Alex Lugo (they/them) is a Black, Queer, & Non-binary artist based in Brooklyn, NY...

While a Sophomore at New York University, Alex joined the third year company of the RENT 20th Anniversary Tour with its original creative team — including Tim Weil (Music Direction) & Marlies Yearby (Choreography).

since graduating from Tisch School of the Arts, Alex was seen on Season Two of Max’s And Just Like That as Toby & touring the country with 1st National Tour of the Tony & Grammy-Winning Best Musical, Hadestown.

This past Fall, Alex premiered Empire Records, a musical based on the 1990s cult-classic film, at the McCarter Theatre Center alongside it’s original screenwriter, Carol Heikkinen, Trip Cullman (Direction), Ellenore Scott (Choreography), and Zoe Sarnak (Music & Lyrics).

At the beginning of the new year, Alex began their newest adventure as the Associate Choreographer of Hadestown’s Australian production; which premiered in Sydney, before it held its final performances in melbourne at Her Majesty’s Theatre.

most recently, Alex completed their time on Broadway with Hadestown - as assistant dance captain & swing - where they had debuted as the lady of the underground, opposite Phillip Boykin as hades; making them the first performer to have portrayed eurydice, the fates, & persephone in Hadestown’s history.

Alex is on tour with AMP worldwide’s rent in concert — as maureen johnson — until Spring 2026.

Photo by Aaron gousse.