Andy Sandberg
Andy Sandberg is an American director, writer, actor, and Tony Award winning producer. A 2006 graduate of Yale College, he is best known as a producer of the Broadway (2009) and West End (2010) revivals of the musical Hair.
Early years
Sandberg began acting in school productions as a child.[1] He graduated from the Browning School in 2001 and Yale College in 2005 with a B.A. in English (Writing Concentration) and Theater Studies. While at Yale, Sandberg performed with and served as the business manager for the Whiffenpoofs[2] and the Yale Alley Cats.[3] At Yale, he performed in and/or directed over 30 productions including Side Show, Parade, The Laramie Project, Songs for a New World, The Last Five Years and The Goat or Who is Sylvia?[citation needed]
Actor and director
As an actor, Sandberg appeared as Jimmy opposite Lea Michele in the 2006 New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) production of Hot and Sweet.[4] Other roles have included Huck in Big River and Sam in Fully Committed. He also appeared in the film The Battle of Pussy Willow Creek.[citation needed]
Sandberg directed Bernice Bobs Her Mullet in 2007 (NYMF),[5] R.R.R.E.D. in 2009 (NYMF)[6] and "Eli’s Comin’ to Broadway," a BC/EFA benefit hosted by Nathan Lane (Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center), as well as two Sing for Hope benefits, featuring Dick Cavett, Michael Cerveris and Richard Kind.[7] He has also directed workshops and readings of such works as Garbo & Me, by Joanne Lessner and Joshua Rosenblum (2009).[8] In 2007, Sandberg assisted Hal Prince on the Broadway production of LoveMusik (SDC Fellowship),[3] and he served as the Associate Director to Sheryl Kaller on Christopher Durang and Peter Melnick’s Adrift in Macao at Primary Stages.[9]
Producer
Sandberg was one of the producers of the Broadway and West End revival of Hair (2009),[9] which won Tony and Drama Desk awards, among others.[10] In the fall of 2009, Sandberg partnered with Daryl Roth to produce the New York premiere of Vigil, starring Malcolm Gets and Helen Stenborg.[11] In the spring of 2010, Sandberg was one of the lead producers of Paradise Found, a new musical co-directed by Hal Prince and Susan Stroman, produced at London's Menier Chocolate Factory and starring Mandy Patinkin.[12] Off-Broadway, he was a producer of Love, Loss, and What I Wore, by Nora and Delia Ephron (2010),[1] and A Perfect Future, a new play by David Hay (2011).[13] He also produced a reading of Operation Epsilon, a new play by Alan Brody.[14]
Andy is currently represented on Broadway as a producer of the Tony-nominated revival of Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, starring James Earl Jones, Angela Lansbury, Candice Bergen, Eric McCormack, and John Larroquette.[15]
Andy will both direct and produce the new musical The Last Smoker in America, which will begin performances on July 11, 2012 at the Westside Theatre in New York.[16]
In 2010, he produced and directed a Columbus, Ohio production of The Last Smoker in America, a new musical by Bill Russell and Peter Melnick,[17] which will open in New York in the Summer of 2012.[7]
Sandberg sits on the Alumni Board of the Yale Dramatic Association, and the Whiffenpoof and Yale Alley Cats Alumni Associations.[18]
References
- ^ a b Hull, Christina. "Tony award-winning Andy Sandberg ’06 talks theater". Yale Daily News, January 18, 2011
- ^ Dragonfish (2005). Whiffenpoofs.com, accessed May 9, 2011
- ^ a b Andy Sandberg biography. Playbill.com, accessed May 9, 2011
- ^ "Finneran and Michele Star in NYMF Musical Hot and Sweet". August 29, 2006, accessed May 9, 2011
- ^ Bernice Bobs Her Mullet Official website. Sheaasullivan.com, accessed May 9, 2011
- ^ R.R.R.E.D. Official website. Adampictures.com, accessed May 9, 2011
- ^ a b Theatre programme, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Theatre at St. Clements, The Blue Hill Troupe, November 4, 2011
- ^ Gans, Andrew. "Garbo and Me Reading, with Shindle, McGillin, Abramovitz and Zagnit, Offered Sept. 17". Playbill.com, September 17, 2009, accessed May 9, 2011
- ^ a b Andy Sandberg. BroadwayWorld.com, accessed May 9, 2011
- ^ Gans, Andrew. "National Tour of Hair Will Play Limited Summer Run on Broadway". Playbill.com, April 13, 2011
- ^ Bios for Vigil. Vigiltheplay, accessed May 9, 2011
- ^ Jones, Kenneth. "Prince and Stroman Unveil New Musical Paradise Found in London May 19". Playbill.com, May 19, 2010, accessed May 9, 2011
- ^ Gans, Andrew. "Wilson Milam to Direct David Hay's A Perfect Future Off-Broadway in February 2011". Playbill.com, October 21, 2010, accessed May 9, 2011
- ^ Gans, Andrew. "Operation Epsilon Reading, With Michael Cerveris and James Rebhorn, Presented Dec. 10". Playbill.com, December 10, 2010, accessed May 9, 2011
- ^ The Broadway League. "The official source for Broadway Information". IBDB. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
- ^ "Bill Russell-Peter Melnick Musical Last Smoker in America Will Play Westside Theatre Beginning July 11". Playbill.com. 2012-05-16. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
- ^ Hetrick, Adam. "The Last Smoker in America Will Open Off-Broadway in Spring 2011". Playbill.com, October 14, 2010, accessed May 9, 2011
- ^ Whiffenpoof alumni website. Whiffalumni.com, accessed May 9, 2011