Andy Sandberg
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Andy Sandberg is an American producer, director and actor. 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
.
in 2006 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 and the Alley Cats. 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?
in the 2006 New York Musical Theatre Festival
(NYMF) production of Hot and Sweet. 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.
Sandberg directed Bernice Bobs Her Mullet in 2007 (NYMF), R.R.R.E.D. in 2009 (NYMF) 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
. He has also directed workshops and readings of such works as Garbo & Me, by Joanne Lessner and Joshua Rosenblum (2009). In 2007, Sandberg assisted Hal Prince
on the Broadway production of LoveMusik
(SDC Fellowship), and he served as the Associate Director to Sheryl Kaller on Christopher Durang
and Peter Melnick’s Adrift in Macao at Primary Stages.
and West End
revival of Hair
(2009), which won Tony
and Drama Desk awards, among others. In the fall of 2009, Sandberg partnered with Daryl Roth to produce the New York premiere of Vigil, starring Malcolm Gets
and Helen Stenborg
. 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
. Off-Broadway
, he was a producer of Love, Loss, and What I Wore
, by Nora
and Delia Ephron
(2010), and A Perfect Future
, a new play by David Hay (2011). He also produced a reading of Operation Epsilon, a new play by Alan Brody
.
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, expected to come to New York in 2012.
Sandberg sits on the board of directors of Sing for Hope
, Yale Dramat, and the Whiffenpoof
Alumni Association.
Yale College
Yale College was the official name of Yale University from 1718 to 1887. The name now refers to the undergraduate part of the university. Each undergraduate student is assigned to one of 12 residential colleges.-Residential colleges:...
, he is best known as a producer of the Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
(2009) and West End
West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
(2010) revivals of the musical Hair
Hair (musical)
Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement...
.
Early years
Sandberg began acting in school productions as a child. He graduated from Yale CollegeYale College
Yale College was the official name of Yale University from 1718 to 1887. The name now refers to the undergraduate part of the university. Each undergraduate student is assigned to one of 12 residential colleges.-Residential colleges:...
in 2006 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 and the Alley Cats. At Yale, he performed in and/or directed over 30 productions including Side Show
Side Show
Side Show is a musical about Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins who make a change from being a circus act to becoming famous stage performers in the 1930s. The show was written by Bill Russell and Henry Krieger . The show starred Alice Ripley as Violet and Emily Skinner as Daisy...
, Parade
Parade (musical)
Parade is a musical with a book by Alfred Uhry and music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. The musical was first produced on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theater on December 17, 1998. The production was directed by Harold Prince and closed 28 February 1999 after only 39 previews and 84 regular...
, The Laramie Project
The Laramie Project
The Laramie Project is a play by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project about the reaction to the 1998 murder of University of Wyoming gay student Matthew Shepard in Laramie,...
, Songs for a New World
Songs for a New World
Songs for a New World is a work of musical theater written and composed by Jason Robert Brown. Its original off-Broadway production ran for 28 performances at the WPA Theater in New York City in 1995. The show sits on the boundary between musical and song cycle, but it is neither; it is an abstract...
, The Last Five Years
The Last Five Years
The Last Five Years is a one-act musical written by Jason Robert Brown. It premiered in Chicago in 2001 and was then produced off-Broadway in March 2002. Since then it has had numerous productions both in the United States and internationally....
and The Goat or Who is Sylvia?
Actor and director
As an actor, Sandberg appeared as Jimmy opposite Lea MicheleLea Michele
Lea Michele Sarfati , known professionally as Lea Michele, is an American actress and singer. Michele began working professionally as a child actress on Broadway in productions such as Ragtime and Les Misérables. She originated the role of Wendla in the musical Spring Awakening and currently plays...
in the 2006 New York Musical Theatre Festival
New York Musical Theatre Festival
The New York Musical Theatre Festival is an annual three-week fall Festival which presents more than thirty new musicals at venues in New York City's midtown theater district...
