Word: alexandra
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Alexandra says she sees two types of people in the theater world, both professional and at Harvard. One group is made up of the people who are "really in it for show biz," she says--"all glitter, very interested in themselves, superficial." The second group--the people she'd like to emulate--see performing as a profession, and remain themselves off stage. Joanne Woodward has impressed her as such an actress, she says; an earthiness combined with depth and intelligence. "Those are the people I admire." She sounds a bit annoyed when she describes the same split in Harvard...
These two different kinds of theater personalities are the subject of John Mankewiezc's screenplay, "All About Eve." Alexandra spent six months turning the screenplayinto a script for the stage--it started as a project for English 160--and now she hopes to see it performed this spring on the Loeb Mainstage if the Harvard Dramatic Club approves...
...While Alexandra appears basically confident that her effort to reach the stars will be successful--she says her agent now receives calls asking for her, so she doesn't have to audition as much as she once did--she is still slightly wary. Most of the money she earns now goes toward tuition and gifts for her family, she says, but she has bought herself a few things for the future--"things I'll want when...
...moment, it seems unlikely that Alexandra will give up, at least for a while. "I want to shoot for the stars," she says, repeating a line she has said before. "I know it sounds corny, but it's how I feel...
...like a child who's set free at the fun fair--every ride invites me," Barbara Streisand sings in "A Star is Born." Alexandra smiles. "That song," she says...