Andy Blankenbuehler has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Choreography five times, and has won three times: for In the Heights, Hamilton, and Bandstand.
15 Facts About Andy Blankenbuehler
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Andy Blankenbuehler was awarded the Kennedy Center Honor in 2018 for his work on Hamilton.
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Andy Blankenbuehler was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is a 1988 graduate of St Xavier High School and 1984 graduate of Nativity School in Cincinnati.
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Andy Blankenbuehler received his bachelor's degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
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Andy Blankenbuehler won the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for his choreography for In the Heights.
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Andy Blankenbuehler is the director and choreographer of Bring It On: The Musical, written by Jeff Whitty, with music by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Tom Kitt and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Amanda Green, which premiered at the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia, on January 16,2011.
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Additionally, Andy Blankenbuehler choreographed the Frank Wildhorn world premiere production of Waiting for the Moon.
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Andy Blankenbuehler was nominated for a Barrymore Award for Choreographing the show.
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Andy Blankenbuehler has choreographed for Bette Midler and directed, choreographed, and co-conceived the production "Nights On Broadway" at Caesars Palace.
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Andy Blankenbuehler appears briefly in the 2008 documentary Every Little Step about the 2006 Broadway revival of A Chorus Line, with his Polaroid shown as one of the people being cut from a callback for the show.
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Andy Blankenbuehler is the choreographer for the musical Hamilton, both Off-Broadway and on Broadway.
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Andy Blankenbuehler received a special 2015 Drama Desk Award for Hamilton.
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Andy Blankenbuehler both directed and choreographed a new musical, Bandstand, which premiered at the Paper Mill Playhouse in October 2015.
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Andy Blankenbuehler directed and choreographed a developmental lab of this musical in August and September 2014, then titled Bandstand: A Musical.
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In 2016, Andy Blankenbuehler choreographed the revival of the movie Dirty Dancing starring Abigail Breslin and Shane Harper.