BWW TV: Andy Blankenbuehler Reacts to His Second Tony Win for HAMILTON!
Just last night, Andy Blankenbuehler won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Choreography for Hamilton. His other Broadway credits include In the Heights (Tony, Outer Critics, Drama Desk Awards), Bring It On, 9 to 5, The People in the Picture, The Apple Tree, Annie. Check out what he had to say about his big win below!
Other work includes the world premieres of Hamilton at the Public (Drama Desk, Lortel, Obie Awards), Fly (DTC), A Little Princess (Andrew Lippa), as well as The Wiz (City Center Encores!) and Joseph...Dreamcoat (U.S. tour). Upcoming projects include Bandstand (Paper Mill) and Only Gold with British singer/songwriter Kate Nash. As a performer, Mr. Blankenbuehler danced on Broadway in Fosse, Contact, Man of LaMancha, Saturday Night Fever, Steel Pier, Big and Guys and Dolls.
With book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, direction by Thomas Kail, choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and musical direction and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire, Hamiltonis based on Ron Chernow's biography of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.
HAMILTON is the story of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington's right-hand man during the Revolutionary War and was the new nation's first Treasury Secretary. Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B, and Broadway,HAMILTON is the story of America then, as told by America now.
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