   HAPPY SUMMAH, ALL! I cannot believe that my son starts school a month from tomorrow and that the summer is almost over. Things have been a little crazy, hence my severe lack of posting, but tonight I finally got a chance to sit down and share what’s been going on!
SO…one thing I’ve been wanting to do for YEARS is get back to Denmark and see my cousins in person, let alone introduce my son to them. In early July, my son and I got to do just that. it was a short trip, but a great one and I was so happy to return to one of my favorite places AND catch up with family. Bookending that trip was a 29-hour reading of a new musical called “Conversations With My Penis”. Yes, you read right. Two urologists have written a musical/song cycle hoping to help men feel more comfortable about…their business. The cast was incredible and happened to star my dear friend and collaborator Richard Binder as well as the fabulous Sierra Rein, who brought me into this project. Not long after that, I went up to NH to visit The Barnstormers where I caught their production of Educating Rita starring the ridiculously talented Dale Place and my Sister from Nunsense the ever fabulous Sarah Corey. And of course, a visit to Barnstormers is not a visit without seeing Doug Shapiro, who not only is featured in their Agatha Christie play, “Come Back For Murder”, but is also running concessions this summer up there. I also got to see the designer run of the wonderful play “Into The Breeches”. Director Sarah Rozene gave it just the right touch along with the perfect cast. Doug and I sat there laughing, crying, sharing all the feels during this play that covers so many different topics without hammering at them. The day after I got back from NH, it was on to the Catskills for a family break with some great friends, great food, and fab hiking. Upon return, it was back to work with standardized patient work at Columbia Nursing, starting rehearsals for dear friend Eric Vetter’s birthday cabaret, Eric Vetter: Delusions and Inspiration, and then…a fitting and time on set for my first co-star. Can’t say which show just yet, but it was a marvelous time. Everyone I dealt with from the PA’s to hair and makeup, to the crew and director were fantastic, really just lovely. There were two scenes and mine was the last of the night and just me. It must ave gone all right as the director closed us out with “If we’ve got to be here late on a Friday night, with one shot to go, it should be with you!” It was a good time and here’s to more of that. SPEAKING OF MORE OF THAT…A while back I did a reading with fab actor Joyia Bradley. On a break during rehearsal, we ended up talking: “I’ve got agents, but no management,” - “Funny, I have management but no agents.” We made introductions to our people and next thing you know, she is signed with my management The Talent Express, and I am now signed with Will Ball at Vie for Commercials/TV/Film. Woo Hoo! So excited to be part of the team. Thank you for reading my essay on what I did on my summer vacation, and if you need this merry mixed mezzo, slap that contact button! P.S. Check back later for news on a new solo cabaret in November and a holiday BinderSuze show in December. Peace my friends! ☮️
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I have finally started a website! I just got these beautiful new headshots done by L Morgan Lee of BLUEphotography, and at last have a place to display them. I've also been getting this self-tape thing DOWN. Madison Avenue Baptist Church, with whom I've been the alto for going on twelve years, like most churches, has gone virtual, so we are making videos of solos and hymns for the time being. (Someday, I'll release an outtake reel.) There've been other opportunities, as well, for practicing this process: virtual choir and concert videos. I've been lucky enough to work with Prospect Theatre Company and, thus, was asked to be part of their lovely video featuring Peter Mills' tune "Two Buoys". (I come in with the alto part and drums>) Two Buoys Next, a dear friend - a jazz musician and choir director, presently living in Italy - started up Singers Without Borders and asked me to be part of this uplifting number: How Can I Keep From Singing? Lastly, The Rigano Songbook asked 42(!) of their closest friends to help out with this wonderful song about an all too relevant and growing segment of our lives as we try to communicate with proper social distancing: Screen To Screen The Rigano has a concert planned for 3/13...and then the world shut down. But far be it for them to not have a show. Yes, the Ides of March Extravaganza is now the Ides of APRIL and will be in virtual form. When those videos go up, I'll be sure to share here. In the meantime, contact me here if you would like me to be part of YOUR virtual - and/or, eventually, LIVE - project. Peace ✌️ AuthorAlexandra de Suze is a singer, actor, drummer who also writes a bit and occasionally makes silly videos Archives
August 2024
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