33 Facts About Andy Karl

Andy Karl is best known for performing in musical theatre specifically musicals adapted from successful movies.

Andy Karl has received several accolades including a Laurence Olivier Award and a Drama Desk Award as well as nominations for three Tony Awards.

Andy Karl went on to receive three Tony Award nominations for his roles in Rocky, On the Twentieth Century, and Groundhog Day, the latter of which earned him the Olivier Award for his performance in the original London production.

Andy Karl was born on August 28,1974 in Baltimore, Maryland, to Walter Cesewski and Susan Weisman.

Andy Karl attended Towson High School, where he was on the football team and performed in theater.

Andy Karl originally planned on becoming a voice teacher until the director of a show he was in at college told him he had what it took to be a professional actor.

Andy Karl changed his name to Karl to honor his late great-grandfather, Andrew Karl, a Baltimore fireman.

Andy Karl was an understudy in the touring cast of The Who's Tommy and in 1998 played Rum Tum Tugger in the touring cast of Cats.

In February 2000 Andy Karl was an understudy in the New York premiere of Stephen Sondheim's Saturday Night at the Second Stage Theatre.

Andy Karl made his Broadway debut in 2000 as the replacement for Joey in Saturday Night Fever.

Andy Karl continued with the production, this time in the role of Tony Manero, in its first national tour.

Andy Karl was next seen as Dino Del Canto in the world premiere of the musical Romeo and Bernadette at the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami, Florida.

Andy Karl reprised the role at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey in February and March, 2003.

In September 2004, Andy Karl played Luke in the premiere of Altar Boyz at the New York Musical Theatre Festival.

Andy Karl then left the New York area to tour in the original company of Disney's On the Record.

Andy Karl returned to New York to play Luke in the Off-Broadway production of Altar Boyz, which opened on March 1,2005 at Stage 4 of Dodger Stages.

On September 26,2005, Andy Karl performed in the Actor's Fund Concert production of On the Twentieth Century.

In January 2006 Andy Karl was in the three-person cast of Hunka Hunka Burnin' Love, a celebration of the music of Elvis Presley, at the now-closed Au Bar.

Andy Karl then joined the Broadway cast of The Wedding Singer at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where he played the roles of Drunk Dave and Bad Haircut Guy until the show closed at the end of 2006.

Andy Karl reprised his roles in the Broadway production, which started previews on April 3 and opened on April 29,2007, at the Palace Theatre.

Andy Karl was an understudy to Emmett and Professor Callahan.

Andy Karl briefly left Legally Blonde in June 2007 to work on 9 to 5 in its week-long workshop.

Andy Karl played Joe, the love interest of Allison Janney's character, in the pre-Broadway tryout in Los Angeles.

Andy Karl took over the role of Fiyero from Kevin Kern in the Broadway production of Wicked on February 2,2010 and played the role until January 2,2011.

Andy Karl took over the role Tommy Devito in the Broadway production of Jersey Boys on October 11,2011.

Andy Karl played Neville Landless in the Broadway revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood which opened on November 29,2012, at Studio 54.

Andy Karl received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for this performance.

Andy Karl received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance.

On January 28,2016, it was announced that Andy Karl would be playing the starring role of Phil in the musical adaptation of Groundhog Day, the role played in the 1993 movie by Bill Murray.

Andy Karl then reprised the role in the Broadway production of Groundhog Day, which opened on April 17,2017.

Andy Karl reprised the role of Rapunzel's Prince during the opening weekend of the US national tour's engagement in Washington, DC, at the Kennedy Center this time filling in for Jason Forbach who went on for the Baker in the place of Sebastian Arcelus.

Andy Karl met his former wife Orfeh while in the musical for Saturday Night Fever.

Shortly after, Andy Karl confirmed his relationship with Groundhog Day co-star Elise McCann.