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"It feels great because I wanted to do this when I was 14 - this acting as a job. Along the way I've had my doubts as to whether I made the right choice. Usually the doubts don't last for more than five minutes, but with Next to Normal, I can really say, 'I'm doing the right thing, and I'm also serving the community.'"
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~ Alice Ripley
~Alice Ripley
re: the show's transfer to Broadway
"I'm so happy that all the fans have a show to belong to."
~Alice Ripley
re: the show's transfer to Broadway
Alice Ripley
stars in "Next to Normal" (Broadway) as Diana, a mother and wife trying to live through the extreme highs and lows of illness, who is trying to find a place of recovery after loss, and a solution other than the only one being offered: being drugged into numbness.
The Washington Post says:
"This sensitively crafted show is sung with a wallop by a six-member cast that includes the astonishing Alice Ripley."
"Ripley is a marvel of off-center magnetism, utterly convincing as a woman who knows something is wrong but becomes ever more unsure what getting better is supposed to mean. She handles Diana's anguished ballads as if each might help to quell her troubled psyche."
"You can't help but enlist in Diana's struggle. You want her to be whole, to find herself, to be able to remember. It's a feeling Ripley makes sure you won't soon forget."
full review
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A special message for fans from Alice Ripley - larger version here
(c) 2009 Ripley
A quick shout out to all the N2N fans on the day that fans officially
found out the news that N2N is going to Broadway! (2/17/09)
The quality isn't all that hot, but it's classic Alice: sweet + goof.
found out the news that N2N is going to Broadway! (2/17/09)
The quality isn't all that hot, but it's classic Alice: sweet + goof.
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Alice Ripley to a young actor:
"In the end, that knowledge [of the world around you]
mixed with a double shot of courage is what will
make you an interesting actor."
make you an interesting actor."
A.R. responding to an interviewer who called her "fearless":
"You know, I couldn’t have played this [role of Diana] until now.
I couldn’t have played it 5, 10, 15 years ago – I wouldn’t have
been brave enough. It’s scary to reveal that much, but in
the end, the audience gives it back. It’s a relationship with
the audience in the theater and it’s a beautiful thing when
they give and you give and it keeps going back and forth."
a letter from Martha Graham to Agnes DeMille:
"There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost. The world will not have it.
It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable it is nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you.
Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive."
and finally...
A.R. to all those fans who've yelled across
the street to her, I saw you naked!!!:
the street to her, I saw you naked!!!:
"It was my idea for Janet to take off her bra.
Believe it or not, it was a character choice."
Believe it or not, it was a character choice."
links to above quotes:
It feels great because
In the end
You know
There is a vitality
It was my idea
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES!
recent event: MISCAST
Mar. 9, 2009
Alice Ripley, Aaron Tveit, Daniel Breaker, Raul Esparza, Kelli O'Hara, Alice Ripley, and Many More Performed in Benefit
more info: MCC Theater
Theater Mania
Playbill
The evening featured performances by Broadway stars performing classic show tunes. The catch is they performed songs for roles in which they would never be cast.
All proceeds benefit MCC's production, play development, education and outreach programs.
MCC Theater was founded in 1986 as Manhattan Class Company, then a collective of young actors, writers and directors eager to take a leadership role in their own artistic development. Initial peer-based “classes” led to showcases and eventually to the kinds of full-scale productions that have made MCC Theater one of New York’s leading off-Broadway theater companies.
and A. Tveit in white tights ("Wicked")
and, my friends, that is ALL I have to say about that :P
ongoing: KENNEDY CENTER
check out the Jan. 2009 RIPLEY concert, fierce, fearless, and fab
Alice's band performed at The Kennedy Center last month.
The concert is available for viewing, in its entirety, by going here:
then scrolling down to the search box on the right side; enter "ripley" and you'll find 4 concerts! - each an hour long. ROCK OUT!
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You can always find RIPLEY's music at their official page
Plus go here for 2 other songs: "Beautiful Eyes" and "President Hillary"
Christopher Schelling
THE "NEXT TO NORMAL" CAST RECORDING
is on its way! Recording took place Feb. 11 & 12. You can sign up to be notified at n2n@sh-k-boom.com or at www.sh-k-boom.com
photos: broadway.com
singing her brains, heart, and soul out for something like
one bazillion hours!!! 38 songs coming your way!
three songs are available right now at The Official Site!!!
www.nexttonormal.com
ongoing: THE BATTERY'S DOWN
Alice Ripley can be seen as a guest angel on the internet show, www.thebatterysdown.com
Episode 9, part 1, "The Bronx is Up" - it's 9 minutes in and it's quick, but you have to see this!
article
Jake Wilson, a University of Michigan graduate, plays himself in the original series consisting of 20-minute episodes that debut the first of each month, chronicling his life as a young performer in New York City.
