Alice Ripley's Norma to Aaron Tveit's Joe

[binau]

Posted: 12/12/10 at 4:09pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/InDepth_InterView_Alice_Ripley_on_NEXT_TO_NORMAL_Tour_A_Career_Retrospective_20101211_page2

Hahhaha, so cute, that it has 'crossed her mind'.

Updated On: 12/12/10 at 04:09 PM

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 12/12/10 at 4:13pm

I dunno. Aaron sounds a bit young for Joe and Norma is such a demanding role to sing. Alice would act the hell out of it but could she handle it?

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 12/12/10 at 4:27pm

If Glenn Close could handle the score 8 times a week, Ripley easily could.

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 12/12/10 at 4:32pm

Jeez. Are you all trying to make Glinda's head explode???


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[adamgreer]

Posted: 12/12/10 at 5:04pm

If Glenn Close could handle the score 8 times a week, Ripley easily could.

That was my thinking, too.

[SingingChef]

Posted: 12/12/10 at 5:24pm

Ripley might be an interesting choice.
Christine Andreas would be divine.

[wicked1492]

Posted: 12/12/10 at 5:25pm

In a few years, maybe. And she could definitely do the score. If she can handle the such a demanding, diverse score as N2N, she can handle a repetitive, fairly easy score (Sunset Blvd.).

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/12/10 at 5:54pm

Given the current state of her voice, she would certainly need Glenn's lower keys.

[Frank thebellhop]

Posted: 12/12/10 at 6:38pm

I've always thought with some age Catherine Zeta Jones would make a spectacular Norma

[ClapYo'Hands]

Posted: 12/12/10 at 6:59pm

Agreed ^^

And since when is Norma Desmond an easy role to sing!?

[twinbelters]

Posted: 12/12/10 at 7:48pm

Sounds glorious. I respond to her assertion that the parts be played slightly younger than typically expected.

[B3TA07]

Posted: 12/12/10 at 8:24pm

Joe is a jaded character; I think Tveit needs a few years for his type to evolve but it'd definitely be something I'd see if it came up down the line.

[PurpleFanta]

Posted: 12/12/10 at 9:04pm

I think she'd be a fabulous Norma in a few years. I'm not really loving the hypothetical idea of Tveit being Joe, but it could be worse.

[CockeyedOptimist2]

Posted: 12/12/10 at 11:31pm

"I've always thought with some age Catherine Zeta Jones would make a spectacular Norma"

I thought that her Tony performance was a perfect audition for the role of Norma Desmond. Unfortunately, however, she was meant to be playing Desiree Armfeldt.

[binau]

Posted: 12/13/10 at 5:32am

I'm ready for my....Tony

Updated On: 12/13/10 at 05:32 AM