"Baby" in LA

#1

"Baby" in LA

Posted: 1/24/07 at 11:07am

Just saw the complete casting for the Reprise Monday night series performance of BABY. Faith Prince, Kerry Butler and Alice Ripley as the three ladies!!! Wow. I've got my ticket. Talk about exciting!

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#2

re: 'Baby' in LA

Posted: 1/24/07 at 11:11am

Fabulous! Wish I could be there.

#3

re: 'Baby' in LA

Posted: 1/24/07 at 2:14pm

I am so there too! I enjoy their Monday Night shows often more than their full-on productions.

#4

re: 'Baby' in LA

Posted: 1/24/07 at 6:03pm

I love the music in that show... I just wish I could see it! What a great cast of women!

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#5

re: 'Baby' in LA

Posted: 1/24/07 at 6:06pm

Am I the only one not entirely sold on Kerry Butler? I'm just so used to Liz Callaway and their voices are very different. I don't know- I can't really imagine Butler doing justice to "Two People in Love" or "The Story Goes On".

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#6

re: 'Baby' in LA

Posted: 1/24/07 at 6:09pm

I will agree with you on that. I'm more excited for Alice Ripley and Faith Prince.

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"First up was Max who sang "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" [...] I haven't seen that big of a reaction to a stair descent since Audra left the attic in Ragtime." --Seth Rudetsky

#7

re: 'Baby' in LA

Posted: 1/24/07 at 6:11pm

Yes, they will be wonderful. Alice Ripley I assume is the Catherine Cox role? Oh, she's just going to kill in it. "I Want it All" is going to be wonderful.

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"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.

#8

re: 'Baby' in LA

Posted: 1/24/07 at 6:13pm

I admit to FULL bias - but Kerry will do an amazing job with this role.

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"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka

#9

re: 'Baby' in LA

Posted: 1/24/07 at 6:14pm

I do respect your opinion, Craig, so I guess I'll just have to wait and see. Or listen from others, since I won't be there.

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"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.

Updated On: 1/24/07 at 06:14 PM

#10

re: 'Baby' in LA

Posted: 1/24/07 at 6:24pm

I wouldn't say I'm Kerry Butler's biggest fan, but I think she's pretty much perfect for the role. The only person I've seen do it live is Susan Egan, who was fantastic. She and Butler have very similar, Disney-style voices. And, don't shoot me, but I prefer either of them to Liz Callaway.

#11

re: 'Baby' in LA

Posted: 1/24/07 at 6:59pm

Blasphemy!!!!

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"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.

#12

re: 'Baby' in LA

Posted: 1/24/07 at 7:11pm

Glad to see this show is back. I saw it YEARS ago at the Marriot Lincolnshire Theater (community theater) near Chicago. Love the song, "I Want It All" , or at least I think that's the title.

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#13

re: 'Baby' in LA

Posted: 1/24/07 at 7:21pm

Im not a huge Butler fan but the 3 should be great together!

#14

re: 'Baby' in LA

Posted: 1/25/07 at 4:19am

I'd kill to hear them sing it--too bad all are too old for a real production

#15

re: 'Baby' in LA

Posted: 1/25/07 at 7:47am

Too old??? Feels to me like they're all just about right.

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#16

re: 'Baby' in LA

Posted: 1/25/07 at 9:44am

I agree mallardo. Alice Ripley too old for the part of Pam? Isn't LaChanze older than Alice?

#17

re: 'Baby' in LA

Posted: 1/25/07 at 3:02pm

a bit of ageism???

#18

re: 'Baby' in LA

Posted: 1/25/07 at 4:16pm

Ripley and Prince will blow Butler away.

#19

re: 'Baby' in LA

Posted: 1/25/07 at 4:28pm

Blow her away? Perhaps..to each their own

Kerry held her own quite well singing a power number opposite Cheryl Freeman in Miracle Brothers. And on the daytime emmy's with Kathy Brier and Renee Goldsberry.

All three of the ladies will be excellent and will no doubt garner thunderous applause for their numbers.

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"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka

#20

re: 'Baby' in LA

Posted: 1/25/07 at 4:35pm

I guess I just don't "get" Kerry Butler and her nasal parade.

#21

re: Lea's Version "Baby"

Posted: 1/25/07 at 8:50pm

Lea Salonga's "Story Goes On" is amazing. She sang it in her Carnegie concert. The sampler album is out in Amazon from her Baby production in Asia.
Baby - Lea Salonga and David Shannon

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#22

re: Lea's Version 'Baby'

Posted: 1/26/07 at 2:05am

my teacher john sloman is in it. im so excited!

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