Before Shab Row Bistro and Wine Bar’s mixologist Alex Strange ever crafted a single cocktail — or drank one for that matter — he spent a childhood working as an actor. He was only nine when he made his Broadway debut as Gavroche (“the kid who gets shot in the head at the end”) in Les Miserables. A couple years later, he scored the part of the little boy Edgar in Ragtime, which earned him and the rest of the cast a Tony nomination.

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