Andrew J. Lederer IS America's foremost destroyer of life's golden opportunities!
A performer since childhood, Lederer became a comedian as a teenager. He acted in movies and television including "Family Ties", "Facts of Life" and "Fame." Later, he became an entertainment journalist, writer and editor for "Film Threat Magazine" "Wild Cartoon Kingdom" and "Sci-fi Universe" amongst others. His original screenplay "Won't Fade Out" is given its own chapter in the book "The 50 Greatest Movies Never Made" (St Martin's Press 1999), alongside unproduced efforts by Stanley Kubrick, Billy Wilder and Alfred Hitchcock. Lately, he's become a favorite of America's underground filmmakers, appearing in "You Fit the Description" (which recently premiered at New York's Anthology Film Archives) as well as co-starring in "transgressive" director Nick Zedd's multi-segment homage to '70s children's shows, "Electra Elf and Fluffer."
How has Lederer managed to lead so many different lives? It's because he's a "bridge-burner" - a man who takes perfectly good situations and dashes them to bits on the rocks of self-destruction. Lest his relationship with the audience be likewise eviscerated, Lederer's "Bridge-Burner" is no mere whinge-fest. There will, of course, be some name-dropping, if you like that sort of thing (though Andrew has thus far resisted entreaties to include the tale about the time he borrowed Jerry Seinfeld's trousers without permission). But the show is much more than that - a mesmerizing collage of self-damning comic anecdotes, insightful observations and even a bit of song!
Praise for Bridge-Burner at 2004 Edinburgh Fringe:
"A fascinating man, a superb raconteur, very funny indeed and his 60 minute show flashed by in what seemed like half the time."
"Like all great raconteurs, we actively enjoy hearing about his suffering, which becomes our entertainment because his ability to tell enthralling comic stories is innate."
- Chortle
"Andrew J. Lederer possesses two attributes vital to good stand-up: confidence and a way with words."
- The List
"Engaging animated delivery."
"Incorrigible self-saboteur yet gifted raconteur."
- The Scotsman
"Strikes an empathetic nerve."
- Three Weeks
"Deft stand-up comedy."
"Delightfully gifted comedian"
- Fringe Report
