Andrew Kober

Andrew Kober is an American stage and screen actor, best known for playing the role of Margaret Mead in the 2009 Broadway revival of Hair.^[1]

Andrew Kober
Kober at the stage door of Les Misérables
Born	(1984-02-20) February 20, 1984 (age 40)
Education	Carnegie Mellon University (BFA)
Occupation(s)	Actor, musician
Years active	2008–present
Spouse	Farra Kober ​ (m. 2012)​
Children	2
Family	Arthur Kober (granduncle)
Website	andrewkoberonline.com

Early life

Kober grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. His granduncle Arthur Kober was born to a Jewish family in Eastern Europe, before immigrating to the United States.

He studied at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, graduating with a degree in Acting in 2006. He moved to New York City later in the year, and continues to reside there today.

Career

Theatre

In 2008, Kober was cast in the Off-Broadway Revival of Hair, in the featured role of Margaret Mead. He stayed with the production in its 2009 transfer to Broadway, as well as its 2010 transfer to the West End.

Following Hair, Kober was cast in multiple small roles in the Second Broadway Revival of Les Misérables, and performed with the company until late 2015. After that, he was cast in the ensemble of the She Loves Me Broadway Revival, which had the distinction of being the first Broadway show to be live-streamed internationally online.^[2]

Kober also performed in regional productions of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Ken Ludwig's Baskerville, National Pastime, Sense & Sensibility, and Spamalot.^[3]

Kober performed in a musical adaption of Twelfth Night from September 2–5, 2016 at the Delacorte Theatre.^[4]

In 2017, Kober appeared in the Broadway revival of Sunday in the Park with George and the Los Angeles premier of Roman Holiday. In October 2017, began performing on Broadway in the cast of School of Rock.^[5] Kober took a hiatus from School of Rock in summer 2018 in order to perform as Malvolio in a Shakespeare in the Park production of Twelfth Night. Following the show's closing, he returned to the cast of School of Rock.

Film and TV work

Kober has also made multiple guest appearances on popular television shows, such as Boardwalk Empire, House of Cards, Blue Bloods, and Pan Am. He has been featured in the short film Chin Up, and can be seen in the filmed performance of She Loves Me.^[6]

Other work

Kober is also a part of the comedy group, The (M)orons, along with three fellow Broadway actors and writers: Drew Gasparini, F. Michael Haynie, and Alex Brightman.^[7]

Personal life

Kober is married to Farra Kober, the director of social media and community for MSNBC.^[8] They married in 2012, and have a son born in 2016.^[9][10][11]

Credits

Theatre

Year	Production	Role	Category	Location
2008	Hair	Margaret Mead / Father / Tribe Member u/s John Wilkes Booth	Off-Broadway	The Public Theater
2009			Broadway	Al Hirshfeld Theatre
2010			West End	Gielgud Theatre
2011	Spamalot	Sir Dennis Galahad / Prince Herbert's Father / The Black Knight	Regional	Patchogue Theatre
2014-15	Les Misérables	Innkeeper / Babet u/s Factory Foreman u/s Bamatabois	Broadway	Imperial Theatre
2015		Babet / Innkeeper / Factory Foreman
		Babet / Innkeeper / Factory Foreman u/s The Bishop of Digne
2016	She Loves Me	Ensemble u/s Georg Nowack u/s Ladislav Sipos		Studio 54
	Twelfth Night	Malvolio	Off-Broadway	Delacorte Theatre
2017	Sunday in the Park with George	u/s Soldier / Alex u/s Jules / Bob Greenberg u/s Boatman / Lee Randolph u/s Franz / Dennis u/s Mr. / Charles Redmond	Broadway	Hudson Theatre
	Roman Holiday	Ensemble	Regional	Golden Gate Theatre
2017	School of Rock	Bob / Cop / Mr. Hamilton / Ensemble u/s Dewey	Broadway	Winter Garden Theatre
2018	Twelfth Night	Malvolio	Off-Broadway	Shakespeare in the Park
2019	Alice by Heart	King of Hearts / Dr Butridge / Jabberwocky / Duck / Mock Turtle		MCC Theater
	Beautiful: The Carole King Musical	Don Kirshner	Broadway	Stephen Sondheim Theatre
	Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella	Jean-Michel	Regional	Paper Mill Playhouse
2022-23	Beetlejuice	s/b Beetlejuice s/b Adam s/b Charles	Broadway	Marquis Theatre
2023		Beetlejuice	Temporary engagement	US Tour
2024	How to Dance in Ohio	Michael / Derrick	Broadway	Belasco Theatre

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Category	Notes
2011	Boardwalk Empire	Waiter	TV series	Episode: A Dangerous Maid
	Pan Am	Bob Operations Clerk		Episode: Unscheduled Departure
2013	House of Cards	Joe Taminini		Episode: Chapter 7
2012-13	City of Dreams	Tyler		2 episodes
2013	Blue Bloods	Joey Marsh		Episode: Growing Boys
2016	She Loves Me	Various	TV movie	Live Performance

References

1. "Andrew Kober Theatre Credits". www.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
2. Romano, Aja (2016-06-30). "Tonight, Broadway will make history by live-streaming She Loves Me direct from the stage". Vox. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
3. "Andrew Kober". Andrew Kober. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
4. BWW News Desk. "Nikki M. James, Jose Llana and Andrew Kober to Lead the Public's TWELFTH NIGHT Musical Adaptation". Retrieved 2016-08-03.
5. Kober, Andrew (13 Sep 2017). "We've been practicing... I'm thrilled to be joining the Broadway company of @SoRmusical at the beginning of October. Cannot wait.pic.twitter.com/SXAPD498ck". @andrewkober. Retrieved 2017-09-13.
6. "Andrew Kober". IMDb. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
7. "The (M)orons". www.wearethemorons.com. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
8. "Farra Kober | MSNBC". MSNBC. Archived from the original on 2016-08-01. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
9. "Andrew Kober on Twitter". Retrieved 2016-07-14.
10. "Farra Kober (@Farrashley) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
11. "Broadway's Andrew Kober and His Wife Are Expecting! | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2016-07-18.

Further reading

• "Andrew Kober, Hair". Gothamist. August 18, 2009. Archived from the original on April 29, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
• "Come to the Koberet, Old Chum! Andrew Kober Welcomes His Les Miz Pals & More to 54 Below". Broadway.com. August 19, 2014. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
• Gambino, Joe (July 30, 2015). "Broadway's Andrew Kober and His Wife Are Expecting!". Playbill. Retrieved July 8, 2016.