Broadway’s Beetlejuice to Visit RHS
Riverside Drama, with the sponsorship of Barb Derrick, hosted Broadway’s Andrew Kober on Wednesday, September 25th. During the day, the cast of Beetlejuice Jr. had the opportunity to work one-on-one to enhance their solo and acting skills.
The community also had the opportunity to attend a presentation and Q&A session with Kober in the auditorium.
Biography:
"Andrew Kober is a New York City based actor and singer. On Broadway, he has been seen in Beetlejuice, Les Miserables, She Loves Me, Sunday in the Park with George, School of Rock, Hair, Beautiful, and, most recently, How to Dance in Ohio. Andrew also performed on London’s West End with Hair, and in the First National Tours of Beetlejuice and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. He is a graduate of the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama.
Regionally, Andrew has worked all over the United States at theaters including MCC, The Williamstown Theater Festival, New York Theatre Workshop, Yale Rep, The Paper Mill Playhouse, the Berkshire Theater Festival, the Denver Center Theater Company, The Old Globe, The Golden Gate Theater, Buck’s County Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, and more. He has also spent four summers performing at Shakespeare in the Park, including playing Malvolio in Twelfth Night twice, in which the New York Times compared him to a young John Cleese.
On television, he has appeared in “Law and Order” (NBC), “FBI: Most Wanted” (CBS), “Pose” (FX Network), “Boardwalk Empire” (HBO), “Pan Am” (ABC), “Blue Bloods” (CBS), “House of Cards” (HBO), “Ray Donovan” (Showtime), “Fosse/Verdon” (FX Network), “The Plot Against America” (HBO), “Pose” (FX Network), and more.
He also just completed work on his first feature film, “A Complete Unknown”, starring Timothee Chalamet and Elle Fanning.
In addition to his Broadway and solo work, he keeps a busy calendar of concert appearances. With his writing and performing partners, Alex Brightman, Drew Gasparini, and F. Michael Haynie, they are the (M)orons, writing and performing original music and comedy all over New York City.
Andrew lives in New Jersey with his wife, Farra, his children, Asher and Joely, and his dog, Murray."
