Andy Sandberg News

Daphne Rubin-Vega is joining the previously announced cast of the reading of 'You're Really Not Helping,' the second of three plays producer Aaron Grant is presenting this summer, as part of a new developmental reading series. Erik Shapiro's new sharp-edged comedy, which directed by Jeremy Scott Blaustein, also features Stacie Bono, Max Crumm, Ashton Foster, Aaron Simon Gross, Ari Benjamin Hirsch, Guy Lemonnier, Catherine Russel, Stewart Schneck, and Kevin Spirtas. The reading takes place in midtown on Monday July 29, at 2pm.

The new musical SHIDA, written and performed by Jeannette Bayardelle -- whose Broadway appearances include leading roles in THE COLOR PURPLE and HAIR -- will receive its world-premiere this summer Off-Broadway as an Ars Nova Summer Fling (511 W. 54 St. in Manhattan). Previews begin tonight, July 19 prior to SHIDA's official opening night on July 31. The limited engagement runs through August 28.

The new musical SHIDA, written and performed by Jeannette Bayardelle -- whose Broadway appearances include leading roles in THE COLOR PURPLE and HAIR -- will receive its world-premiere this summer Off-Broadway as an Ars Nova Summer Fling (511 W. 54 St. in Manhattan). Previews begin July 19 prior to SHIDA's official opening night on July 31. The Off-Broadway limited engagement runs through August 28.

With book and lyrics by Bill Russel, music by Peter Menick, and direction by Andy Sandberg, Off-Broadway's THE LAST SMOKER IN AMERICA is full of laughs and wit. The show's recording is representative of it's crude, witty, and laugh out loud nature. It features tracks one after the other that will have you chuckling but also tapping your toes.

Dan Hedaya and Ari Butler round out the cast of Ben Andron's new comedy 'The Legend of Bobby Stone and the Good Feeling Hat,' the first of three new plays producer Aaron Grant plans to present this summer as part of a new developmental reading series. Directed by Peter Scolari, 'The Legend of Bobby Stone' also features Harris Doran, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Julia Mattison, Christy Carlson Romano, Sam Seder, Keala Settle, and Max von Essen. The reading takes place in midtown today July 1, at 2pm.

Dan Hedaya and Ari Butler round out the cast of Ben Andron's new comedy 'The Legend of Bobby Stone and the Good Feeling Hat,' the first of three new plays producer Aaron Grant plans to present this summer as part of a new developmental reading series. Directed by Peter Scolari, 'The Legend of Bobby Stone' also features Harris Doran, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Julia Mattison, Christy Carlson Romano, Sam Seder, Keala Settle, and Max Von Essen. The reading takes place in midtown on Monday July 1, at 2pm.

Producer Aaron Grant is announcing initial casting for the first of three plays that he plans to present this summer, as part of a new developmental reading series beginning July 1. Participating in the reading of Ben Andron's new comedy "The Legend of Bobby Stone and the Good Feeling Hat," are Harris Doran, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Julia Mattison, Christy Carlson Romano, Sam Seder, Keala Settle, and Max Von Essen. Peter Scolari directs. The reading takes place in midtown on Monday July 1, at 2pm.

Yellow Sound Label (Michael Croiter) announces the release of the Original Cast Album for The Last Smoker in America today, June 25, 2013. The album, produced and engineered by Joel Moss and distributed by Yellow Sound Label, will be available on Amazon, iTunes, and elsewhere where music is sold. For additional information, visit www.YellowSoundLabel.com.

Producer Aaron Grant introduces his new theatrical production company's first slate of new plays in a summer developmental reading series that begins on July 1. The series, cast entirely by Daryl Eisenberg Casting, is meant to foster new works by matching directors and casts with new plays at different stages of the development process.

Yellow Sound Label (Michael Croiter) announced today that the Original Cast Album for The Last Smoker in America will be released on June 25, 2013. The album, produced and engineered by Joel Moss and distributed by Yellow Sound Label, will be available on Amazon, iTunes, and elsewhere where music is sold. BroadwayWorld has photos of the cast and creative team in the recording studio below!

Yellow Sound Label (Michael Croiter) announced today that the Original Cast Album for The Last Smoker in America will be released on June 25, 2013. The album, produced and engineered by Joel Moss and distributed by Yellow Sound Label, will be available on Amazon, iTunes, and elsewhere where music is sold. For additional information and to pre-order the Original Cast Album, visit www.YellowSoundLabel.com.

The new musical SHIDA, written and performed by Jeannette Bayardelle -- whose Broadway appearances include leading roles in THE COLOR PURPLE and HAIR -- will receive its world-premiere this summer Off-Broadway as an Ars Nova Summer Fling (511 W. 54 St. in Manhattan). Previews begin July 19 prior to SHIDA's official opening night on July 31. The limited engagement runs through August 28.

Broadway's Danny Quadrino (Bye Bye Birdie), Andrea Ross (Whistle Down The Wind) and Lindsey Carothers (Bring It On) are among the cast of Pace University students for a one night only concert of songs and monologues by award-winning theater writer Drew Fornarola (COLLEGE The Musical, Molly Shannon's Tilly The Trickster). The show plays at The Duplex Cabaret Theatre (61 Christopher Street at 7th Ave) tonight, April 22nd at 9:30pm. The evening is curated and directed by Joshua W. Kelley, with music direction by Addison O'Donnell, and stage managed by Coleman Annison.

Broadway's Danny Quadrino (Bye Bye Birdie), Andrea Ross (Whistle Down The Wind) andLindsey Carothers (Bring It On) are among the just-announced cast of Pace University students for a one night only concert of songs and monologues by award-winning theater writer Drew Fornarola (COLLEGE The Musical, Molly Shannon's Tilly The Trickster). The show plays at The Duplex Cabaret Theatre (61 Christopher Street at 7th Ave) on April 22nd at 9:30pm. The evening is curated and directed by Joshua W. Kelley, with music direction by Addison O'Donnell, and stage managed by Coleman Annison.

The Nora Theatre Company and Catalyst Collaborative @ MIT present the world premiere of MIT Professor Alan Brody's dramatic treatment of actual events at the close of World War II. On the brink of the United States dropping the atom bomb on Japan, the Allies held ten German scientists captive to determine how far the Nazis had gone in developing their nuclear capability.

The Off-Broadway musical The Last Smoker in America is now available for licensing through Samuel French Inc., with the Original Cast Album to be released later this spring.

Following a previously open-ended run, the production team behind P. H. Lin's drama, Zelda at the Oasis, has finally set a closing date for February 15. Directed by Andy Sandberg, Zelda will have run for 14 weeks by the time it closes.

The Nora Theatre Company has announced the complete cast for its March 2013 production of the World Premiere of Alan Brody's Operation Epsilon to be directed by Andy Sandberg.

Andy Sandberg will direct a new musical, BEYOND THE MUSIC, today, January 28th and the 29th, with music and lyrics by Cliff Downs and Katie Kahanovitz and book by Sandberg.

P. H. Lin's new drama, Zelda at the Oasis, currently in an open-ended run at St. Luke's Theatre, 308 West 46th Street, (west of 8th Avenue), announced a change in the performance schedule for the week of January 7th, 2013 only.