Fourth-grader's acting career gets off to fast start

Not many 9-year-olds have a dialect coach, a driver and a starring role in a major play, but Alex Lange isn't like most fourth-graders -- at least in terms of his resume.

The Davidsonville resident and student at The Key School in Annapolis just completed a run in "The Member of the Wedding" at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.

"I think Alex has a 'natural' talent, which I feel sure he will develop in the future," said the play's director, Marshall W. Mason. "His strongest skill is his remarkable ability to concentrate on what he's doing, which enables him to 'live' the role in each performance as if it's for the first...