Andrew Barth Feldman

Andrew Barth Feldman (born May 7, 2002[1]) is an American actor. He began his career in musical theater by participating in local productions as a child.[2] After winning the award for best actor at the National High School Musical Theater Awards, he joined the cast of Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway in the title role. During his run in the show, he had his own Broadway.com vlog and he has his own YouTube channel under his name. He began his own theatre company, Zneefrock Productions, to raise money for autism awareness. He can be heard playing himself in As the Curtain Rises, an original Broadway soap opera podcast from the Broadway Podcast Network.[3]

Andrew Barth Feldman
Born
Andrew Barth Feldman

(2002-05-07) May 7, 2002
Manhasset, New York, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active2018–present

Early life and education

Feldman was born in Manhasset, New York. He became a fan of musical theater at a very young age after watching a production of Beauty and the Beast at age three.[2] Feldman was raised with his older sister, and closely with his cousins Scott and Matt, who he calls his brothers. They grew up in a town close to where his mother grew up. He went on to star in various local and school productions, including Annie, Grease, and Rent.[4] He also founded his own musical theater company in middle school, Zneefrock Productions, as part of his Bar Mitzvah project to raise money for autism research.[2] He and a friend wrote and directed a Star Wars parody musical for the company, which would later be put on at 54 Below with professional actors. He attended Lawrence Woodmere Academy, where his mother worked as an administrator before passing away in August 2019. After taking time off of high school to star in Dear Evan Hansen, Feldman decided to attend Harvard University in the Fall of 2020.[5]

Career

In 2018, his sophomore year of high school, Feldman portrayed Frank Abagnale Jr. in his school's production of the musical Catch Me If You Can.[6] After winning his regional awards program, he was invited to perform at the Jimmy Awards,[7] where he won the award for best actor. Stacey Mindich, the lead producer of Dear Evan Hansen, noticed his performance and asked him to audition for the role of Evan Hansen on Broadway. On January 30, 2019, at the age of 16, Feldman assumed the role of Evan Hansen, taking over for Taylor Trensch[2] until January 26, 2020, upon which Jordan Fisher took over the role.

Feldman began a fundraiser for the Actor's Fund called Broadway Jackbox in March 2020, alongside former Dear Evan Hansen co-star Alex Boniello. This fundraiser streamed on Twitch, with famous Broadway and screen actors each week. Past streams were uploaded to Feldman's YouTube channel.[8] He additionally created a musical theater actors murder mystery series, called Broadway Whodunit.[9]

On December 28, 2020, it was announced that Feldman would star as Linguini in a benefit concert presentation of Ratatouille the Musical, an internet meme that originated on TikTok, inspired by the 2007 Disney/Pixar film. The concert streamed exclusively on TodayTix on January 1, 2021.[10]

Credits

Theatre
Year Production Role Category
2019-20 Dear Evan Hansen Evan Hansen Broadway
2021 Ratatouille the Musical Alfredo Linguini Benefit Concert

References
  1. Thompson, D. L. (2018-11-12). "Andrew Barth Feldman: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  2. Paulson, Michael (2019-01-16). "He's 16 Going On Stardom: Meet Broadway's Next 'Evan Hansen'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  3. Araujo, Roberto (2020-11-25). "Watch Lillias White, James Monroe Iglehart, and Andrew Barth Feldman in a Sneak Peek of Broadway-Themed Soap Opera As the Curtain Rises". Playbill. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  4. Fierberg, Ruthie (January 30, 2019). "New Dear Evan Hansen Star Andrew Barth Feldman Brings Something Brand-New to Evan". Playbill. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  5. Instagram. December 13, 2019 https://www.instagram.com/p/B6BLYU5JO7k. Retrieved 2019-12-13. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Going from Woodmere to the Broadway stage". Herald Community Newspapers. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  7. "Participation Guidelines | The National High School Musical Theatre Awards". www.jimmyawards.com. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  8. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-SKzgmHWxyqU18vzCzwBA
  9. "Broadway Whodunit? Creator Andrew Barth Feldman Wants to Write a Murder Mystery for Patti LuPone". Broadway.com. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  10. Evans, Greg (2020-12-28). "'Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical' All-Star Cast To Include Wayne Brady, Tituss Burgess & Adam Lambert". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
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