Alice Ripley COMPANY (and new stringent Facebook procedures)
Alice Ripley COMPANY (and new stringent Facebook procedures)
#1Alice Ripley COMPANY (and new stringent Facebook procedures)
Posted: 8/18/09 at 4:12am
What was Alice Ripley like in COMPANY?
P.s. I noticed she 'rejected' my friend request on Facebook, and got a PM to a fan page on Facebook instead. Thought it was interesting.
(P.s.s. I don't care that there have been and there still is active topics on Alice Ripley, if you are going to complain about that.)
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#2re: Alice Ripley COMPANY (and new stringent Facebook procedures)
Posted: 8/18/09 at 4:24amWas the PM directing you to Alice Hathaway? I have no idea about the rejection, she hasn't said anything about it on Facebook.
#2re: Alice Ripley COMPANY (and new stringent Facebook procedures)
Posted: 8/18/09 at 4:40am
It read:
HELLO LOVE, IF YOU WISH TO BE A FRIEND, GO TO http://www.facebook.com/drasticalice TO FIND OUR OTHER FAN SITE. HUGS, AR
(SHe didn't accept my friend request to her main FB site).
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#3re: Alice Ripley COMPANY (and new stringent Facebook procedures)
Posted: 8/18/09 at 7:09amShe is very close to the 5,000 friend limit on her regular page. I wonder if she is simply directing people to this new page for that reason.
#4re: Alice Ripley COMPANY (and new stringent Facebook procedures)
Posted: 8/18/09 at 7:42amShe's almost reached the maximum number of friends on that account, so she created a new one. Just friend her there on the new one.
#5re: Alice Ripley COMPANY (and new stringent Facebook procedures)
Posted: 8/18/09 at 8:22am
To answer the original question, I thought Alice was brilliant in Company. Very very funny. I'm probably biased because I saw that production just for her - but she stole the show - though the rest of the cast was pretty excellent as well.
I do remember that every night the audience went wild after her number - I think everyone would have been ok if she'd done it again. She's an extremely gifted comic actress.
I actually enjoyed that entire production for the most part. I thought the choreography was interesting and effective and I liked John Barrowman as Bobby.
Now what would you say if today I started over?
Without a thing but this taped together four leaf clover
And I'll pretend like everything is already alright
And I'll run toward the sun till the castle's out of sight
#6re: Alice Ripley COMPANY (and new stringent Facebook procedures)
Posted: 8/18/09 at 9:51amI didn't see it in person, but I love my bootleg of it. The entire cast is great -Marcy Harriell was a standout to me.
#7re: Alice Ripley COMPANY (and new stringent Facebook procedures)
Posted: 8/18/09 at 12:06pm
I want Alice Ripley to the play the Witch.
That's all.
Some people paint, some people sew, I meddle.
#8re: Alice Ripley COMPANY (and new stringent Facebook procedures)
Posted: 8/18/09 at 2:25pmI watched videos of her in the show, and I have to say I absolutely LOVE her take on "Getting Married Today." I agree with LeaGirl, she's quite the comic actress.
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