I would, you know, I want to live like in the 30s in New York, sitting like at the little Algonquin table with all the great widths of our time. And which, by the way, was just a glamorous place to hang out. Yeah, you know, um, and when New York was probably just a lot more affordable to do fantastical things in, but again, just hanging out with brilliant minds. And, um, yeah, and, and super, super witty humor.

[32:46] Linedy Genao: Yes. I love that.

[32:46] Andréa Burns: Okay, in this last game, we keep it PG 13. Instead of Mary Kill, it's bed, wet, dead. So who would you bed, who would you wet and who would you say? Okay, I'm so sorry. Daniela, Carla, Vanessa.

[33:08] Andréa Burns: What? Well, no, Vanessa is dead because I always want to kill her because she tries my patience with all her drama. I love her. I love her like a daughter. She knows you're thirsty, but she still does. There's always a lot of drama. And in the end, as you know, Daniela comes through for Vanessa. Yes. But that's that's out. And then, um, wet Carla. Yeah, that's the love of my life. And, uh, Daniela is just the best time letter. No question. That's that was easy peasy, easy, beautiful cover girl.

[33:38] Linedy Genao: Okay. Bed, wet, dead croquetas maduros.

[33:45] Andréa Burns: That is so good. Because I forgot to mention if nobody already knows. Yes. Vanessa, Vanessa, Andrea is Venezuelan and Jewish. Yes. Yes. Yes. Um, it's giving my parents are giving like Sophia Marriott. I'm married to Jerry Seinfeld. So me, that's the vibe. Um, this is really hard croquetas maduros. By the way, my very sweet husband, my gringo husband of 30 years just made maduros for the first time. He made them. He made little sweet maduros at home because there were plantains. It was, we have a new grocery store in our neighborhood that sells plantains. And he was like, I want to make them. And I was very proud. They came out good. They came out beautifully. Uh, okay. So I have to wed the maduros because he just did that for me. Um, wait, but you're going to make me choose like that. I'm sorry.

[34:43] Andréa Burns: I can't. I mean, I think I could, okay. I love croquetas, but I love chala. Okay. So what did I say fried? So like the health benefits, you know, I mean, what's, what do I have left? Wait, wait, what did I kill? You said you wedded maduros. So you have bed or dead.

[35:05] Andréa Burns: I'm dead. I have to bed the chala and the only, because in the end they're like a fried ham smoothie, which is just not good for you, but you know, they taste really good. Yeah. But they will probably bring me closer to death. So I'm going to dead them. I think that's the correct.

[35:27] Linedy Genao: Oh my God. But I love them all.

[35:34] Andréa Burns: Last one. Okay. Bed, wet, dead, Tony, Leo, Frank.

[35:34] Andréa Burns: Oh my God. I know this is so bad. I'm so sorry. Bed, wet, dead, Tony, Leo, Frank. Okay. I'll tell you not a picnic to be married to Leo Frank. So I'm going to, he's not, I'm going to wed Tony because I did in real life. I married my, oh my God. I always forget that. I knew that you both did it. Yes. My husband and I different production. No, we played Maria and Tony and West side story. That's how we met. And then we had a baby who was half jet, half shark.

[36:04] Linedy Genao: Oh my God. I've never heard it like that.

[36:10] Andréa Burns: Yes. Whose name is Hudson Rafael. Yeah. Because his name is Hudson Flynn. And it's like, where am I in there? I had to get the Rafael in there. That's my grandfather's name.

[36:24] Linedy Genao: So I love that with the F not the pH. Cause it's Spanish spelling.

[36:31] Andréa Burns: So wed Tony, because that's what I did. Uh, who's the third? I can't bed. That's not, that's not going to be a thing. I'm not, I'm not down with the adjunct. I think we have to God.

[36:45] Andréa Burns: Wow. I'm going to, I'm going to wed Tony. I'm going to that little, I was Navi and I am going to wed pray for Leo Frank. That's it. Okay. And that's, that's, that's what I got. I mean, I was going to give the Venetian and Leo Frank, but then it was Navi. I would just say it was Navi. Which is what he did.

[37:12] Linedy Genao: Okay. Thank you so much. This was so much fun. We're going to have so much fun in the coming weeks. I'm so excited. I can't wait. Thank you so much. Please. If you wouldn't mind helping us close out the episode with our tagline, it's because life doesn't pause. It just moves and reacts.

[37:29] Andréa Burns: Because life doesn't pause. It just moves and reacts. And we'll say it here. Okay. Good. Ready? Do you want to give it a little,

[37:45] Linedy Genao: Oh, ready? Okay. Ready? Wait, that was because, because pause one, two, three, because life doesn't pause.

[37:52] Andréa Burns: Oh, season two was on fire. Okay. Because life doesn't pass.

[37:58] Linedy Genao: Okay. Ready? Here we go.

[38:04] Andréa Burns: Because life doesn't pause.

[38:04] Linedy Genao: We have to do it again.

[38:27] Andréa Burns: This is going to be amazing. I know. Okay. Ready? Because life doesn't pause. It just moves.

[38:36] Andréa Burns: Andrea Burns, everybody.

[38:41] Linedy Genao: Oh my God. That was so much fun.

[38:47] Linedy Genao: Entreacts is created, hosted, and executive produced by yours truly Linedie Hanau. Produced in partnership with Alan Seals and the Broadway Podcast Network. Carlos E. Hernandez of Ihigai Management and Media serves as our lead executive producer. Original music by Johan Beltré and Pedro F. Fortunato. And special thanks to welcome to timesquare.com, the billboard where you can be a star for the day. Don't forget to subscribe and follow Entreacts so you never miss an episode. Nos vemos.