In this very special BroadwayRadio interview, James Marino and Matt Tamanini have a deeply personal, insightful, and revelatory conversation with “Fiddler on the Roof” star Alexandra Silber. Not only does she discuss many of her career highlights, she also talks about the lessons learned from the loss of her father, channeling that pain into two upcoming books, and many more stories from her varied career.

Episode Rundown

(time stamps are approximate)

00:00:00: Opening

– “Matchmaker” from the 2015 Broadway Cast Recording of “Fiddler on the Roof”

00:00:30: Social Media, #TheCutestPregnantWomanOnBroadway

00:03:10: “After Anatevka” novel, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

00:14:42: Arlington

-“Arlington” from the World Premiere Cast Recording of “Arlington”

00:22:43: Manhattan Theatre Club’s “Master Class”

-Performance clip from the 2011 Broadway Revival of “Master Class”

00:30:25: Mama and Papa Silber’s glorious love story, Al’s upbringing

00:33:31: San Francisco Symphony’s 2014 “West Side Story”

-“I Have a Love” from the 2014 San Francisco Symphony “West Side Story”

00:38:50: Replacing in the Original West End production of “The Woman in White”

00:47:10: How She Got to Scotland, a Connection Between her Choices and those of her Mother

00:55:00: 2015 “Fiddler on the Roof” Broadway Revival, Danny Burstein

-Tony rehearsal footage (courtesy of Playbill). Ceremony performances are protected by CBS’s copyright

01:02:45: How heartbreak and difficulty brought her back to the U.S.

01:09:33: Broadway Records’ World Premiere Cast Recording of “Arlington”

–Purchase the Original Cast Recording of “Arlington” from Broadway Records

01:12:05: My Favorite Things Lightning Round

01:20:20: Closing

– “I Feel Pretty” from the 2014 San Francisco Symphony “West Side Story”

Connect with Alexandra

Official Website

Official Blog

Official Twitter | @AlSilbs

Official Instagram | @AlSilbs

Tatiana Angela Lansbury Romanov’s Official Instagram | @IFeelKitty

Dressing 51 Instagram (Al Silber and Sam Massell) | @DressingRoom51

About Alexandra Silber

Born in Los Angeles, California, Alexandra Silber grew up outside Detroit, Michigan. She attended Interlochen Center for the Arts, graduating with the coveted Young Artist Award, and continued her training at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formerly The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama) in Glasgow, majoring in Acting. She graduated in 2005 with The Faculty Student of the Year Award just days before her West End debut as Laura Fairlie in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Woman in White. Alexandra made her feature film debut in Stephen King’s 1408, starring John Cusack, before portraying Hodel in The Sheffield Crucible’s 2007 production of Fiddler on the Roof, and it’s subsequent West End transfer. She joined Fiddler on the Roofdirector Lindsay Posner once again, portraying Julie Jordan in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel at The Savoy Theatre in London’s West End. She received tremendous critical acclaim, and Great Britain’s TMA Award for Best Performance in a Musical.  Alexandra made her American acting debut in a revival of her portrayal of Julie Jordan for Reprise Theatre Company in Los Angeles (under the artistic directorship of Jason Alexander) once again to overwhelming critical acclaim, and garnered an Ovation nomination. She joined Tony Award winner Tyne Daly in Terrence McNally’s Master Class at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, directed by Stephen Wadsworth, and made her Broadway debut in the same production with Manhattan Theatre Club in the Spring of 2011 (garnering a nod fromBackstage for one of the “great Theater Performances of 2011).” Alexandra made her New York theatre debut portraying The Young Wife in[...]