Mandy Gonzalez: Becoming Fearless!
Mandy Gonzalez is known for originating the role of Nina Rosario in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights”, and is now in another musical penned by the wunderkind of Broadway. A little piece called “Hamilton.” Mandy took over the role of Angelica Schuyler in September and is wowing audiences with her performance.
But there is yet another creative connection with Mr. Miranda. He wrote the title track of her debut album “Fearless”, available Oct.20. Christopher Jackson, who starred in Hamilton, and played opposite Mandy in “In the Heights” is also featured in a duet on Mandy’s album.
Hear my Valerie’s New York podcast with Mandy, as we talk about her new album, her social media community and her upcoming appearance at the Cafe Carlyle.
Valerie Smaldone is a 5-time Billboard Magazine Award winner and is well known for her unprecedented success holding the #1 on-air position in the New York radio market on 106.7 Life-FM, an iHeart station. She has hosted, produced, and created several award-winning nationally syndicated programs featuring in-depth interviews with stars like Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, Rod Stewart, Elton John and Mariah Carey among others. Her radio talk show "Bagels and Broadway" highlighted theatre and food personalities. She is an accomplished interviewer and voice artist heard on commercials, narrations, promos and audiobooks, as well as a sought after live announcer.
Most recently, Valerie produced and directed a film, The Thursday Night Club, featuring pop diva Gloria Gaynor in her movie acting debut. She is one of the creators and producers of a docu-series, Divine Renovation, starring Erik Estrada, on streaming networks soon.
