COMMISSIONED MUSICALS
Alongside the musicals Alexander has written for commercial production he has also been commissioned to write a large number of musicals for various companies These include:
Walking On The Sun
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council - Millennium Dome, London
An epic musical in which the story of a family, across several generations, is set against the backdrop of industrial and social change in the north of England. "Songs that would not disgrace a West End musical... a recipe for success" - Yorkshire Post. "Songs were toe-tappingly catchy... splendid music" Sheffield Star.
Odette
Bridewell Theatre - Bridewell Theatre, London.
A musical showing “the dark side of Swan Lake”, which adds the unknown back-story to the familiar tale. “Fantastic music, a wonderful. glorious score and a great story.” - LBC Radio. "I have seen most musicals worth seeing (and many more not worth seeing), but few match this. ODETTE shows "the dark side of Swan Lake", adding a compelling back-story to the familiar tale. The music is thrilling, haunting and memorable, the lyrics witty yet poignant, and the large cast multitalented. For a show boasting everything a great musical should, look beyond the West End and don’t miss it." - London Lite
Close Encounters
Mercury Musical Development & Academy for New Musical Theatre - Century City Playhouse, Los Angeles
A one-act light-hearted book musical for a cast of five, telling a tale of supernatural occurrences in a telesales office
Dead Heat
British Youth Music Theatre - Bradford Playhouse
A musical comedy in which a frustrated showbiz reporter invents a celebrity to unleash on her star-struck readers, which ultimately leads her into the midst of a murder-mystery.
Grimm Tales
Numerous family musical adaptations of Brothers Grimm Fairytales for the Hanau open air Festival (for excerpts from shows click on underlined titles)
Titles including: Snow White, The Blue Light, Sleeping Beauty, King Drosselbart, The Seven Ravens, The Golden Goose, The Frog Prince and Beauty And The Beast - The Singing Springing Lark (all originally produced over successive summers at the Amphitheater Park Schloss Philippsruhe, Hanau, Germany; most released on CD and/or DVD)