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 had their debut as the lady of the underground, opposite Phillip Boykin as hades; making them the first artist to have portrayed eurydice, the fates, & persephone in Hadestown’s history.

Alex is on Broadway with Hadestown — as Assistant Dance Captain, Swing, & Persephone u/s — until Spring 2026.

Photo by Aaron gousse.