Jul 12, 2006 12:41
REAL NAME:
Alex Somerville
STAGE NAME:
Boyalex? More like a nickname...
LAST SHOW YOU ADDED TO YOUR RESUME:
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
LAST SHOW YOU AUDITIONED FOR:
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
DID YOU GET INTO IT:
Yes
LAST SONG YOU USED AT AN AUDITION:
Man of La Mancha
FAVORITE THEATRE (VENUE):
deMaurier
FAVORITE MUSICAL:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet St.
NAME A THEATRE SUPERSTITION:
Audience seeing you in costume before the show starts
LAST PARTS YOU PLAYED IN A SHOW:
Catholic school boy, Isschar, servant of Potiphar and a mural in Joseph.
YOUR GOAL IN SHOW BUSINESS:
To learn and teach.
FAVORITE DIRECTOR:
Of my limited experience, Jean Morpurgo
WHAT WAS YOUR VERY FIRST SHOW:
The Legend of Cucalaen
HAVE YOU EVER HAD A DANCE SOLO:
No- I wasn't one of the married brothers.
HAVE YOU EVER HAD A SINGING SOLO:
yeah
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THE LAST PERSON TO TAKE A BOW?
Shared the last bow once.
NAME A SHOW YOU'VE DONE MORE THAN TWO TIMES:
I haven't been around long enough to do the same show twice
HAVE YOU BEEN TO LA:
Nah.
SCARIEST PART OF AN AUDITION:
The first note of your song.
BEST PART OF AN AUDITION:
The interview
NAME A SHOW YOU WOULD NEVER DO AGAIN:
I've never been in a show that I wouldn't do again, under the right circumstances.
NAME A SHOW YOU COULD DO FOR YEARS:
OZ!
NAME A SHOW YOU WOULD LOVE TO DO BUT HAVE NEVER BEEN IN:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
NAME A PERSON YOU'D LIKE TO WORK WITH AGAIN:
Rita Wood.
WHAT ARE YOU AUDITIONING FOR NEXT:
The Pirates of Penzance, or The Slave of Duty
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN PERFORMING:
4 years.
DO YOU CARRY YOUR HEADSHOTS AROUND WITH YOU:
If I had one, definitely not.
DO YOU KEEP IN TOUCH WITH PAST CAST MEMBERS:
Usually to some degree.
WHAT IS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE PERFORMANCE:
Second night of OZ!, first time in the school's history that the musicalw as sold out.
WHAT'S SOMETHING EMBARRASSING OR UNEXPECTED THAT HAPPENED TO YOU WHILE ON STAGE.
The smoke machine that was supposed to mask my exit didn't come on.
WHAT'S SOMETHING EMBARRASSING OR UNEXPECTED THAT HAPPENED TO YOU WHILE IN THE DRESSING ROOM:
I once tried to wear suspenders that were way too short for me; I figured that thirties pants were supposed to be high... I was wrong.
WHO IS THE MOST DIFFICULT PERSON (ON STAGE OR OFF) THAT YOU HAVE EVER WORKED WITH:
John Hubley
EVER BEEN NAKED ON STAGE?:
No.
WHO OR WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST INSPIRATION OR INFLUENCE IN THE THEATRE?:
Sanford Meiner, and his always in the moment method.
IF YOU COULD BE A RICH FAMOUS PORN STAR OR A STRUGGLING THEATRE ACTOR WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
Struggling anything, rather than the first.
BEST PROFESSIONAL SHOW(S) YOU'VE SEEN:
The Syringa Tree
ONSTAGE, HAVE YOU EVER...
a) Been killed? Yes.
b) Been drunk / stoned?: No
c) Played someone half your age: Yes.
d) Played someone twice your age? Yes.
e) Cried?: Yes.
f) Fired a gun?: No.
g) Driven a car?: No.
h) Been drenched?: To death!
i) Been in a dream sequence? I was kind of watching.
j) Been kissed?: Yes.