Adrienne Warren

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Adrienne Warren is a singing and acting performer.

She is a student at Marymount Manhattan College, studying theater and expecting to graduate in 2009. She graduated from Western Branch High School in Chesapeake, Virginia, and the Governor's School for the Arts. She is a 2005 graduate of Ann Reinking's Broadway Theatre Project.

She is lead vocalist for The Dream Engine, a musical performance group that performs the music of songwriter Jim Steinman.

In live shows with The Dream Engine, Adrienne has performed solo vocals on the songs "Safe Sex", "The Future Ain't What It Used To Be", and "Angels Arise". She performed the songs "Not Allowed To Love" and the revised "Braver Than We Are" (alternate titles have been "An American Elegy" and "God's Gone AWOL") as duets with Rob Evan, the other lead singer in The Dream Engine. She also performs one of the four vocal parts in the song "We're Still the Children We Once Were".

Adrienne had a television appearance on September 16, 2006. This was part of the annual ceremony for the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, where her group, The Dream Engine was a guest and performed two songs. Adrienne sang backup vocals on the song "What Part of My Body Hurts The Most" and one of the four lead vocal parts in the song "We're Still The Children We Once Were". Georgia Public Broadcast was the TV station broadcasting this show.

Adrienne had a live singing appearance on December 3, 2006. She appeared at an All Star Holiday Broadway Concert, hosted by Rob Evan and Neil Berg. She and Rob Evan sang a duet version of the song "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Jim Steinman.

In Summer of 2007, Adrienne sang in the ensemble for a production of Dreamgirls with Jennifer Holliday. She was the youngest person in the musical.

Adrienne has appeared in Babes In Arms with Mercury Summer Stock in Cleveland, Ohio, as Angel in Frank Wildhorn's For The Glory Tribute of the Majestic Theatre in Gettysburg, PA, as Aida in Aida, and Demeter in Virginia Musical Theatre's production of Cats.

In 1997, Adrienne was the first African-American in Hampton Roads, Virginia to play the title role in the musical Annie.