I recently had the pleasure of meeting Damien Alix-Souhabi, an Alum of The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, and a 26 year old native of Montreal, QC, Canada. I met Alix-Souhabi through Facebook, but knew who he was since we went to the same institution together. Through the wonders of YouTube, I was able to watch some of Alix-Souhabi's Cabaret performances, and his showcase performances. If there is one piece of information you can take away from this, it's that Alix-Souhabi is a phenomenal performer. From his voice to the specificity in his actions to the way he presents himself on stage, Alix-Souhabi is on his way to the top.
In Alix-Souhabi's showcase performance at AMDA, Alix-Souhabi performed "All I Care About" from the Broadway musical, Chicago. Alix-Souhabi also sang "People Like Us" from The Wild Party, which is a musical set in the 1920's. Both of Alix-Souhabi's performances were exceptional to say the least. In Alix-Souhabi's performance of "All I Care About" I found that he is incredibly magnetic and he takes complete control of his stage. Also, the way he transforms from Damien to the character he is portraying shows how dynamically versatile he is. In his duet, "People Like Us", he has a great connection with not only his movement but with his scene partner. The chemistry between the two actors was clearly shown.
In the past year, Alix-Souhabi performed at "Let's Broadway Cabaret Series!" At this specific cabaret, Alix-Souhabi sang "Guido's Song" from the Broadway musical, Nine. In the other two "Let's Broadway Cabaret Series!" Alix-Souhabi performed "Once In Love With Amy" from the 1948 musical, Where's Charley? The other piece performed was "Sue Me" from Guys and Doll's. The emotion behind this piece was intense to say the least. Alix-Souhabi showcased the many emotions of the character of Nathan in a matter of a few minutes. In all of his pieces that he performed, Alix-Souhabi has proved that he will have a phenomenal career.
To conclude, Alix-Souhabi is on my top ten list of the best up and coming performers. Alix-Souhabi is a dedicated and hard worker towards his craft. He takes his work very seriously and has set goals in mind to get to where he wants to go in his career. With all of his intensive training and his amazing work ethic, I believe that he is set to start performing on a big time stage.
