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Alex is music directing the off-Broadway premiere of new musical comedy I Love My Family, but… at SoHo Playhouse’s Huron Club from February 23-April 8, with direction by Guy Stroman (Forever Plaid). For more info, check out this BroadwayWorld article!

Alex is in post-production for a cast album of Olympic gymnastics-themed musical The Magnificent Seven, the premiere of which he music directed last summer at Theatre Row. Stay tuned for info about the release date!

2022

Alex worked on a 29-hour reading of Darin at the Copa from January 28-30, a new musical featuring the greatest hits of Bobby Darin, starring Jonathan Groff (Hamilton, Spring Awakening), with a book by John Logan (Red, Moulin Rouge) and direction by Alex Timbers (Moulin Rouge, Beetlejuice).

Alex arranged and accompanied “Hey Mom, I Made a Cabaret!” at the Keegan Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 19, with ticket sales benefiting the National Brain Tumor Society and Inova Schar Cancer Institute, performing alongside fellow Yale alum Sarah Stewart Chapin.

Alex music directed a limited run of The Magnificent Seven, a new musical about the 1996 U.S. Olympic women’s gymnastics team, at Theatre Row from July 7-17. For more info, check out this article on Playbill!

2021

The new cast recording of Salad Days garnered a favorable review on BroadwayWorld, “Exploring Laughs and Loneliness with SALAD DAYS,” published March 1. Listen here on Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube!

A never-before-heard cut solo from Stone and Sparrow, performed by Kerstin Anderson (My Fair Lady), will be one of twelve “songs of inspiration” featured in a virtual concert on April 26 co-sponsored by Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, as part of Carnegie Hall’s Voices of Hope, an online festival running April 16-30.

Alex music directed and wrote 6-person vocal arrangements for a filmed production of Jason Robert Brown’s Songs for a New World, produced by Vanguard Theater Company, which streams from April 27-May 3 as part of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s 2021 Stages Festival.

Alex music directed a concert of selections from The Magnificent Seven, a new musical about the 1996 U.S. Women’s Gymnastics team, at Don’t Tell Mama NYC on July 23, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the team’s gold medal win.

Alex performed at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA on August 13 as part of their Broadway in the Berkshires series, accompanying Christian Probst (The Book of Mormon, The Little Mermaid Nat’l Tour).

Alex music directed two concert presentations of Just Laugh, a new musical revue directed by Guy Stroman (Forever Plaid), at the Triad Theater on August 23-24.

Alex performed alongside Lindsay Roberts (Carmen Jones, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess Nat’l Tour) as part of Ogunquit Playhouse’s Patio Cabaret Series from September 10-12.

Alex performed at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA on September 17 as part of their Broadway in the Berkshires series, accompanying Kerstin Anderson (My Fair Lady).

Alex music directed Vanguard Theater Company’s production of Next to Normal from November 11-21.

2020

Alex arranged a Little Mermaid mashup of “Part of Your World” and “Her Voice” for “I Miss the Music: Broadway Salutes the Erie Playhouse,” a virtual benefit concert for the historic Pennsylvania theatre, held on December 3.

A new cast recording of Salad Days, Alex’s ten-minute musical comedy about a fateful Bloomingdale’s lunch date, dropped on November 20 on all streaming platforms. The album stars Tony nominee Lilli Cooper (Tootsie, SpongeBob SquarePants), Solea Pfeiffer (Evita, Hamilton), Lindsey Brett Carothers (Gettin’ the Band Back Together, Bring It On), Ryan Vona (Beautiful, Paramour) and Cassie Levine. Listen here on Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube!

Alex music directed a virtual 29-hour reading of Called, a new musical by Paulo K Tiról about a call center in Manila, for the Dramatists Guild Fellows Program showcase on October 17.

Alex arranged an original choral rendition of “Our Time” from Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along, which debuted in August to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Shen Curriculum for Musical Theater at Yale University, of which Alex is a proud alum. Commissioned by founders Ted and Mary Jo Shen, the music video features over 30 current students and graduates of the program.

