Ep 75: Lindsey Alley

The Todd Donald Show

Actor, Singer & more… Lindsey Alley was the child who was delivered the WOW experience from movie musicals and stage musicals, brought to her by parents who worked in what we now refer to as ‘essential services’. A natural and exceptional performer early on, Lindsey was getting cast in big stage productions halfway to 10 years old. She also spent her entire childhood-to-adolescance transition and experience, as a staple cast-member on Disney’s sensational and later iconized All new Mickey Mouse Club (1989-1996), and never lost the talent or the passion and ambition!
I found it very interesting to hear firsthand, what it’s like to weather the storm of showbusiness from so early in life, and then struggle to self-validate or maintain an ideal sense of worth within it, and throughout the course of one’s life. Lindsey Alley has done it; film, television, YouTube and on and off Broadway in a plethora of plays, musicals and cabaret shows; including her tour-de-force one-woman show “Blood, Sweat and Mouseketears” an up-to-date and living, comedic, chronical of her journey through that storm; the highs, the lows, Mickey, Marriage, Motherhood… and m-m-m-more!
As a theatre lover alone, i’m an enourmous fan of Lindsey’s showmanship, sense of humour and realness. We have Youtube, and now Covid-19, so I spent an ample amount of time one week, discovering and watching all the videos from “Blood, Sweat and Mouseketears” which I 100% have to see live, now, somehow… as well as Lindsey’s former ongoing video series ‘On The Patio’, the totally real, but seemingly surreal and hilarious conversations between her and her sweet Mother. Was it a ridiculous “hail mary pass” to reach out to such an exemplary talent, let alone one of my favourite Mouseketeers? Yes. Did it end up somehow being a pleasure for both of us both!? Listen and find out!
Chat with Lindsey Alley recorded over Zoom from Gjoa Haven NU to New Jersey NY on May 23rd, 2020. Recorded music: “Survival In New York” by Lindsey Alley ©2004 Tsimmes Music (ASCAP) All Rights Reserved. From "Look Ma, No Ears" Written by Stephen Winer & Lindsey Alley, Music and Lyrics by Bob Stein. Voiceover by Milo Axelrod, theme music by William Chernoff, piano outro by JP Sunga, everything else by Todd Donald. Presented in part, by Afternoon Tea. afternoontealabel.com