(NYMF) production of Hot and Sweet. Other roles have included Huck in Big River
Big River (musical)
Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a musical with a book by William Hauptman and music and lyrics by Roger Miller.Based on Mark Twain's classic 1884 novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, it features music in the bluegrass and country styles in keeping with the setting of the novel...
and Sam in Fully Committed. He also appeared in the film The Battle of Pussy Willow Creek.
Sandberg directed Bernice Bobs Her Mullet in 2007 (NYMF), R.R.R.E.D. in 2009 (NYMF) and "Eli’s Comin’ to Broadway," a BC/EFA
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is the theatre community’s response to the AIDS crisis. By drawing upon the talents, resources and generosity of the theatre community, on Broadway, Off-Broadway and across the country, BC/EFA raises funds for AIDS-related causes across the United States...
benefit hosted by Nathan Lane
Nathan Lane
Nathan Lane is an American actor of stage and screen. He is best known for his roles as Mendy in The Lisbon Traviata, Albert in The Birdcage, Max Bialystock in the musical The Producers, Ernie Smuntz in MouseHunt, Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to...
(Alice Tully Hall
Alice Tully Hall
Alice Tully Hall is a concert hall at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. It is named for Alice Tully, a New York performer and philanthropist whose donations assisted in the construction of the hall...
at Lincoln Center), as well as two Sing for Hope
Sing For Hope
Sing for Hope is a charitable organization founded by opera singers Monica Yunus and Camille Zamora. The two New York City based vocalists and alumnae of the Juilliard School established Sing for Hope as a resource for New York artists who want to use their art to benefit the community through...
benefits, featuring Dick Cavett
Dick Cavett
Richard Alva "Dick" Cavett is a former American television talk show host known for his conversational style and in-depth discussion of issues...
, Michael Cerveris
Michael Cerveris
Michael Cerveris is an American singer, guitarist and actor. He has performed in many stage musicals and plays, including in several Stephen Sondheim musicals: Assassins, Sweeney Todd, Road Show, and Passion...
and Richard Kind
Richard Kind
Richard John Kind is an American actor known for his roles in the sitcoms Mad About You and Spin City .- Early life :...
. He has also directed workshops and readings of such works as Garbo & Me, by Joanne Lessner and Joshua Rosenblum (2009). In 2007, Sandberg assisted Hal Prince
Hal Prince
Harold Smith Prince is an American theatrical producer and director associated with many of the best-known Broadway musical productions of the past half-century...
on the Broadway production of LoveMusik
LoveMusik
LoveMusik is a musical written by Alfred Uhry, using a selection of music by Kurt Weill. The story explores the romance and lives of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, based on Speak Low : The Letters of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, edited and translated by Lys Symonette & Kim H. Kowalke. Harold Prince...
(SDC Fellowship), and he served as the Associate Director to Sheryl Kaller on Christopher Durang
Christopher Durang
Christopher Ferdinand Durang is an American playwright known for works of outrageous and often absurd comedy. His work was especially popular in the 1980s.- Life :...
and Peter Melnick’s Adrift in Macao at Primary Stages.
Producer
Sandberg was one of the producers of the BroadwayBroadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
and West End
West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
revival of Hair
Hair (musical)
Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement...
(2009), which won Tony
Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
and Drama Desk awards, among others. In the fall of 2009, Sandberg partnered with Daryl Roth to produce the New York premiere of Vigil, starring Malcolm Gets
Malcolm Gets
Hugh Malcolm Gerard Gets is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Richard in the American television sitcom Caroline in the City. Gets is also a dancer, singer, composer, classically trained pianist, vocal director, and choreographer. He has a small part in the film adaptation of...
and Helen Stenborg
Helen Stenborg
Helen Joan Stenborg was an American actress of stage, screen, and television. She occasionally acted with her husband, actor Barnard Hughes , to whom she was married from 1950 until his death in 2006; they had two children.-Career:Stenborg appeared on stage in revivals of A Doll's House, A Month...