Tyrell was featured in MTFestUK, a festival of new musical theatre at the Turbine Theatre in London, produced by Paul Taylor-Mills (producer of the 2018 West End production of Heathers) from February 13-15. Tyrell was directed by Simon Greiff, featuring Kim Criswell (Annie Oakley in the West End’s Annie Get Your Gun) as Olenna, Emma Kingston (Eva Peron in the international tour of Evita) as Margaery, and Luke Bayer (West End’s Everybody’s Talking About Jamie) as Loras.

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Alex performed at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA on February 8 as part of their Broadway in the Berkshires series, accompanying Coby Getzug (The Book of Mormon, Spring Awakening).

Fall 2019

Tyrell: The Original Concept Album received a rave review on BroadwayWorld, “TYRELL Blooms With Elegance and Humor,” on December 18. The album was also featured in a Hypable article on December 19.

Alex’s musical Stone and Sparrow was performed at Berklee College of Music on Saturday, December 7 as part of its New Works Ensemble program, a faculty-led production course culminating in a workshop performance.

Tyrell: The Original Concept Album, a recording of highlights from Tyrell, Alex’s musical parody-prequel to Game of Thrones, is online as of November 1 anywhere you buy or stream music. The recording stars two-time Tony winner Christine Ebersole (Grey Gardens, War Paint) as Olenna, Kerstin Anderson (My Fair Lady) as Margaery, and Chris Dwan (Little Shop of Horrors, Finding Neverland) as Loras. Download the full album on iTunes, or stream it here on Spotify or Apple Music!

Alex music directed a two-week reading of Trigger, a musical theatre oratorio prompted by the Virginia Tech shooting, directed by Lisa Peterson at NYU’s New Studio from November 1-16.

Alex performed at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA on September 28 as part of their Broadway in the Berkshires series, accompanying friend and fellow Yale alum Henry Gottfried (Waitress, Bright Star, Pippin).

Summer 2019

Alex music directed a reading of Mistressbate, a new musical about masturbation and adolescent female sexuality, at Brooklyn Comedy Collective on September 7.

Alex music directed a new musical comedy, Just Laugh, in the Rave Theater Festival, created by Tony-winning producer Ken Davenport, from August 11-24 at the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center.

Spring 2019

Alex music directed a concert of Columbus Is Happening, a new musical by Tony-winning writer Stew (Passing Strange, The Total Bent) about Christopher Columbus and present-day American immigration, at Joe’s Pub on June 11.

Alex worked on the World Premiere of the musical adaptation of The Flamingo Kid, written by Robert L. Freedman (A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder) and Scott Frankel (War Paint, Grey Gardens) and directed by Darko Tresnjak (Anastasia, A Gentleman’s Guide…), which played at Hartford Stage from May 9-June 15.

Winter 2019

Tyrell, Alex’s musical parody-prequel to HBO’s Game of Thrones about House Tyrell, received a developmental workshop at Dixon Place on March 18, starring two-time Tony nominee Alison Fraser (The Secret Garden, Romance/Romance) as Olenna Tyrell, Kerstin Anderson (My Fair Lady) as Margaery Tyrell, and Chris Dwan (Finding Neverland) as Loras Tyrell. Check out this Playbill article for an exclusive clip of Margaery’s song “Lady-in-Waiting”!

Alex was the featured composer in Broadway’s Future Songbook series, presented by Arts and Artists of Tomorrow in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, on February 25.

Alex spent early January at Goodspeed Musicals writing musical arrangements for the staged reading of Devotion by Mark Sonnenblick, featured in Goodspeed’s 14th Annual Festival of New Musicals on January 20.

Fall 2018

Alex presented “Jewish Chinese Christmas” in the 2018 Holiday Songbook in the Broadway’s Future Songbook series, presented in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, on December 17.

Alex worked on another 29-hour reading of Robert L. Freedman and Scott Frankel’s musical adaptation of the 1984 film The Flamingo Kid, which will premiere at Hartford Stage in May-June 2019, directed by Darko Tresnjak.

