Richard Jay-Alexander
| Richard Jay-Alexander | |
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May 24, 1953 Solvay, New York, United States |
| Education | State University of New York at Oswego - 1974 |
| Occupation | Broadway Producer, director |
| Parent(s) | Frank and Dulce Fernandez |
Richard Jay-Alexander (born May 24, 1953) is an American Broadway producer and director, who has been part of the stage world for over 40 years. He was a dancer, singer and actor in two minor roles on Broadway and later branched into stage management. He served as Executive Director of the New York office of producer Cameron Mackintosh. Cameron Mackintosh is known for productions including Les Misérables, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, Five Guys Named Moe, Oliver! and Putting It Together. Jay-Alexander ran Mackintosh's North American operations for twelve years.
His recent directorial credits include the concert versions of Les Miz in 2008 and Guys and Dolls in August 2009, both at the Hollywood Bowl. He has also staged concert productions for performers such as Kristin Chenoweth, Bernadette Peters, Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Lea Salonga, Polly Bergen, Russell Watson, Il Volo, Il Divo, Norm Lewis, Debby Boone, Mary Cleere Haran, Roslyn Kind, Melissa Errico, Betty Buckley, Donny & Marie Osmond, Ricky Martin, Well-Strung, Melora Hardin, Jennifer Leigh Warren, and others.
Richard Jay-Alexander was born in Solvay, a suburb of Syracuse, New York and is the son of Frank Fernandez, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Dulce (Rodriguez) Fernandez, from Havana, Cuba. His love for theatre began in elementary school when he witnessed a production of Bye Bye Birdie, presented by the St. Cecilia Players in his local school auditorium. He graduated from Solvay High School in 1971 and State University of New York at Oswego in 1974, where he majored in theatre and music. After college, he moved to San Francisco where he got lead roles in The Boys from Syracuse and The Heartbreak of Psoriasis, starring Divine. The following fall of 1975, he moved to New York City.
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