PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Peter and the Starcatcher Director Alex Timbers

By Matthew Blank
12 Jun 2012

Alex Timbers
Alex Timbers

Alex Timbers, a 2012 Tony Award nominee for his co-direction (with Roger Rees) of Peter and the Starcatcher, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.

Timbers is a Tony-nominated writer-director and the recipient of Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards, as well as two OBIE Awards.

Credits include The Pee-wee Herman Show, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, A Very Merry Unauthorized Pageant, Gutenberg! The Musical! and Hell House.

Alex was president of the Yale Dramat and is the artistic director of downtown company Les Freres Corbusier.



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Full given name: Alexander Carvelas Timbers

Where you were born/where you were raised: New York City
Zodiac Sign:Leo
Something you're REALLY bad at: Singing. Dancing. Which keeps me in constant, wide-eyed awe of the performers I get to work with.
First Broadway show you ever saw: Cats
Did you have any particular mentors or inspirations when first starting out? In high school and college, I loved reading about directors like Oskar Eustis, Michael Greif, Des McAnuff and Robert LePage.

Both their views on theater’s potential and their eclecticism really inspired me and continue to do so today.

Current show you have been recommending to friends: One Man, Two Guvnors
Some favorite musicals: Robber Bridegroom, How to Succeed, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Merrily We Roll Along, In Trousers, Tommy
Some favorite modern plays: Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance, Christopher Durang’s Titanic, Stephen Karam’s Sons of the Prophet, Arthur Kopit’s Indians
Some favorite modern playwrights: Chuck Mee, Steven Levenson, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Carly Mensh, Zayd Dohrn, J.T. Rogers
Favorite showtune(s) of all time:“ “From this Moment On” from Cole Porter’s Out of this World
Favorite directors of all time, stage or screen: Mike Nichols, Jack O’Brien, Annie Kauffman, Ken Russell, Baz Luhrmann, Michael Greif, David Herskovits
Stage or screen stars of the past you would most have loved to have worked with: Peter Sellers
The one performance – attended - that you will never forget: Ivo Van Hove’s Hedda Gabler at NYTW. The distillation of both the character choices and design elements to their essential qualities felt so smart and fresh to me.
MAC or PC? MAC
Most played song on your iPod: “With a Good Criminal Heart” by The World / Inferno Friendship Society
Last book you read: "The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl"
Must-see TV show(s): I’m a huge "Eastbound and Down" fan. Danny McBride as Kenny Powers is one of my all-time favorite comic performances.
Last good movie you saw: "Hanna"
Some films you consider classics: "They Shoot Horses Don’t They"
"Barry Lyndon"
"Scott Pilgrim"
The original "Rollerball"
"Marie Antoinette"
"Step Brothers"
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