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Alexandra Socha has left Fun Home

Posted: 11/27/13 at 1:00pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Alexandra-Socha-Exits-Public-Theaters-FUN-HOME-Emily-Skeggs-Steps-in-as-Medium-Alison-20131127

Hmmmmm….

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Alexandra Socha has left Fun Home

Posted: 11/27/13 at 1:00pm

She was utterly wonderful, and so this breaks my heart.

I hope all is ok with her!

Alexandra Socha has left Fun Home

Posted: 11/27/13 at 1:03pm

I'm sorry to hear this. I loved her performance!

Alexandra Socha has left Fun Home

Posted: 11/27/13 at 1:07pm

I loved her too. The bonus was she looked and acted just like a friend and colleague of mine.

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Alexandra Socha has left Fun Home

Posted: 11/27/13 at 1:26pm

What about the cast album? Is there a chance Alexandra would be brought back for that?

Alexandra Socha has left Fun Home

Posted: 11/27/13 at 2:16pm

I hope everything is okay with her, she was absolutely wonderful in the show.

Alexandra Socha has left Fun Home

Posted: 11/27/13 at 2:19pm

It's possible she just had a prior contractual commitment from before the extension was announced.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

Alexandra Socha has left Fun Home

Posted: 11/27/13 at 2:20pm

That's what I thought, until I saw "personal reasons." http://www.playbill.com/news/article/184957-Alexandra-Socha-Departs-Off-Broadway-Cast-of-Fun-Home-at-the-Public-Theater

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Alexandra Socha has left Fun Home

Posted: 11/27/13 at 2:27pm

Maybe she decided it was just too much seeing kids play in coffins.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

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Alexandra Socha has left Fun Home

Posted: 11/27/13 at 4:18pm

I don't have much direct information, but I heard she was let go. Of course "personal reasons," along with "creative differences," is a popular euphemism.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

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Alexandra Socha has left Fun Home

Posted: 11/27/13 at 4:21pm

That sucks, she was wonderful in the part. I still think she will be in the cast recording.

"PS Classics will release the album, which will boast the vocal talents of Fun Home's top-notch cast, including Tony winner Michael Cerveris, Tony nominee Judy Kuhn, Beth Malone, Sydney Lucas, and Alexandra Socha."

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Alexandra Socha has left Fun Home

Posted: 11/27/13 at 4:26pm

I'm not much into gossip, but I have to admit I am curious as to what would transpire that would end up with someone being "let go" this late in an extended run, particularly someone who was giving a very strong performance.

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Alexandra Socha has left Fun Home

Posted: 11/27/13 at 4:56pm

Someone else in the transfer thread said she was let go, which is pretty odd and unexpected. I'm planning to see the show next month and was looking forward to her performance.

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Alexandra Socha has left Fun Home

Posted: 11/27/13 at 9:57pm

If it's true that she was let go, that would be very strange. She gave a really wonderful performance, and "Changing My Major to Joan" was one of the highlights of the whole show for me.

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Alexandra Socha has left Fun Home

Posted: 11/27/13 at 10:26pm

Yeah, I can't imagine she was fired. What was she doing that was wrong? Unless she was a nightmare backstage, or maybe wanted more money for the extension, etc.

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Alexandra Socha has left Fun Home

Posted: 11/27/13 at 10:45pm

That would make me a very sad panda.

#17

Alexandra Socha has left Fun Home

Posted: 11/27/13 at 10:50pm

However, Emily Skeggs is already doing fantastic work in the role.

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Alexandra Socha has left Fun Home

Posted: 11/27/13 at 11:12pm

"Unless she was a nightmare backstage, or maybe wanted more money for the extension, etc."

She was none of these things. I've worked with Alexandra professionally (and I know her personally), and she is a gracious, generous performer and person. The press release said "personal reasons", so yeah, it's personal, so as much as we all like to gossip, let's respect her privacy?

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Alexandra Socha has left Fun Home

Posted: 11/27/13 at 11:17pm

A lot of people I talked to at the time were very critical of her work in Spring Awakening, but I thought she did a better job than Lea did. I also have fond memories of her in The Dream of the Burning Boy at the Roundabout Underground.

She would have been my motivation for seeing this.

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Alexandra Socha has left Fun Home

Posted: 11/28/13 at 4:54pm

I hope she does the cast recording!

#21

Alexandra Socha has left Fun Home

Posted: 11/28/13 at 5:46pm

If it hasn't already been recorded, I'd pretty much guarantee that she won't be a part of it.

And no one is prying into her personal life, people are just curious.

FWIW, I thought she was worlds better in SA then Lea, even though Lea was certainly a stronger vocalist. I thought her acting to be wonderful.

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#22

Alexandra Socha has left Fun Home

Posted: 12/2/13 at 12:53pm

Apparently, according to PS Classics on Twitter, Alexandra is in the recording studio today!

PS Classics
@PSClassics
We are ready to start recording FUN HOME. The lovely Alexandra Socha at the mic 1st doing "Changing My Major." #funhome @PublicTheaterNY

Updated On: 12/2/13 at 12:53 PM

#23

Alexandra Socha has left Fun Home

Posted: 12/2/13 at 1:09pm

I, too, found her worlds better in SA. I really disliked the show when I first saw it but due to friends saying give it another chance I saw it with the replacements I really enjoyed it.

#24

Alexandra Socha has left Fun Home

Posted: 12/2/13 at 1:38pm

Apparently, according to PS Classics on Twitter, Alexandra is in the recording studio today!

Yay!!

#25

Alexandra Socha has left Fun Home

Posted: 12/2/13 at 3:44pm

https://twitter.com/cerveris

The first picture! Yes! I am sure it had nothing to do with her being nice to work with, it's a personal thing she is going through. Glad to see she is there.

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