Actor Andrew Lupp, currently starring in "My One and Only" at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire. Photographed Tuesday, November 20, 2012, in Lincolnshire. | Tom Cruze~Sun-Times
Andrew Lupp stars as Billy in “My One and Only” at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire.
Andy Lupp (center, foreground) stars as Alfred P. Doolittle in "My Fair Lady" at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora.
Jake Klinkhammer as Gaston and Andrew Lupp as Lefou hatch a plot in Chicago Shakespeare Theater's production of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" at Chicago Shakespeare's Courtyard Theater. | Photo by Michael Brosilow
Andy Lupp (from left, Pish Tush), Todd Kryger (Pooh-Bah) and Stephen Schellhardt (Ko Ko) star in "Hot Mikado" at Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace.
William Dick stars as Scrooge with Joseph Maggio (Tiny Tim) and Andy Lupp (Bob Crachit) in "A Christmas Carol." | Photo by Johnny Knight
Andrew Lupp is a thoroughly modern 21st century throwback of sorts — a song-and-dance man who can serve as Chicago’s very own entry into that long-cherished American musical tradition whose most distinguished practitioners include Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, James Cagney and yes (in …