Andy Blankenbuehler

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Andy Blankenbuehler's most recent choreography can be seen in the new Broadway Hit In The Heights. The Off-Broadway production received critical acclaim as well as accolades from Lortel, Outer Critics, Calloway, and Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Choreography. His choreography has also been seen in the Broadway revival of The Apple Tree (starring Kristin Chenoweth) and the West End musical Desperately Seeking Susan.

Other recent work includes: A Little Princess (music by Andrew Lippa), Waiting For The Moon (music by Frank Wildhorn), Burleigh Grimes (New World Stages), Broadway By The Year: 1930, 1938 and 1978, and the City Center Encores! production of The Apple Tree.

Regionally, Andy has choreographed A Wonderful Life (Paper Mill Playhouse), Red, Hot and Blue (Goodspeed Opera House, Paper Mill Playhouse), Quark Victory (Williamstown Theatre Festival), and Kept (Theatreworks). On television, his choreography has been seen on “The Sopranos,” MTV, and commercials for Wendy’s, Saturday Night Fever, and The History Channel.

Andy has staged concert work for Bette Midler, and he directed, choreographed and co-conceived the hit Caesars Palace production Nights On Broadway. He has performed on Broadway in Fosse, Contact, Man of La Mancha, Saturday Night Fever, Steel Pier, Big, Guys and Dolls, as well as the touring companies of West Side Story, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Music Of The Night, and Guys and Dolls.