Director and writer He directed the Off-Broadway show
Straight, which was named a Critics’ Pick by
The New York Times, which wrote that the production was “directed with polished finesse by Andy Sandberg.” He directed the critically acclaimed
Application Pending, a comedy about kindergarten admissions that he co-wrote with Greg Edwards (Westside Theatre; BroadwayWorld Award – Best Off-Broadway Play; Drama Desk Nomination – Outstanding Solo Show). He also directed the world premieres of
Craving for Travel, which he also wrote with Edwards (Peter J. Sharp Theater @
Playwrights Horizons);
Shida, a musical by Jeannette Bayardelle (Ars Nova; four AUDELCO Award Nominations, including Best Director and Best Musical; also at the
American Repertory Theater in 2014; LA premiere in 2015);
The Last Smoker in America, an original musical by Tony nominee
Bill Russell and Drama Desk nominee
Peter Melnick (Westside Theatre); and
Alan Brody’s
Operation Epsilon (Four IRNE Awards, including Best Director, Best Play, and Best Ensemble; Three Elliot Norton Award Nominations). Sandberg directed
Bernice Bobs Her Mullet in 2007 (NYMF),
R.R.R.E.D. in 2009 (NYMF),
Zelda at the Oasis in 2012 (St. Luke's) and "Eli’s Comin’ to Broadway," a
BC/EFA benefit hosted by
Nathan Lane (
Alice Tully Hall at
Lincoln Center), as well as two
Sing for Hope benefits, featuring
Dick Cavett,
Michael Cerveris, and
Richard Kind. In 2007, Sandberg assisted
Hal Prince on the Broadway production of
LoveMusik (SDC Fellowship), and he served as the Associate Director to
Sheryl Kaller on
Christopher Durang and
Peter Melnick’s
Adrift in Macao at
Primary Stages.
Producer At age 25, Sandberg became the youngest producer in history to win a Tony Award. He has worked on Broadway and in London's West End. He was a producer of the hit revival of
Hair (2009 Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League,
Outer Critics Circle Awards), the Broadway revival of
Gore Vidal's The Best Man, starring
James Earl Jones,
Angela Lansbury,
Candice Bergen,
Eric McCormack, and
John Larroquette (2012 Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle Nominations), and Will Eno's critically acclaimed play
The Realistic Joneses, starring
Toni Collette,
Michael C. Hall,
Tracy Letts, and
Marisa Tomei. In the fall of 2009, Sandberg and Daryl Roth produced the New York premiere of
Vigil, starring
Malcolm Gets and
Helen Stenborg. In the spring of 2010, Sandberg helped produce
Paradise Found, a new musical co-directed by
Hal Prince and
Susan Stroman, produced at London's
Menier Chocolate Factory and starring
Mandy Patinkin.
Off-Broadway, he helped produce
Love, Loss, and What I Wore, by
Nora and
Delia Ephron (2010), and the lead producer of
A Perfect Future, a new play by David Hay (2011). He served as the Executive Producer for the Off-Broadway revival of
Pageant (2015 Drama Desk nomination). In 2010, he directed and produced a Columbus, Ohio, production of
The Last Smoker in America, a new musical by
Bill Russell and
Peter Melnick, which subsequently opened in New York in the summer of 2012 under Sandberg's direction. Other roles have included Huck in
Big River, Sam in
Fully Committed, and Joey in
Scarlett Fever. He has appeared in the films
The Living and
The Battle of Pussy Willow Creek. ==Awards and nominations==