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Seinfeld Reference: The Complete Encyclopedia Acting - Theater/MusicalsBased on his acting experience--the theater, one movie, and several television commercials--in 1979 Alexander was convinced to drop out of college and pursue a full-time acting career. Ironically, despite never graduating, fourteen years later Boston University honored him with a School for the Arts Alumni Award. Alexander moved to New York City and rented an apartment on Amsterdam Avenue with Holly Hunter, in a purely platonic relationship, and after nine months found a place on 90th Street and York. Despite an inauspicious Broadway acting debut in Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along, Alexander remained steadily employed as an actor, and appeared in various Broadway productions, such as Neil Simon's Broadway Bound and Terrence McNally's The Rink, and off-Broadway plays Personals and Forbidden Broadway.By 1989 Alexander received overwhelming critical acclaim for his narrative role in Jerome Robbins' Broadway, garnering three awards (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics) for Best Actor in a Musical. The performance also won a Grammy Award for Best Cast Show Album. Ironically, he initially rejected the emcee role because of the character's limited range. After a significant revision, however, the part evolved into a clever raconteur with Alexander dancing through twenty years of musicals.After six years on "Seinfeld," Alexander returned to his roots and gave television viewers a stunning glimpse of his singing and dancing talents. With the small-screen version of "Bye Bye Birdie," Alexander plays a rock star manager who sheds his smothering mother, regroups his life, and finds romance with his assistant. According to costar Vanessa Williams, Alexander has the soul of Gene Kelly inside the body of a tax accountant.Two years later Alexander collaborated with Whitney Houston, Whoopi Goldberg and Brandy, in the television adaptation of "Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical 'Cinderella.'" Although made-for-television, the $12 million budget surpasses many feature film allotments with considerably better talent, quality and results.In Los Angeles, Alexander portrayed Harry Truman in the one-man play Give 'Em Hell Harry and starred in "Promises, Promises" for Reprise!
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