Alex presented an excerpt from his new musical Tyrell, a parody-prequel to HBO’s Game of Thrones about House Tyrell, as part of The Boiz in the Band’s Visit: A Queer Cabaret at Interface NYC on October 19.

Alex returned to his college a cappella roots in a presentation of Ben Wexler’s new musical Key Change, featured in the Kaufman Music Center’s Broadway Close Up: Bound for Broadway 2018 with Liz Callaway on October 8.

Alex's musical Stone and Sparrow was presented as a staged concert at Feinstein's/54 Below on Monday, September 10 at 9:30pm. Click HERE for the highlight reel!

Summer 2018

Alex arranged and music directed the World Premiere of Bring It On, Junior, commissioned by Music Theatre International (MTI) at UCPAC from July 20-29.

Alex arranged for The Rave Revue, part of the IGNITE Series of concerts produced by Prospect Theater Company at The TimesCenter on July 27.

Spring 2018

Alex music directed the premiere of Columbus Is Happening, a new musical by Stew (Passing Strange, The Total Bent) based on Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, at LaGuardia Performance Arts Center (LPAC) from May 8-12.

Alex worked on a 29-hour reading of the musical adaptation of Garry Marshall's 1984 film The Flamingo Kid, which will premiere at Hartford Stage in Spring 2019.

Winter 2018

Alex was a featured songwriter in Contemporary Writers' Circle: 5th Anniversary Concert, a night of new musical theatre celebrating the fifth anniversary of ContemporaryMusicalTheatre.com at Green Room 42 on March 5.

Alex returned to the 92Y Lyrics & Lyricists series as Associate Musical Director for Lenny's Lyricists, a concert of music by Leonard Bernstein (West Side Story, On the Town, Candide) and his collaborators, which ran February 24-26.

Alex music directed the Pulitzer Prize-winning 2009 Broadway musical Next to Normal at the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University, from February 10-20.

Alex was Associate Musical Director for The Bobby Darin Story, a concert of music made famous by 1950s pop singer Bobby Darin, starring Jonathan Groff (Hamilton, Spring Awakening) with direction by Alex Timbers (Peter and the Starcatcher, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson). The concert was part of the 92Y Lyrics & Lyricists series, and ran from January 20-22.

Fall 2017

Alex music directed Home for the Holidays, a holiday benefit concert of songs by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Pippin, Godspell), at UCPAC on Sunday, December 17, featuring special guests Richard Kline (Wicked, "Three's Company") and Kelli Rabke (Children of Eden).

Alex spent the early fall in Washington, D.C., where he music directed a production of Chicago from November 8-11 on behalf of the Georgetown Gilbert and Sullivan Society (GGSS), an organization founded in 1973 at Georgetown University Law Center.

Summer 2017

Alex music directed a pilot production of Cinderella, presented in association with iTheatrics and Rodgers & Hammerstein (R&H), as part of R&H's "Getting to Know 'G2K' Series," a collection of musicals specifically adapted for youth performers, at the Summit Playhouse in Summit, NJ.

Two songs from Alex's musical Stone and Sparrow ("Beyond Words," "Horizon Line") were featured in Mastering College Musical Theatre Auditions: Sound Advice for the Student, Teacher, and Parent by David Sisco and Laura Josepher, published by Contemporary Musical Theatre Corp. and available for purchase on Amazon as of July 6.

Spring 2017

Upon his completion of the Second Year of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, Alex was named a new member of the Advanced Workshop, an ongoing class of selected BMI Workshop graduates.

On June 12, Alex won the Jean Banks Award, presented annually by the BMI Foundation to the writer(s) of the best ten-minute musical created in the First Year of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, for his musical Salad Days. Click HERE to watch the video!

Winter 2017

Alex worked on the Broadway production of War Paint, a new musical about cosmetics entrepreneurs Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden, starring Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole.  Written by the team behind Grey Gardens and directed by Michael Greif (Rent, Next to Normal, Dear Evan Hansen), War Paint opened at the Nederlander Theatre in April 2017.

