About This Show
Lampkin Music Group in association with David Fink presents Alexandra Billings in Before I Disappear.
An autobiography in story and song, transgendered actress/singer Alexandra Billings’ tour-de-force is a hilarious, and sometimes harrowing, roller-coaster journey through her complex life. From boyhood to womanhood, she paints a Picasso-like portrait of herself through the eyes of those who knew her best, and least. Not for the faint of heart, this ride takes you from summer camping into the asphalt jungle and back alleys of Chicago and its counter culture and phoenix-like rise through the air to New York City and L.A.
Written by Alexandra Billings
Composed by Alexandra Billings with Arrangements by Steve Schalchlin
Lyrics by Chrisanne Blankenship Billings
Directed by Mary Beidler Gearen
Nominated for a Los Angeles ADA Award for Best Musical/Best Actress of the Year. September 2006
“Solo Show is a Triumph of Spirit!”
Sherman Oaks Sun, October 2005
"Worth a Look!"
Los Angeles City Beat, LA. 2005
"Billings is a forthright and funny entertainer"
Village Voice – NY, 2003
"From her childhood as a boy to her life as a woman living with AIDS, this is one amazing piece–just Alex, just the stage, and just wonderful."
Windy City Times – Chicago, 2003.
Sponsored by the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame, and Aids Assist, South Bend