Alice Ripley in Next to Normal in Los Angeles- Page 3
Alice Ripley in Next to Normal in Los Angeles
#50Alice Ripley in Next to Normal in Los Angeles
Posted: 1/6/11 at 3:04amAlso, RE: this talk of composers not writing for voices (i.e. Wicked being the classic example), is NEXT TO NORMAL really an example of this?
"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
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#51Alice Ripley in Next to Normal in Los Angeles
Posted: 1/6/11 at 3:09am
I agree, especially when the composers have adjusted the keys to fit Marin Mazzie properly. If they really wanted to thrash her voice they would have said TOUGH S*** sing it as written. If they were to lower the keys with Elphaba, the Wicked public would have walked out in disgust.
So it's basically everybody's fault. Composers for not budging. The public for demanding so much.
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Updated On: 1/6/11 at 03:09 AM
#52Alice Ripley in Next to Normal in Los Angeles
Posted: 2/3/11 at 6:38pmSaw the show last night in San Francisco. Alice sounds terrible. Definitely a poor, strained voice. I overheard some people talking after how much they loved the show, but thought that Alice "sounded sick". Her acting choices weren't even that good. Not sure if that was how she decided to play the role or if she was just tired from doing two shows yesterday but it was disappointing. Every other actor out-sung her by miles.
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