ABOUT ANDY
I studied landscape painting and ocular neurology at Hampshire College, graduating with a B.A. in fine arts in 1979. I furthered my art studies at the Art Students League, NYC; the Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Mass.; the Parsons School of Design, NYC; and the Skowhegan School, E. Madison, Maine. I have worked on numerous TV, film and theatre projects and my paintings have exhibited widely. In 1997 I wrote and curated the exhibit, "Direct From Broadway, A 200-Year History of New York City Theatre," for the Paine-Weber Gallery space, NYC. I have written many articles on the subject of NYC and its theatre and I have taught graduate level NYC theatre history and musical theatre history and libretto writing at Columbia University. I lecture frequently at universities, institutes, and theatrical and civic organizations on my family's pivotal role in shaping the development of musical theatre and popular entertainment in this country from the 1860's to the present. In 2010, I wrote The Hammersteins - A Musical Theatre Family, a multi-generational portrait of my family's theatrical legacy.
