Recent Performances
LITTLE WOMEN
Book by Allan Knee
Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein
Music by Jason Howland
Alex Martinez as
PROFESSOR BHAER
Players Circle Theater
Directed by Ted Wioncek III
THE LAST FIVE YEARS
By Jason Robert Brown
Alex Martinez as
JAMIE WELLERSTEIN
Vero Beach Theatre Guild
Directed by Ben Earman
TORCH SONG
By Harvey Fierstein
Alex Martinez as
ARNOLD BECKOFF
Plays of Wilton! / Ronnie Larsen Presents
The Foundry
Directed by Ronnie Larsen
I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE
Book & Lyrics by Joe DiPietro
Music by Jimmy Roberts
Alex Martinez as
MAN 1
Off Glades Theatre Company / The Willow Theatre
Directed by Jodie Langel
REVIEWS
TORCH SONG
"Alex Martinez portrays Arnold Beckoff with such unrelenting energy and power...Alex plays him to perfection."
Marck Santee
TORCH SONG
"Blessed with kindness, better looks, and the gift of chutzpah, Martinez quickly makes the role of Arnold his own."
Mindy Leaf, South Florida Theatre Magazine
TORCH SONG
"Alex Martinez (Arnold)... portrays their angst perfectly, without allowing their kvetching to go over the top."
Britin Haller, Florida Theater On Stage
I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE
"Extremely versatile actor and singer Alex Martinez plays [Man 1]"
Mindy Leaf, South Florida Theatre Magazine
I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE
"Alex Martinez wows us with the incredible "Shouldn't I Be Less in Love With You?" a truly beautiful love song sung by a husband to his wife of thirty years. It was our favorite performance of the evening."
Britin Haller, Florida Theater On Stage
TORCH SONG
"Thanks to Martinez’s nuanced performance as Beckoff, we not only accept him, we pull for him and, ultimately, we love him. That is because Martinez believably balances Beckoff’s sharp humor with a moving vulnerability that touches our hearts. We recognize Beckoff and relate to him when, for instance, the young man admits to his mother, in a soft but sincere voice, that he misses Alan. To make the moment even more powerful, Martinez’s Beckoff could fight back tears...
As Martinez deftly portrays him, Beckoff is a well-drawn, complex person. He is a nebbish with a lot on his mind. At times, Martinez’s Beckoff feels like a pressure cooker of emotion simmering beneath the surface. It’s as if it’s begging for release. When that anger erupts, it’s like lava pouring from Niagara Falls. The actor scowls, and his voice drips with sarcasm and fury as he thunderously notes how folks have made gay people feel less than human. Certainly, we understand the source of the character’s anger. We never sense even remotely that Martinez’s Beckoff is spiteful."
Aaron Krause, Theatrical Musings
TORCH SONG
"Alex Martinez, though innocent of Jewish parentage, did not so much play Arnold as become him—absorbing into his very marrow that delicious contradiction of our people: the swagger of certainty intertwined with the sigh of doubt. It was in the angle of a brow, the tremor of a pause, the way he wore uncertainty like a talisman. One could swear he had been raised on the Lower East Side, nourished on kugel and complaint, an astonishing “Yiddishen Feigel”."
Cantor Salomon L. Vaz Dia
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
“Alex Martinez delivers one of the strongest performances as an outspoken and fiercely determined Perchik. You sense in him a palpable spirit of advocacy, like many young people today. Martinez also conveys credible satisfaction and happiness during the song “Now I Have Everything.””
Aaron Krause, Florida Theater On Stage
LITTLE WOMEN
"Alex Martinez brings quiet strength and sincerity to Professor Bhaer, the man who ultimately wins Jo's heart and respect."
Dave Elias, Gulf Coast News
SCHOOL OF ROCK
“Dewey Finn (portrayed with panache by Alex Martinez)...has the rhythm, moves and style of a hard rocker, yet displays ample emotional depth.”
Dale King, Palm Beach ArtsPaper
SCHOOL OF ROCK
“Special shout out is needed for the leading man of the musical, Alex Martinez as Dewey Finn. He may even be a better Finn than the man Jack Black himself. His acumen with acting and body language and a highly impressive falsetto are all reasons you should go check out this play, that is if the children weren’t enough of a reason.”
Christopher McDaniel, South Florida Theatre Magazine
NEXT TO NORMAL
“Of the whole cast, Martinez was the most 'real'. He begins the role almost caricature-ish, but as the show progresses you realize he is the solid ground for Natalie to stand on; he creates a vocal and physical character that is, effectively, a younger Dan, simply waiting to exist.”
Kelli Butler, OnStage Blog