Andy Kelso
Miguel Cervantes, Donald Webber, Jr., and More Set For BROADWAY IN THE PARK (Jul 29, 2025)
Listen: Maestras Share Their Efforts To AMPLIFY Female & Non-Binary Musicians On Why I'll Never Make It Podcast (Mar 20, 2023)
Bre Jackson, Gizel Jimenez, Abby Mueller, Blake Stadnik, Alysha Umphress, And More To Celebrate Maestra Music, March 27 (Mar 3, 2023)
BIO
Andy Kelso is thrilled to be playing Charlie after originating the role of Harry in Kinky Boots. Broadway: Mamma Mia! (Sky). National tour: Wicked (Fiyero). Regional: Rent, Two Rooms, Jacques Brel..., The Drawer Boy, Fiddler on the Roof. Film/TV: The Producers, “Thank You...Next.†Andy is originally from Denver and studied acting at the University of Northern Colorado. Thanks to the Kinky team, my teachers, my family and my Sheila. Proud member of AEA. www.andykelso.com
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The Cast and Creative Team that includes- Sam Balzac, David Michael Bevis, Ashley Blanchet, Cole Burden, Kristy Cates, Ray DeMattis, Andy Kelso, Wade McCollum, Karen Murphy, Evy Ortiz, Madeline Trumble, Hand Friedrichs, Evans Haile, James Morgan, Bobby Davis, David Hancock Turner and Dan Erben
From: Photo Coverage: Musicals in Mufti Presents FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN
Evans Haile, Ashley Blanchet, James Morgan, Evy Ortiz, Madeline Trumble (front), Karen Murphy, Andy Kelso, Ray DeMattis, Sam Balzac, Kristy Cates (front), David Michael Bevis, Cole Burden, Trent Kidd (front), Hans Friedrichs, Bobby Davis
From: Photo Flash: The York Theatre Company's Musicals in Mufti Presentation of FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN
STAGE CREDITS
Videos
TV: KINKY BOOTS Alumni Reunite for an Epic 'Take What You Got'
by Nicole Rosky - 2019-04-04 13:32:39
VIDEO: Say Yeah and Watch Highlights from TDF's Salute to KINKY BOOTS!
by Nicole Rosky - 2017-03-30 14:30:05
STAGE TUBE: KINKY BOOTS Cast Bids Farewell to Long-Running Charlie, Andy Kelso
by Matt Tamanini - 2016-08-10 11:37:18
STAGE TUBE: Wayne Brady Takes KINKY BOOTS Audience Suggestions for Free-Style Rap at Curtain Call
by Sally Henry Fuller - 2015-12-06 16:12:49
STAGE TUBE: Billy Porter Shares Touching Speech on PRIDE Following KINKY BOOTS Performance
by Sally Henry Fuller - 2015-06-28 16:28:12
TV: KINKY BOOTS' Mia Gentile Belts It Out at Stars in the Alley!
by Nicole Rosky - 2015-05-31 19:00:41
STAGE TUBE: KINKY BOOTS Launches New Promo Campaign for Second Year on Broadway
by Stage Tube - 2015-04-17 17:09:46
Photos and Video: Broadway's KINKY BOOTS Welcomes National Tour Star Kyle Taylor Parker as 'Lola' Tonight
by BWW News Desk - 2015-01-29 07:55:41
Photos and Video: Broadway's KINKY BOOTS Welcomes National Tour Star Kyle Taylor Parker as 'Lola' This Week
by BWW News Desk - 2015-01-27 17:21:20
STAGE TUBE: KINKY BOOTS Star Andy Kelso Talks Broncos, Hometown and More
by Stage Tube - 2014-11-03 16:41:49
TV: Cast of KINKY BOOTS First at Bat; Sings National Anthem at the Mets Game!
by BroadwayWorld TV - 2014-07-10 19:25:40
STAGE TUBE: The Ladies of KINKY BOOTS Send Some 4th of July Love
by Courtnie Mele - 2014-07-03 19:46:22
STAGE TUBE: KINKY BOOTS Company Takes a #Selfie to Honor One Year Anniversary
by Hilary Kelly - 2014-04-02 13:42:52
STAGE TUBE: Billy Porter & Harvey Fierstein Say Goodbye to Stark Sands at KINKY BOOTS Curtain Call
by Nicole Rosky - 2014-01-27 13:08:50
STAGE TUBE: KINKY BOOTS' Joey Taranto Performs 'I'm the Greatest Star' at BROADWAY SESSIONS
by Stage Tube - 2013-10-22 17:20:15
STAGE TUBE: Cast of KINKY BOOTS, Cyndi Lauper & More Sing 'Thank You For Being A Friend' at Broadway Sessions
by Tyler Peterson - 2013-10-13 17:12:43
STAGE TUBE: Andy Kelso of KINKY BOOTS Proposes to Sheila Coyle on Stage!
by Arielle Ozery - 2013-09-16 15:03:01
News
by Stephi Wild - Jul 29, 2025
SOMA Stage has announced the 4th annual Broadway in the Park concert on Labor Day. The concert will take place at the Memorial Park Amphitheater in Maplewood, NJ,.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 20, 2023
Listen to Julianne Merrill and Jessica Ryan on the latest episode of Why I'll Never Make it Podcast!
