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Alice Ripley's Ask a Star

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beltingbaritone
#1Alice Ripley's Ask a Star
Posted: 5/29/09 at 7:21pm

I didn't see a thread for this but they posted Alice Ripley's Ask a Star video on Broadway.com. (Whatever happened to Matt Cavenaugh doing one?)

http://www.broadway.com/broadway_information_html/5015928

I love the ending!


Men don't even belt.

dg22894
#2re: Alice Ripley's Ask a Star
Posted: 5/29/09 at 7:31pm

MY QUESTION MADE IT ON. MY FIRST NAME IS DAVID. I asked the one about high school theatre

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alliez92092
#2re: Alice Ripley's Ask a Star
Posted: 5/29/09 at 7:32pm

For the most part, those questions were awful. And really awkward. I groaned when I saw the {title of show} one. Honestly, when you have someone as eloquent as Alice, give her good questions because she's sure to have a great answer. Whatever, she was still great.

However, the best part of that was easily when she started belting out Rainbow High.

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BroadwayGuy12
#3re: Alice Ripley's Ask a Star
Posted: 5/29/09 at 7:39pm

Alice is wonderful. I thought some of the questions were a bit bizarre, but her answers were great--especially the story about her first kiss!

dg22894
#4re: Alice Ripley's Ask a Star
Posted: 5/29/09 at 7:52pm

Was my question odd? I just asked about high school theater

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LittleBitRacist
#5re: Alice Ripley's Ask a Star
Posted: 5/29/09 at 7:52pm

"are you facebook friends with emily skinner?" dumbest question ever. i love alice ripley ahh

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Elphaba3
#6re: Alice Ripley's Ask a Star
Posted: 5/29/09 at 7:54pm

The questions were mostly lame, but her answers were good.

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alliez92092
#7re: Alice Ripley's Ask a Star
Posted: 5/29/09 at 7:57pm

dg, your question was perfectly fine. It was the "facebook friends" and "getting naked" stuff that was a bit, well, odd.

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defyingravity07
#8re: Alice Ripley's Ask a Star
Posted: 5/29/09 at 8:00pm

I don't care what any of you say, Alice Ripley is WEIRD!

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Elphaba3
#9re: Alice Ripley's Ask a Star
Posted: 5/29/09 at 8:05pm

Haha, yep. I like weird people. re: Alice Ripley's Ask a Star

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insertclevernamehere
#10re: Alice Ripley's Ask a Star
Posted: 5/29/09 at 8:12pm

When are they going to post Cavenaugh's Ask A Star? It was supposed to be up in March.


Oh, and I almost forgot to mention...I'm the good cop, he's the bad cop.

heo1128
#11re: Alice Ripley's Ask a Star
Posted: 5/29/09 at 8:16pm

Alice is CRAZY and I love it lol.

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CSonBroadway
#12re: Alice Ripley's Ask a Star
Posted: 5/29/09 at 8:23pm

She's a freak.


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Pianolin717
#13re: Alice Ripley's Ask a Star
Posted: 5/29/09 at 8:25pm

She isn't a freak... She's human.. thank god :)
She truly is next to normal. gotta love her answers!

WishingOnlyWounds2
#14re: Alice Ripley's Ask a Star
Posted: 5/29/09 at 8:34pm

Alice is weird and that's why I love her :]
I kinda want a Alice hug now...


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WiCkEDrOcKS
#15re: Alice Ripley's Ask a Star
Posted: 5/29/09 at 9:19pm

She is a nut.

And I love it.

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#16re: Alice Ripley's Ask a Star
Posted: 5/29/09 at 9:49pm

Alice for Evita Revival 2010.


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Mattbrain
#17re: Alice Ripley's Ask a Star
Posted: 5/29/09 at 10:29pm

Some of these questions are so random.


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shh282
#18re: Alice Ripley's Ask a Star
Posted: 5/29/09 at 10:37pm

She didn't come out the night I went there! and I really want a hug from her now!

AndAllThatJazz22
#19re: Alice Ripley's Ask a Star
Posted: 5/29/09 at 10:49pm

What the hell. She didn't answer with more than 3 sentences, they asked a million questions because she wouldn't give long story-telling answers. What the hell was with that freakin question on the Golden Girls. Even SHE thought that was retarded. Did anyone notice that she made the exact same facial expression and body movements she makes when she performs 'I Miss the Mountains'.


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defyingravity07
#20re: Alice Ripley's Ask a Star
Posted: 5/29/09 at 11:03pm

Maybe she was high?

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chenothegood
#21re: Alice Ripley's Ask a Star
Posted: 5/29/09 at 11:43pm

Aww that was great! She seems like she is really down to earth!! And love the Evita ending!! haha!! :)


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roseaddams
#22re: Alice Ripley's Ask a Star
Posted: 5/29/09 at 11:50pm

The more I see this lady the more I love her.

And she was right about the Golden Girls question. That was ridiculous.


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#23re: Alice Ripley's Ask a Star
Posted: 5/30/09 at 6:17am

made me love her so much more. she is so amazing.


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#24re: Alice Ripley's Ask a Star
Posted: 5/30/09 at 7:23am

Some of those questions were simply ridiculous (and I don't mean the couple that certain people on this thread said were theirs, those were good. I hated the GOLDEN GIRLS question as much as she did, and I thought the ROCKY HORROR naked question was so inappropriate it's like, why did they even include that?
And "is Emily Skinner your facebook friend?"! Seriously! We asked Ms.Ripley that question? She's done TOMMY, SUNSET BLVD (the only question re this show was about the f-ing set), SIDE SHOW (considered one of the best flops of Broadway), LES MIZ (did we really need a Susan Boyle question?), LITTLE FISH, and is now doing NEXT TO NORMAL. There were so many more interesting questions to ask her than whether she's facebook friends with Emily Skinner.


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