Also guest stars John Gallagher, Jr. (Spring Awakening, Rabbit Hole), Celia Keenan-Bolger (Spelling Bee, Saved), Tyler Maynard (The Little Mermaid, Altar Boyz), Deidre Goodwin (A Chorus Line, 30 Rock), Susan Blackwell (title of show), Ana Nogueira (Perez Hilton Saves The Universe), and more. The episode also features a special appearance by famed gossip blogger Perez Hilton.
The rest of the episodes are here.
TBA: CHARITY AUCTION
no takers this 1st round, but it'll be coming around again. for Elevate Hope Fdt.
1) A.R. autographed her CD, "Everything's Fine"
2) A.R. autogr. "Who's Tommy" program
3) A.R. and Emily Skinner autogr. program from Broadway Cabaret Festival, 2006 (the one recorded as "Skinner/Ripley, Raw at Town Hall"
4) bonus program thrown in for fun, "Broadway Originals" (A.R.)
5) possibly Arena Stage's N2N program (VA/D.C. production)
LANDSCAPE THE TAR ROOF TREE
info - Alice's radio interview (it's a long interview, covers everything from "Side Show" to "Next to Normal" off-Broadway to RIPLEY the band
Ms. Ripley had been at work composing an original musical/theater piece with Michael Roth. It's to be written in 5 movements of 15 minutes each. One of the movements is about outsider artist, Henry Darger.
info on Roth
and hear a sample of "Mercy Ana M" at Roth's MySpace page
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(click pics)
. come find Alice Ripley on Facebook!
.. RIPLEY the band's official MySpace page, with song
samples. Also check out myspace.com/drasticalice
Feel free to e-mail her here (or Facebook, above).
FOR FANS! - all of whom Ms. Ripley treats w/ such
kindness. In 15 years of my B'way experience, I have
not seen anything like it (except for Marcia Gay Harden)
Broadway cast recording - on iTunes
.. w/ Emily Skinner, an official site: www.SkinnerRipley.com
The Actor's Fund
.. to buy "Everything's Fine", A.R.'s solo CD
.. more A.R. and RIPLEY music
listen to A.R. & RIPLEY music
"Little Fish" cast recording (2007, Los Angeles prod.)
my favorite article, 2008 re: N2N (& blondie Alice Ripley)
another favorite article, also 2008 re: N2N off-B'way
"Next to Normal" tickets at the Official Site
(click pics)
(click pics)
. come find Alice Ripley on Facebook!.. RIPLEY the band's official MySpace page, with song samples. Also check out myspace.com/drasticalice
Feel free to e-mail her here (or Facebook, above).
FOR FANS! - all of whom Ms. Ripley treats w/ such kindness. In 15 years of my B'way experience, I have
not seen anything like it (except for Marcia Gay Harden)
Broadway cast recording - on iTunes .. w/ Emily Skinner, an official site: www.SkinnerRipley.com The Actor's Fund .. to buy "Everything's Fine", A.R.'s solo CD .. more A.R. and RIPLEY music listen to A.R. & RIPLEY music "Little Fish" cast recording (2007, Los Angeles prod.) my favorite article, 2008 re: N2N (& blondie Alice Ripley) another favorite article, also 2008 re: N2N off-B'way "Next to Normal" tickets at the Official Site(click pics)
BIO (unofficial)
“Next to Normal”
ALICE RIPLEY as “Diana”, a mother and wife trying to live through the extreme highs and lows of illness, who is trying to find a place of recovery after loss, and a solution other than the only one being offered: being drugged into numbness.
Ripley received a Tony-nomination for “Side Show”. She was in the original Broadway casts of “The Who’s Tommy”, “Sunset Boulevard”, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”, “King David”, and “James Joyce’s the Dead”. She takes part in numerous benefits every year, from The Actors Fund concerts, to The Momentum A.I.D.S. Project, to non-profit theaters like Second Stage, which put on “Next to Normal” off-Broadway. Also a songwriter, guitarist, and drummer, she’s released a solo CD (“Everything’s Fine”) and two CDs with her rock band, RIPLEY (“RIPLEY” and “Outtasite”). She is composing a musical/theater piece with Michael Roth, “Landscape the Tar Roof Tree”.
