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Alexandra Silber

Biography

Alexandra Silber

Alexandra Silber is a Grammy-nominated actress and singer who starred most recently as Tzeitel in the Broadway revival of “Fiddler on the Roof.” She earlier played Hoddel in a revival of the same show in London’s West End. It was those two roles that inspired her to write AFTER ANATEVKA. Her other Broadway credits include "Master Class," “Arlington" (Outer Critics Circle nomination), "Hello, Again" (Drama League nomination) and “She Loves Me.” She has appeared on all three incarnations of "Law & Order” and has performed in a variety of outlets, ranging from The 57th Grammy Awards to Carnegie Hall. She lives in New York.

Alexandra Silber

Books by Alexandra Silber

White Hot Grief Parade: A Memoir
by Alexandra Silber - Memoir, Nonfiction

Alexandra “Al” Silber seems to have everything. But when her beloved father dies after a decade-long battle with cancer when she is just a teenager, it feels like the end of everything. Lost in grief, Al and her mother hardly know where to begin with the rest of their lives. Into this grieving house burst Al’s three friends from theatre camp, determined to help out as only drama students know how --- and they’re moving in for the duration. Over the course of that winter, the now five-strong household will do battle with everything Death can throw at them. They will learn (almost) everything about love and will eventually return to the world, altered in different ways by their time in a home by a river.

After Anatevka: A Novel Inspired by "Fiddler on the Roof"
by Alexandra Silber - Fiction, Historical Fiction

The world knows well the tale of Tevye, the beloved Jewish dairyman from the shtetl Anatevka of Tsarist Russia. Tevye, his wife Golde and their five daughters dealt with the outside influences that were encroaching upon their humble lives. But what happened to those remarkable characters after the curtain fell? In AFTER ANATEVKA, Alexandra Silber picks up where “Fiddler on the Roof” left off. Second-eldest daughter Hodel takes center stage as she attempts to join her Socialist-leaning fiancé Perchik to the outer reaches of a Siberian work camp. But before Hodel and Perchik can finally be together, they both face extraordinary hurdles and adversaries attempting to keep them apart at all costs.