Mandy Gonzalez

One of the most powerful and versatile Broadway voices of our time (Hamilton, In the Heights, Wicked) makes her Strand Theatre debut with a special program to kick off the holiday season! BIO Mandy Gonzalez is an accomplished film, TV, and stage actor and author. She possesses one of the most powerful and versatile contemporary voices of our time. She has starred on Broadway in the megahit Hamilton as Angelica Schuyler, originated the role of Nina Rosario in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical In The Heights, for which she received a Drama Desk Award. Gonzalez also starred as Elphaba in the Broadway production of Wicked, blowing the roof off of New York’s Gershwin Theatre each night as she belted out the signature song, “Defying Gravity.” Gonzalez also received an OBIE Award and overwhelming critical praise for her performance in the Off-Broadway production of Eli’s Comin’. Television viewers have seen her in recurring roles in the hit series Madam Secretary and Bull, and alongside Steve Martin and Martin Short in Only Murders in the Building. Equally at home on the big and small screen, she has appeared in Across the Universe, directed by Julie Taymor, After, starring opposite Pablo Schreiber, and Man on a Ledge with Sam Worthington. Gonzalez can also be heard as the voice of Mei in Disney’s Mulan 2. A frequent concert soloist, Gonzalez has performed with symphony orchestras around the world, including at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops. Her first album, FEARLESS, debuted at #13 on the iTunes pop charts. She is also an author, recently publishing her Young Adult novel series, FEARLESS, with Simon and Schuster. In her quest to create positive change, Gonzalez is the proud founder of #FearlessSquad—a social media movement for inclusiveness and positivity that connects people around the world, encourages them to be their best selves, and helps them empower each other.