About the Author and Performer

Grammy-nominated actress and performer, Alexandra Silber most recently played Guinevere in a record-breaking run of Camelot at Shakespeare Theatre of DC. In 2017, she completed a run on Broadway as Tzeitel in the Tony-nominated revival of Fiddler on the Roof, co-starring alongside six-time Tony nominee Danny Burstein as Tevye. Alexandra played Hodel in the Sheffield Crucible’s 2007 production of Fiddler on the Roof, and its subsequent West End transfer. She made her American acting debut playing Julie Jordan in a revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel for Reprise Theatre Company in Los Angeles and garnered an Ovation nomination. Then, she made her New York theater debut portraying the Young Wife in the Transport Group’s revival of Michael John LaChiusa’s Hello Again (Drama League Award), and later that year played opposite Tony Award winner Tyne Daly in Terrence McNally’s Master Class at the Kennedy Center, and made her Broadway debut in the same production. Alexandra was recognized for her portrayal of Maria (opposite Cheyenne Jackson as Tony) with the San Francisco Symphony, in a concert presentation of West Side Story, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, which was nominated for a 2014 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. She also performed on the 57th Grammy Awards broadcast with Cheyenne Jackson.