Alice Ripley to Play Margaret White

[GlindatheGood22]

Alice Ripley to Play Margaret White#1

Posted: 6/12/13 at 1:15pm

Good for her. Just hope her voice holds up.


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Updated On: 6/12/13 at 01:15 PM

[jonartdesigns]

Alice Ripley to Play Margaret White#2

Posted: 6/12/13 at 1:21pm

The press release is a little off;
"Kassebaum was the first to replace Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda in Wicked"
While she originated the tour, Jennifer Laura Thompson was the first Broadway replacement.

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[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Alice Ripley to Play Margaret White#2

Posted: 6/12/13 at 2:46pm

What?! This is a must see.

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Alice Ripley to Play Margaret White#3

Posted: 6/12/13 at 2:48pm

I hope they can add that "Peppermint Twist" song into the score somehow.

[Bettyboy72]

Alice Ripley to Play Margaret White#4

Posted: 6/12/13 at 3:06pm

Perfect casting. Ripley plays bats@#t crazy very well. The voice will be fine. She only has 2 full songs.

"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal "I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello

[MaddieBB12]

Alice Ripley to Play Margaret White#5

Posted: 6/12/13 at 3:10pm

Considering Marin Mazzie replaced Alice in Next to Normal and Marin was Maragret off-Broadway, it will be great. Its always cool when two actresses both serveral parts (Adam Pascal and Will Chase come to mind).

That beign said, I WISH I lived in Seattle to see this.

Updated On: 6/12/13 at 03:10 PM

[Unknown User]

Alice Ripley to Play Margaret White#6

Posted: 6/12/13 at 3:14pm

Mrs. White seems only sorta crazy by comparison to Alice.

[Bettyboy72]

Alice Ripley to Play Margaret White#7

Posted: 6/12/13 at 3:16pm

I wonder if Margaret White would post lots of youtube videos.

"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal "I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello

[Visceral_Fella]

Alice Ripley to Play Margaret White#8

Posted: 6/12/13 at 4:54pm

I hope she doesn't use the Mazzie keys.

[binau]

Alice Ripley to Play Margaret White#9

Posted: 6/12/13 at 5:45pm

"The voice will be fine. She only has 2 full songs."

I'm really not so sure. Not only is a lot of strong belting required, but there are a lot of high notes. After hearing her attempt to sing "So Anyway" at the end of the N2N tour, it is difficult for me to imagine her singing those "They'll make promises, They will break your heart, then they'll laugh at you watching you fall apart" lines in "Those boys").

The high notes in Open Your Heart, the strong belting in Eve Was Weak, the belting and high notes in Those Boys, the high notes in When There's No One and Evening Prayers. This is a mammoth score, which as described in that Carrie LA production audition notice, "requires an actress with extreme stamina as a singer."

This is extremely exciting casting. I hope she can pull it off.

Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.

[ComingUpRoses2]

Alice Ripley to Play Margaret White#10

Posted: 6/12/13 at 6:36pm

Wow! This is actually very exciting news! Hope her voice holds up, too.

[jackieoh]

Alice Ripley to Play Margaret White#11

Posted: 6/12/13 at 8:18pm

Her voice will be fine. She's had almost two years to recover from next to normal and she's done minimal work since that requires regular use of her singing voice. At the end of the tour, even her speaking voice was in shreds, but I saw her in Clybourne Park a couple of weeks ago and even just listening to her speak, you can tell her voice has recovered. A nice, youthful timbre.

I wish this wasn't so far away. She'll be incredible in this role for sure.

[Bettyboy72]

Alice Ripley to Play Margaret White#12

Posted: 6/12/13 at 8:31pm

Carrie is not even close to the vocal demands of the N2N score. She will be just fine.

"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal "I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello

[CurtainPullDowner]

Alice Ripley to Play Margaret White#13

Posted: 6/12/13 at 8:34pm

Has someone re-written this Turkey?

[jackieoh]

Alice Ripley to Play Margaret White#14

Posted: 6/12/13 at 8:46pm

I can't find anything official yet, but it also seems that Ripley has booked a production of next to normal in the Chicago area. Does anyone know anything about this yet?

[steven22]

Alice Ripley to Play Margaret White#15

Posted: 6/12/13 at 8:49pm

I thought I saw something re: Alice in a N2N production in Chicago too! Someone tweeted it and Alice retweeted it..

[DEClarke]

Alice Ripley to Play Margaret White#16

Posted: 6/12/13 at 8:52pm

I want to see it. I hope to get to Seattle!!!

[choitoy]

Alice Ripley to Play Margaret White#17

Posted: 6/12/13 at 9:15pm

I wrote about this a couple of days ago before the official press releases were out.


Anyway, as I stated in the other thread, Alice did end up performing three songs that night, "When There Is No One" from Carrie, "I Miss The Mountains" from N2N, and a medley of songs from "Tommy". She sounded great in all three of those songs. "I Miss The Mountains" sounds almost like she did on the cast album, so I think her voice has returned. It's only a three week run with I think five shows a week, so she'll be fine.


"Carrie: The Musical" in Seattle

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Updated On: 6/12/13 at 09:15 PM

[binau]

Alice Ripley to Play Margaret White#18

Posted: 6/12/13 at 10:01pm

I didn't realise that Alice performed "When There's No One". Are you able to describe her performance of the song?

I wish I could see her!!

Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.

Updated On: 6/12/13 at 10:01 PM

[Michael Bennett]

Alice Ripley to Play Margaret White#19

Posted: 6/12/13 at 10:56pm

Because the score is also only orchestrated for seven pieces (including two keyboards and 2 guitars) -- it also shouldn't be difficult for the music to be lowered and positioned specifically for her voice. I'm sure she will give a fabulous performance.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Alice Ripley to Play Margaret White#20

Posted: 6/12/13 at 10:58pm

I can't imagine she'll be anything less than extraordinary.

[Rainbowhigh23]

Alice Ripley to Play Margaret White#21

Posted: 6/13/13 at 3:09pm

The Chicago N2N that is at the Drury Lane would run from August 15 - October 6, 2013, while Carrie in Seattle would start October 11. Kind of cutting it close but doable, that is if the rumor is true and this is actually the production.


Next to Normal in Chicago Updated On: 6/13/13 at 03:09 PM

[egghumor]

Alice Ripley to Play Margaret White#22

Posted: 6/13/13 at 4:49pm

Brilliant casting!

They should advertise:

Alice Ripley IS Margaret White!

[Rainbowhigh23]

Alice Ripley to Play Margaret White#23

Posted: 6/13/13 at 5:25pm

Wow! Airfare is CHEAP to Seattle in October. If you got a friend to stay with or can find a cheap hotel you can make a weekend of it and see the show.

[DEClarke]

Alice Ripley to Play Margaret White#24

Posted: 6/13/13 at 5:45pm

Wow! Airfare is CHEAP to Seattle in October. If you got a friend to stay with or can find a cheap hotel you can make a weekend of it and see the show.

My wife and I made the same discovery. Here's to hoping we pull it off!