Andrew MacBean

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Andrew MacBean (born 7 February 1963) is a Canadian theatre director and writer.

Life and career

Born in Toronto, Ontario on 7 February 1963, he attended Queen's University, where he received a B.A. in Drama and Music.[1] He then studied directing as an intern at Playwright's Horizons, in New York City, and was a senior member of the BMI musical theatre workshop, first under Lehman Engel, then Maury Yeston.

He can be heard on the original-cast recording of

Anne of Green Gables – The Musical, as Gilbert Blythe, a role he performed for three years, as well as creating the awarding winning musical Sleeping Arrangements, which premiered at the Charlottetown Festival and ran for three years.[1]

He founded Theatreworks in London, England in the 1990s. He was associate director with Trevor Nunn on Andrew Lloyd Webber's Aspects of Love[1] and Sunset Boulevard. He then worked as Trevor Nunn's associate director on Anything Goes at the Royal National Theatre and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

He has also done corporate work as a writer/director with Coca-Cola worldwide, Jaguar and Samsung.

He is the creator of the musical Raindogs, which was featured at the MAD Fringe Festival at the

Ian H. Watkins.[3]

References

  1. ^
    Kingston Whig-Standard
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  2. Playbill.com
    . Retrieved 17 December 2010.
  3. Playbill.com
    . Retrieved 17 December 2010.