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| MUSIC | STAGE |
| MUSIC REVIEWS |
| "Billings,one
of the most passionate performers you'll encounter in this or any
year,is a talent that should not be missed next time she hits the
"Big Apple." I guarantee you, she'll blow you away!. I can't
wait for her return." Marle Becker, OUT-FM/NY WBAI Radio |
| "Billings
has one of the best belt voices since Ethel Merman" |
| "Billings
is a forthright and funny entertainer." Village Voice..New York (2003) |
| "Being
Alive" is the CD debut of the Year!" Marle Becker..WBAI-FM Radio..New York (2000) |
| "You'll
be sitting on your barstool, dazzled, yearning for one more blast" Achy Obejas..Chicago Tribune..June 2000. |
| "Alexandra
Billings is a great actress who can sing up a storm." Larry Kramer..Oscar nominated screenwriter/playwright..April 2000. |
| "Being
Alive" is a **** Dazzler." Jeff Rossen..Gay Chicago Magazine June 2000. |
| "Fifty
Percent" is terrific' Billy Goldenberg...composer . |
| "The
lady is beautiful and her vocals are extraordinary!" Stu Hamstra...Cabaret Hotline. |
| "Her
powerful voice and wide vibrato drive thru Carly Simon's "Let
the River Run" and then she turns around and quietly dances
with Eric Schneider on the following track "Goin' out of my
Head," two songs from the pop music songbook that showcase
Billings' abilities outside of the showtune tradition." Philip Mosenberg...Chicagogigs.com |
| "this
one is exceptionally good and the production values are excellent
in all aspects. Flawless performances are everywhere, and it is a pleasure to listen to the CD again and again!" Lee Prosser..Jazz at a Glance. July 2000. |
| "the
CD ends with a rousing interpretation of Dennis DeYoung's "Come
Sail Away." Lewis Lesare..Chicago Reader..July 2000. |
| "Alexandra
Billings is wonderful in the role of Nora's faithful friend Mrs. Linde." Artscope.net |
| "Alexandra
Billings has a strong, passionate voice with just the right blend
of vulnerability and vitality. The songs on her CD "Being Alive"
reflect both qualities, and sometimes on the same track. in an eclectic
variety of popular tunes, she takes on the bright and bouncy "Rhythm/Got
Rhythm Medley" and "Some People" right along side
with the poignant title song and "Come Sail Away." No
matter the genre, Billings gets her message across. Her "Haunting
Medley (It's Too Late/Holding Back the Years)" is just that-haunting
and beautiful while "Fifty Percent" is full of determination
and spirit." "Being Alive" is an honest and powerful music venture. Laurie Lawson..www.eljallartsannex.com April 2003. |
| "Billings
has the volume and clarity of an opera singer, with a smashing, big
musical delivery." Gwen Warner...Website review. |
| Her
voice can be sassy and bouncy as on the album's kickoff medley of
"Rhythm" and "I Got Rhythm." She is genuinely
sincere on "Let the River Run" and imaginative on the
unusually gentle rendition of "Goin" Out of My Head." "Her vocal performances and true confessions liner notes give new meaning to the phrase "letting it all hang out." Dave Nathan..allmusicguide.com. |
| "Alexandra
Billings is the most electric talent to come out of our community." Lawrence Boomer, Windy City Times. |
| "Belting
out the likes of "Fifty Percent," Barry Manilow's "City
Rhythm" and David Freidman's "My Simple Christmas Wish,"
Billings proved a strong singer with a penchant for dicey quips." John Hoglund..Backstage Magazine. New York. 1998 |
| Alexandra
Billings is named one of Chicago Tribune's "Chicagoans of The
Year" December, 2001. |
| STAGE REVIEWS |
| "Even
more remarkable is Billings, whose Fagin suggests a cross between
Katharine Hepburn and Captain Hook, with a little Kaye Ballard
thrown in. She can purr and coo like Kate and roar and bellow like
John Belushi. She sings with dizzying abandon and possesses a seemingly
prehensile tongue. It's the most hilariously outrageous performance
in years." -- Neal Weaver, BACKSTAGE.COM - December 26, 2007 |
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| "Of course
it helps enormously that Alexandra Billings -- the canniest of all
mistresses of camp -- is on hand to command the stage at every turn
as Queen Evermean, the royal mum. Billings is the revved-up motor
here, and she even hums at high. Not a raised eyebrow or a nasty aside
is ever off target, and the kids not only adore her, but somehow they
'get' her." [ more from Hedy Weiss of The Chicago Tribune ] |
| From
the Chicago Tribune 'Bloom' a study in the trials of staging Joyce By Michael Phillips (Tribune theater critic) |
| "...let’s
not forget the mighty Alexandra Billings in a cameo turn as the omnipotent
madam Bella Cohen." Read the Review from Windy City Times! |
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"The play is filled with comic moments and colorful Irish characters like Blazes Boylan and Buck Mulligan and Bella Cohen, the brazen madame of a local brothel. The complementary
actors are all first rate, with pride of place perhaps going
to Gary Houston and Scotty Rowe for their especially fluid handling
of the language. Alexandra Billings makes a feisty impression
in her cameo as the pungent Bella Cohen." |
LA Weekly: "Billings nearly walks off with the scenery by underplaying the boozing matron." [ more ] |
"Alexandra Billings, as the dominatrix, Bella Cohen,
played the whore to the hilt..."