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Andy Karl

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Actor b. 1974 On stage 19992022

Andy Karl (born August 27, 1974 as Andrew Karl Cesewski) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for performing in musical theatre. He has received several accolades, including a Laurence Olivier Award and a Drama Desk Award as well as nominations for three Tony Awards. He is also known for playing Sgt. Mike Dodds on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit from 2015 to 2016. Karl made his Broadway debut as a replacement in the musical Saturday Night Fever (1999). He went on to receive three Tony Award nominations for his roles in Rocky (2014), On the Twentieth Century (2015), and Groundhog Day (2017), the latter of which earned him the Olivier Award for his performance in the original Lo…

On stage 15 productions, 23 years

1999 Saturday Night Fever Minskoff Theatre · Original · directed by Tony Edge 501 perf.
2003 Wicked Gershwin Theatre · Original · directed by Joe Mantello 8,500 perf.
2005 Jersey Boys August Wilson Theatre · Original · directed by Des McAnuff 4,642 perf.
2005 On the Twentieth Century New Amsterdam Theatre · Revival · directed by Peter Flynn 1 perf.
2006 The Wedding Singer Al Hirschfeld Theatre · Original · directed by John Rando 285 perf.
2007 Legally Blonde Palace Theatre · Original 595 perf.
2009 9 to 5: The Musical Marquis Theatre · Original · directed by Joe Mantello 148 perf.
2012 The Mystery of Edwin Drood Studio 54 · Revival · directed by Scott Ellis 136 perf.
2014 Rocky Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Alex Timbers 188 perf.
2015 On the Twentieth Century Theatre not recorded · Revival 144 perf.
2016 My Love Letter to Broadway Lunt Fontanne Theatre · Original · directed by Richard Jay-Alexander 12 perf.
2017 Groundhog Day August Wilson Theatre · Original · directed by Matthew Warchus 176 perf.
2018 Pretty Woman: The Musical Nederlander Theatre · Original · directed by Jerry Mitchell 420 perf.
2019 Moulin Rouge! The Musical Al Hirschfeld Theatre · Original · directed by Alex Timbers 1,500 perf.
2022 Into the Woods St. James Theatre · Revival · directed by Lear deBessonet 425 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Richard H. Blake 5 productions
Stephanie J. Block 4 productions
Sebastian Arcelus 3 productions
Orfeh 3 productions
Kristin Chenoweth 3 productions
Eric Anderson 3 productions
Travis Waldschmidt 2 productions
Tituss Burgess 2 productions
Spencer Liff 2 productions
Sam J Cahn 2 productions
Robyn Hurder 2 productions
Phillip Attmore 2 productions

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Also credited on1 work

Into the Woods (2022 Revival)

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In the literature4 passages

  • Thursday, I interviewed Orfeh and her husband Andy Karl at Chatterbox . Best line of the Chatterbox? I asked Orfeh what she did at the High School of Performing Arts. She answered, "My major was drama." Andy added, "It still is."ebooks/Rudetsky, Seth/Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 1 - Seth Rudetsky.txt
  • I understand that some people don’t want to see the understudy. Andy Karl and Matt Bogart are in our show, and I love them! If I were seeing the show, I’d want to see them. So I get it. Andy never calls out, but during one performance, after “Big Girls Don’t Cry”, he smacked himself in the teeth with his guitar. He chipped his tooth off!…ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer Ashley/Untold Stories of Broadway, Part 2, The - Jennifer Ashley Tepper.txt
  • Musical Director, Bruce W. Coyle. Cast: Adam Monley (Romeo), Natalie Hill (Bernadette Penza), Andy Karl (Brooklyn Guy, Dino Del Canto), Rosie De Candia (Brooklyn Girl, Donna Dubacek), Emily Zacharias (Camille Penza), Charles Pistone (Sal Penza), Andrew Varela (Tito Titone), Vince Trani (Lips), David Brummel (Don Del Canto), John Paul Almo…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2002-03 Season, v. 59 (Willis).txt
  • *Succeeded by: 1. John Edwards (7/5/11) 2. Courter Simmons (1/10/12), Peter Gregus (3/6/12) 3. Andy Karl (10/11/11) 4. Quinn VanAntwerp (10/11/11) Andrew Wilder (Conductor/Keyboards); Deborah Hurwitz MUSICIANS (Associate Conductor/Keyboards); Stephen “Hoops” Snyder (Keyboards); Joe Payne (Guitars); Ken Dow (Bass); Kevin Dow (Drums); Matt…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2011-12 Season, v. 68 (Willis).txt

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