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 3, 2023
Maestra Music, the Obie Award winning not-for-profit organization founded by Georgia Stitt and supporting the women and nonbinary musicians in the musical theater industry, announces Amplify 2023, its third annual concert and community event on Monday, March 27, 2023 at 8 pm.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 2, 2023
Maestra Music will present Amplify 2023, its third annual concert and community event on Monday, March 27, 2023 at 8 pm. See which Broadway stars are taking part, and how to purchase tickets!
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 3, 2021
Broadway Backwards, the annual event where gender doesn't matter but love does, made its virtual premiere earlier this week with special appeals from Chasten Buttigieg, Ariana DeBose, Debra Messing, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Tony Shalhoub and Ben Vereen. The stream will be available on demand through 11:59pm tonight, April 3.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 2, 2021
The virtual edition of Broadway Backwards delivered an emotional and exuberant evening of performances and raised a record $749,555 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 26, 2021
Broadway Backwards, the annual event where gender doesn’t matter but love does, is set to make its virtual premiere this Tuesday, March 30, 2021, with special appeals from Chasten Buttigieg, Ariana DeBose, Debra Messing, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Tony Shalhoub and Ben Vereen.
by Stephen Mosher - Feb 7, 2020
The popular concert series created by Alexandra Silber recently had its third installment and it was so good that people are already making plans to see episodes four and five, later this year.
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 7, 2020
This past Monday, February 3rd, I WISH: The Roles That Could Have Been, returned to Feinstein's/54 Below, with another sold out crowd!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 27, 2020
FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, will again present I Wish: The Roles That Could Have Been on February 3, 2020, at 9:30pm. Everyone has dreams that we fear will pass us by. For actors those come in the shape and form of roles-whether they're grown up and become too old for that child star turn, to the soprano never being considered for the baritone lead, everyone has a song in their heart that they'll likely never get to see come to fruition with a crowd and in lights.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 5, 2019
FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, will again present I Wish: The Roles That Could Have Been on February 3, 2020, at 9:30pm. Everyone has dreams that we fear will pass us by. For actors those come in the shape and form of roles-whether they're grown up and become too old for that child star turn, to the soprano never being considered for the baritone lead, everyone has a song in their heart that they'll likely never get to see come to fruition with a crowd and in lights.
by Michael Dale - Oct 5, 2019
Say what you will about ANYTHING GOES and KISS, ME KATE, but for this musical theatre lover, there's no finer Cole Porter score than the one he whipped up for the 1929 hit, Fifty Million Frenchmen.
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Sep 30, 2019
Celebrating Broadway's legendary Cole Porter! The York Theatre Company launches their 50th Anniversary Season with its acclaimed Musicals in Mufti series celebrating the legendary Broadway composer Cole Porter. The series honors the illustrious songwriter behind such classics as Anything Goes, Kiss Me, Kate, Gay Divorce, Silk Stockings, Red, Hot and Blue, and Can-Can, to name a few.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 29, 2019
Celebrating Broadway's legendary Cole Porter! The York Theatre Company launches their 50th Anniversary Season with its acclaimed Musicals in Mufti series celebrating the legendary Broadway composer Cole Porter. The series honors the illustrious songwriter behind such classics as Anything Goes, Kiss Me, Kate, Gay Divorce, Silk Stockings, Red, Hot and Blue, and Can-Can, to name a few.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 24, 2019
Celebrating Broadway's legendary Cole Porter! The York Theatre Company launches their 50th Anniversary Season with its acclaimed Musicals in Mufti series celebrating the legendary Broadway composer Cole Porter. The series honors the illustrious songwriter behind such classics as Anything Goes, Kiss Me, Kate, Gay Divorce, Silk Stockings, Red, Hot and Blue, and Can-Can, to name a few.
by Julie Musbach - Sep 20, 2019
Celebrating Broadway's legendary Cole Porter! The York Theatre Company launches their 50th Anniversary Season with its acclaimed Musicals in Mufti series celebrating the legendary Broadway composer Cole Porter. The series honors the illustrious songwriter behind such classics as Anything Goes, Kiss Me, Kate, Gay Divorce, Silk Stockings, Red, Hot and Blue, and Can-Can, to name a few.
by A.A. Cristi - May 31, 2019
Birdland will kick-off their great week of programming with the following acts:
by A.A. Cristi - May 16, 2019
Birdland will kick-off their exciting month of programming with the following acts:
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 4, 2019
As Kinky Boots prepares to take its final Broadway bow on Sunday, April 7, some of the cast got together to perform an epic version of 'Take What You Got.' Arranged by past Harry, Jake Odmark, the song features the only three other actors to play the role on Broadway- Andy Kelso (Opening-2014), Ross Lekites (2016-2017) and Corey Mach (2017-Closing). Watch below as they are joined by Sammy Merendino, Robert Morris, Mason Ingram, and Will Van Dyke for the ultimate dressing room jam session!
by Monroe George - Mar 6, 2019
Just last night, the cast and creative team of Kinky Boots had something to say 'yeah' about! Smithsonian Institution representatives, Abbe Raven and Anthea M. Hartig stopped by to formally induct the show into the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Check out photos from the onstage ceremony below!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Andy Kelso has appeared on Broadway in 2 shows.
Andy Kelso has not appeared in the West End.
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