The LaGuardia Performance Arts Center (LPAC) production of Passing Strange, which Alex music directed in May 2016, was selected for the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF), performing in the Region 1 Festival on Thursday, February 2. For his work on the production, Alex received a Commendation from the KCACTF National Awards Committee for Distinguished Achievement in Music Direction.

Fall 2016

Alex music directed a pilot production of Oliver, Junior, adapted by Cameron Mackintosh and commissioned by Music Theatre International (MTI), at the Summit Playhouse in Summit, NJ from December 14-18.

Alex music directed A Bulldog Christmas Carol: A Night With the Ghosts of Yale Musical Theatre's Past, Present and Future, as part of the annual Winter Rhythms cabaret festival at Urban Stages, on Saturday, December 10.

Alex music directed the Yale portion of the second annual Harvard-Yale Cantata, a competitive evening of musical theatre and pop written and performed by Harvard and Yale alumni, at Feinstein's/54 Below, on Thursday, September 8.

Summer 2016

Alex music directed a pilot production of Pirates Past Noon, KIDS, adapted from the award-winning Magic Tree House book series and commissioned by Music Theatre International (MTI), at the Summit Playhouse in Summit, NJ from August 5-7.

On June 13, Alex was named the First Year Workshop winner of the Jerry Harrington Award, established in 2000 and presented annually for the works judged "most outstanding" in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop.

For his final First Year assignment in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop - the 10-minute musical - Alex wrote and presented Salad Days, set in Bloomingdale's Forty Carrots Restaurant, on June 6.  Click HERE for the video!

Spring 2016

Alex's musical Stone and Sparrow is the winner of the 2016 New Voices Project, a development program based in Los Angeles, CA and sponsored by New Musicals, Inc. and Walt Disney Imagineering Creative Entertainment.  The program will culminate in got musical, a concert of new musical theatre at 3D Theatricals in Anaheim, CA on April 26, and at the Colony Theatre in Burbank, CA on May 15.

Alex was a featured songwriter in Young Lions of Broadway, a concert of up-and-coming musical theatre composers and lyricists hosted by Andrew Lippa at Symphony Space on April 8.

Alex music directed Passing Strange at LaGuardia Performance Arts Center (LPAC), produced through LaGuardia Community College's Theatre Arts program, from May 12-21.

Winter 2016

Alex was a guest artist at Musical Theatre Factory's March Salon on March 30.

Alex began a new residency at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) as a Teaching Artist on behalf of the Johnny Mercer Foundation, which sponsors a musical theatre composition program for middle schoolers in the Newark, NJ area.

Alex music directed a pilot production of Junie B. Jones the Musical, Junior, commissioned by Music Theatre International (MTI), at the Summit Playhouse in Summit, NJ. Click HERE for a Playbill.com article about the production, which ran from February 5-14.

Fall 2015

Alex music directed a pilot production of Seussical, KIDS, commissioned by Music Theatre International (MTI), at the Summit Playhouse in Summit, NJ from December 15-20.

Alex music directed the new musical IndianapolisAlyssa1985 is getting married, which ran in the Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF), from November 2-6.

Alex began his first year in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop for songwriters and dramatists.

Alex became a Teaching Artist with the Disney Musicals in Schools program, representing a partnership between Disney Theatrical Group and New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) which sponsors musical theatre programs in public elementary schools in the Newark, NJ area.

Summer 2015

Alex arranged and music directed the World Premiere of Children of Eden, Junior, commissioned by Music Theatre International (MTI) and Stephen Schwartz at the Summit Playhouse in Summit, NJ.  Click HERE for a Playbill.com article about the production, which ran from July 24 - August 2.

Alex's work was featured in Beyond Words, a concert produced by NYMF's Student Leadership Project (SLP) on July 18-19.  Click HERE to watch fellow Stagedoor Manor alum Nick Martinez sing "Main Street, Nowhere"!

Spring 2015

Alex graduated cum laude from Yale University in May.

Alex’s latest project, a musical adaptation of Janet Fitch’s bestselling 1999 novel White Oleander (also a 2002 Warner Brothers film), premiered at Yale University the weekend of April 16-18, through special arrangement with Ms. Fitch and Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures.