Alice Ripley is a GODDESS!!!

I went to see "Baker's Wife" at Paper Mill Playhouse last night and I must say that Alice Ripley was more impressive than I expected. I honestly think that she can do ANYTHING vocally. Her "Meadowlark" was breathtaking -- she was able to sing the first verse with a legit soprano style and then she belted the rest of the verses like you wouldn't believe! The raw emotion that she brought to the entire production was amazing. Overall, I wasn't entirely sold on the production, but Steve Schwartz' score and the performances of the 3 leads (Alice, Lenny Wolpe and Max von Essen) made the evening memorable.

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La Ripley. I love it.

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Would LOVE to hear Alice do damage to the "Wicked" songs everyone either loves or hates. (Watch out for the angry posts, Hannah!!!) She could handle both roles. Wouldn't that be FUNNY!!! Wicked -- starring Alice Ripley as Elphie on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. On Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, she stars as Galinda and on Wednesdays and Saturdays, she's green in the morning and blonde in the evening.

LOL!!!!!

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Only if Emily Skinner plays whatever role Alice isn't playing.:) Can you imagine?

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YAY FOR ALICE! I would LOVE to see this production...too bad I'm so far away. Quite true...Alice can do almost anything...and bwaysinger, I'll go see Wicked with you when she's in it...it'll be our first date! hehe

I'll be seeing it on Wednesday... yay.

PS: I'd like to see Emily's Galinda to Al's Elphaba, and I'm very sad I just admitted to that... I see Emily more in a pink puffy dress than Alice, quite frankly... and Emily's just WRONG for Elphie...

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"Meadowlark" is not to be believed. On the first verse I thought ". . . well she does have a gorgeous head voice, but I know she can belt. I wonder if she's been directed to sing this legit?" Then she put it into gear. MAN . . . I'd pass out programs just to hear that every night.

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If they did WICKED, that would be interesting. But I think Alice would Galinda/Glinda (because of her range) and Emily would Elphaba (because of her range).

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Definitely, there was so much genuine emotion invested in Alice's entire performance in "Meadowlark" and that seemed to bring the song to a different level. The way the play is constructed, it's difficult to understand why Genevieve would just take off with Dominique on a whim. However, Alice is able to embody that struggle with a sense of total emotional imbalance to where you feel as if you are experience a bird thrashing against the sides of the cage for freedom.

As far as the accents go, I felt Alice's was the strongest and most consistent in the entire cast. The one thing that bothered me about the production, however, was the total lack of an accent for many of the actors and many others who had fleeting accents.

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