Andrew Abrams is a professional composer, vocal and acting-through-song coach, vocal technique instructor, musical director/conductor, and Equity actor based in London on a Global Talent Visa. He grew up in Madison, Wisconsin, began playing piano at age 8, and started singing with the boy choir at age 9. After high school, Andrew set out to become an opera singer — but along that highway he was happily diverted to the "dark side": musical theatre. He has lived and thrived in this world ever since, still returning to the sweet air of classical music and opera whenever the right project calls.

​

Andrew holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a Master of Arts in Musical Theatre from Goldsmiths, University of London. He was a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Writing Workshop from 2001–2006, where he wrote the music for But I'm a Cheerleader, the Musical with collaborator Bill Augustin. Cheerleader headlined the New York Musical Theatre Festival in 2005 (winning the Audience Award), was a finalist for the Jerry Bock Award, and received a 2013 London reading with Tony Award–winning director Jerry Mitchell and actress Hannah Waddingham. The show went on to have its world premiere at The Turbine Theatre in London in 2022, winning the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Off-West End Musical in 2023.

​

Some of Andrew's other shows include Shining in Misery: A Stephen King-Size Parody, which premiered at Capital City Theatre (Madison, WI) in 2023, played 54 Below in New York City in 2024, and most recently headlined MTFestUK in London in January 2026; and It's a Wonderful Life: A New Musical, which premiered at Capital City Theatre in 2024 and returned in 2025. Licensing is available for both shows: Shining in Misery and It's a Wonderful Life.

​

As a performer and music director, Andrew has worked Off-Broadway, on national tours, and at regional theatres across the United States. Off-Broadway: The Pirates of Penzance (New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players), Between the Lines (York Theatre). Tours: Cinderella (with Eartha Kitt), State Fair (with John Davidson), Cabaret (with Andrea McArdle), Kiss of the Spider Woman, Fiddler on the Roof (with Theodore Bikel). Regional credits include Between the Lines (Luna Stage), Master Class (with Rosemary Prinz), The Mikado (TheatreVirginia), and numerous others.

​

Andrew has taught as a vocal coach and voice teacher at NYU, AMDA, Hofstra University, Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and Urdang Academy in London, and privately in New York City and London. He served as Head of Musical Theatre at Southern Illinois University–Carbondale from 2019–2022, where his students ranged from high-school performers to working Broadway actors, including Tony Award winners. He is the Founding Artistic Director of Capital City Theatre, a professional Equity musical theatre company in Madison, Wisconsin.

​

In 2025, Andrew was awarded a UK Global Talent Visa — a highly selective endorsement recognising exceptional talent in the arts — and relocated to London to continue building his career on the international stage. He continues to work as a composer, educator, director, and performer across both sides of the Atlantic.

​

​