Andy Karl (born August , as Andrew Karl Cesewski) is an American
actor and singer, best known for performing in musical theatre. He has
appeared on Broadway in the original productions of Groundhog Day (for
which he won the Olivier Award, Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics
Circle Award), Legally Blonde, to , and Rocky the Musical, as well as
appearing in Wicked, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Jersey Boys, On The
Twentieth Century (for which he won the Outer Critics Circle Award)
and And So It Goes.Karl was born on August in Baltimore, Maryland to
Walter and Weisman Cesewski. He attended Towson High School, where he
was on the football team and performed in theater. In high school, he
played Jud Fry in Oklahoma! and General Bullmoose in Li'l Abner. At
age he performed as the title role in Aladdin at the White Marsh
Dinner Theatre. After high school, he attended Towson University,
where he studied voice and music. Karl originally planned on becoming
a voice teacher until the director of a show he was in at college told
him he had what it took to be a professional actor. Karl continued to
perform in shows while in college. He changed his name to Karl to
honor his late great-grandfather, Andrew Karl, a Baltimore fireman. In
Winter â€", he played the -foot dragon in the children's musical The
Reluctant Dragon at Toby's Dinner Theatre in Columbia, Maryland.Karl
moved to New York in . He was an understudy in the touring cast of The
Who's Tommy and in played Rum Tum Tugger in the touring cast of Cats.
In February Karl was an understudy in the New York premiere of
Sondheim's Saturday Night at the Second Stage Theatre. He made his
Broadway debut in as the replacement for Joey in Saturday Night
Fever. He continued with the production, this time in the role of Tony
Manero, in its first national tour. In he performed in the musical
stage production Me and Mrs. Jones at the Prince Music Theater in
Philadelphia.Karl was next seen as Dino Del Canto in the world
premiere of the musical Romeo and Bernadette at the Coconut Grove
Playhouse in Miami, Florida. The show, which ran in January , garnered
Karl a Carbonell Award for Best Actor in a musical. He reprised the
role at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey in February
and March, .
actor and singer, best known for performing in musical theatre. He has
appeared on Broadway in the original productions of Groundhog Day (for
which he won the Olivier Award, Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics
Circle Award), Legally Blonde, to , and Rocky the Musical, as well as
appearing in Wicked, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Jersey Boys, On The
Twentieth Century (for which he won the Outer Critics Circle Award)
and And So It Goes.Karl was born on August in Baltimore, Maryland to
Walter and Weisman Cesewski. He attended Towson High School, where he
was on the football team and performed in theater. In high school, he
played Jud Fry in Oklahoma! and General Bullmoose in Li'l Abner. At
age he performed as the title role in Aladdin at the White Marsh
Dinner Theatre. After high school, he attended Towson University,
where he studied voice and music. Karl originally planned on becoming
a voice teacher until the director of a show he was in at college told
him he had what it took to be a professional actor. Karl continued to
perform in shows while in college. He changed his name to Karl to
honor his late great-grandfather, Andrew Karl, a Baltimore fireman. In
Winter â€", he played the -foot dragon in the children's musical The
Reluctant Dragon at Toby's Dinner Theatre in Columbia, Maryland.Karl
moved to New York in . He was an understudy in the touring cast of The
Who's Tommy and in played Rum Tum Tugger in the touring cast of Cats.
In February Karl was an understudy in the New York premiere of
Sondheim's Saturday Night at the Second Stage Theatre. He made his
Broadway debut in as the replacement for Joey in Saturday Night
Fever. He continued with the production, this time in the role of Tony
Manero, in its first national tour. In he performed in the musical
stage production Me and Mrs. Jones at the Prince Music Theater in
Philadelphia.Karl was next seen as Dino Del Canto in the world
premiere of the musical Romeo and Bernadette at the Coconut Grove
Playhouse in Miami, Florida. The show, which ran in January , garnered
Karl a Carbonell Award for Best Actor in a musical. He reprised the
role at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey in February
and March, .
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