. In the spring of 2010, Sandberg was one of the lead producers of Paradise Found, a new musical co-directed by Hal Prince
Hal Prince
Harold Smith Prince is an American theatrical producer and director associated with many of the best-known Broadway musical productions of the past half-century...
and Susan Stroman
Susan Stroman
Susan Stroman is an American theatre director, choreographer, film director, and performer. She has won the Tony Award for both her choreography and direction, notably for the stage musical The Producers.-Early years:...
, produced at London's Menier Chocolate Factory
Menier Chocolate Factory
The Menier Chocolate Factory is an award-winning 180 seat fringe studio theatre, restaurant and gallery. It is located in a former 1870s Menier Chocolate Company factory in Southwark Street, a major street in the London Borough of Southwark, central south London, England. The theatre stages plays...
and starring Mandy Patinkin
Mandy Patinkin
Mandel Bruce "Mandy" Patinkin is an award-winning American actor of stage and screen and a tenor vocalist. He is a noted interpreter of the musical works of Stephen Sondheim, and is best-known for his work in musical theatre, originating iconic roles such as Georges Seurat in Sunday in the Park...
. Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway theater is a term for a professional venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, and for a specific production of a play, musical or revue that appears in such a venue, and which adheres to related trade union and other contracts...
, he was a producer of Love, Loss, and What I Wore
Love, Loss, and What I Wore
Love, Loss, and What I Wore is a play written by Nora and Delia Ephron based on the 1995 book of the same name by Ilene Beckerman. It is organized as a series of monologues and uses a rotating cast of five principal women...
, by Nora
Nora Ephron
Nora Ephron is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, novelist, playwright, journalist, author, and blogger.She is best known for her romantic comedies and is a triple nominee for the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay; for Silkwood, When Harry Met Sally... and Sleepless in...
and Delia Ephron
Delia Ephron
Delia G. Ephron is a screenwriter and producer. She is the sister of Nora Ephron and Amy Ephron and Hallie Ephron; their parents were screenwriters Henry and Phoebe Ephron. She has written several children's books. The girl with the mermaid hair, which deals with body images and what negative...
(2010), and A Perfect Future
A Perfect Future
A Perfect Future is a two-act play by David Hay, set in 2005. The play premiered Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre in February, 2011. The production was directed by Tony Award nominee Wilson Milam . A Perfect Future opened on February 17th, 2011 following previews beginning on February 4...
, a new play by David Hay (2011). He also produced a reading of Operation Epsilon, a new play by Alan Brody
Alan Brody
Alan Brody is an American playwright and academic, currently Professor of Theater at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As a playwright, he has won numerous awards. He has also directed plays and written two novels, Coming To and Hey Lenny, Hey Jack...
.
In 2010, he produced and directed a Columbus, Ohio production of The Last Smoker in America
The Last Smoker in America
The Last Smoker in America is a four-character, one-act musical comedy featuring book and lyrics by Bill Russell and music by Peter Melnick. The musical had its world premiere at Contemporary American Theatre Company in Columbus, Ohio in the fall of 2010 in anticipation of an Off-Broadway opening.-...
, a new musical by Bill Russell
Bill Russell (lyricist)
Bill Russell is an American librettist and lyricist. Russell's works include Side Show Playbill Critics Circle , Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens , and Pageant .Russell received a Tony...
and Peter Melnick, expected to come to New York in 2012.
Sandberg sits on the board of directors of Sing for Hope
Sing For Hope
Sing for Hope is a charitable organization founded by opera singers Monica Yunus and Camille Zamora. The two New York City based vocalists and alumnae of the Juilliard School established Sing for Hope as a resource for New York artists who want to use their art to benefit the community through...
, Yale Dramat, and the Whiffenpoof
Whiffenpoof
The word whiffenpoof can refer to:* an imaginary or indefinite animal; e.g. "the great-horned whiffenpoof;"* a device used for tracking exercises;...
Alumni Association.