Billy Elliot the Forum

mrmikerocks wrote:

kport wrote:Playbill has a Photo Call which includes former Small Boy Alex Drier, who is currently in The Assembled Parties at the Manhattan Theater Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre :

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/17 ... n-Broadway

(See photo #9)

I think you mean Photo 6

No. Number 9 for me. It must be different, for some reason.

It was 6 for me. How curious!

Perhaps my computer screen is upside down???????

It still is No 9. I blame my internet service provider!!

A Roundup Review from Broadway World of The Assembled Parties, in which former Small Boy Alex Drier takes part:

http://broadwayworld.com/article/Review ... E-20130417

Here's a pic of Alex looking quite dapper after last night's opening of The Assembled Parties.

http://instagram.com/p/YOomQrgXZf/

Cross-posting my review of This Way To Broadway, which featured Trent Kowalik and Alex Dreier:

http://www.billyelliottheforum.me.uk/fo ... 006#p87006

This snippet of Alex Dreier's bio from The Assembled Parties sure reads like a Billy in training: Studies ballet (School of American Ballet), tap, acro, karate (brown belt).

If Alex's karate is half as good as his singing, Posh Boy might get "pushed over" in quite a different manner!

Alex's character in The Assembled Parties is only on stage for maybe 3 minutes. Not much opportunity for Alex to showcase his impressive talent.

I saw The Assembled Parties as well this past weekend. Is is possible you and I were at two shows together? I was at the Saturday matinee.

I didn't write a review because I didn't care much for the show. I guess I will do my review now. I thought it has good acting and well written characters, but not a good overall story line. It is very VERY talky, with little action. The audience sits through 2 1/2 hours of dialog that doesn't really go anywhere.

I loved Judith Light's performance. She was a total delight to watch every moment she is on stage.

As atreyu noted, Alex only has one scene. He is in bed recovering from the flu and speaking with his older brother. Alex is very natural in his scene, but we have seen him do far more as Small Boy. I ran into Alex's dad during intermission and had a nice chat with him.

CJ-Rochester wrote:I saw The Assembled Parties as well this past weekend. Is is possible you and I were at two shows together? I was at the Saturday matinee.

Apparently so! Great BETM minds think alike it seems. Here's hoping our next chance meeting will be Sao Paulo.

I found The Assembled Parties to be okay. VERY talky is a good description, just that with all the loquacity, it's hard to figure out exactly who and what we're suppose to care for. Some quite funny moments though. Also, judging from audience reactions, I missed out on a fair amount of the humor, being that my familiarity with Yiddish expressions beyond meshuga is extremely limited.

One additional note about Alex's role, the character he plays is supposed to be 4 years old, so there's not a whole lot to interpret there.

Alex Dreier's current project is an off Broadway production (and US premier) of "Lies My Father Told Me" at the Baruch Performing Arts Center in NYC. The show opened a week ago and runs until December 15th.

http://playbill.com/events/event_detail ... rts-Center

Here is the number "Magic Wings" featuring Alex.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4RiobfvQss