Chances of Seeing Alice Ripley Opening Night in Cleveland? — Page 2

I saw the June 28 performance of N2N at the Kennedy Center. It was the first performance of the run. While her voice wasn't in the shape it was in when I saw the show at Second Stage, Arena or on Broadway (earlyish in the run), it wasn't completely shredded. The pitch was mostly on, but she did struggle when she wasn't full out belting. However, apparently she was in good form in comparison to some other nights on tour. Acting was still amazing though. Comments suggested others found the vocal issues distracting. I didn't find them THAT bad. But then again, I am a long time Alice fan since Side Show and I realize her voice isn't what's traditional in musical theatre.

I really liked Emma Hunton as Natalie. Great acting and really, really amazing voice. The rest of the cast was mostly up to par too, with the exception of the kid playing Gabe (blanking on his name and don't have my playbill in front of me). I thought he lacked presence and his vocal ability was sub-par compared to the people I've seen in the role. I don't particularly go for the nasally boy-band sound.

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I find Curt's voice very disappointing. You would think the producers would have access to some top notch male singers. Curt is not even close to the power and control of Aaron or Kyle. I doubt lacking stage presence is a casting decision. I mean, Gabe is a strong presence-a force to be reckoned with, he's not going anywhere quietly. He needs a powerful belt to match that.

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It's in her contract that she is only required to perform six times a week. It all depends on the week, of course, but if you want to catch Ripley the best time to do it is during the week. Her understudy is incredible though!

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The last weekend in DC she missed two of the four weekend shows... The weekend before I think she only missed one. So I think you definitely have both Pearl and Alice in your future, haha.

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Once she rests her voice I think it will be back to the way it sounded at the beginning of her n2n run. One of the performances she gave in DC this past weekend sounded like Alice on the cast recording. She just needs REST. I'm excited for this tour to finally end.

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So many people planned to go to the very last show in Toronto (originally scheduled to be July 31st). I was planning on flying in from New Hampshire and somehow we found out that over a week ago, they cancelled the last performance, as well as the matinee the day before, without informing any of the ticket holders. The new last performance is on Saturday, July 30th, so we all had to rearrange our trips to push them back a few days. It's frustrating that they still haven't informed ticket holders - you can only find out if you do so yourself or call them.

Bettyboy72 - When did they email you? Because I have friends who had tickets for a couple of the cancelled performances who have still not received any formal word from the Four Seasons Centre or DanCap. They also do not know yet whether they will be able to refund their tickets. Luckily, mine were not yet paid for, just reserved, so it wasn't too much of a hassle.

It was kind of a dick move on their part. And I also heard that the cast was not informed until two days ago about the cancelled performances.

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Updated On: 7/17/11 at 12:55 AM

I got a call today from DanCap telling me about that matinee being cancelled and they were able to exchange my tickets for the Tuesday night instead. Still annoying since it ruined my plans. She did give me some kind of deal they had on? Not sure what that was about... but I obviously gladly took it. Very disappointing that they are cancelling it... she said one of the theories is because of poor ticket sales?

I didn't see the email until last night, so Ill have to call today. I don't know if they are even open today. Plus, the friend I was going with is out of town, so I cant speak to him until later about if he can go Tuesday or Weds night (that Weds matinee was a perfect fit for us.) SO it may be tomorrow when I call for tickets.

This totally sucks and it won't bode well for the new production company Dancap. I don't know if its ticket sales or Alice's voice that is implementing the changes but customers will lose faith if you do crap like this.

I don't think Dancap shows are selling well. They started selling 9 to 5 tix for $29 bucks and they lowered N2N tix to $65. Even Donny and Marie got discounted. Tours don't tend to discount, especially in major markets like Toronto.

All in all, I think there are many people who have some disappointment around this tour and towards Alice as well. It's been a bumpy tour.

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I'd be willing to bet they cancelled performances due to low ticket sales (very low). They haven't cancelled other tour performances due to Alice's lack of voice and there is an understudy for that reason.

Nothing seems to be doing very well in Toronto right now. Billy Elliot, Railway Children and even Hugh Jackman had discounts. It seems that only the major tours (Wicked, Lion King) are genuine sellouts.

I saw Alice in N2N in Charlotte . . . July 16th at 2:00 p.m. I was expecting to get an understudy due to 2 performances that day, but Alice was in. I was pleasantly surprised to hear that her pitch is much more accurate than it was on Broadway, but the vocal strain is incredibly obvious. My partner said her voice was distracting and irritating. In addition, it was difficult to make out the lyrics and was an added bonus that the theatre had Open Captioning.

That being said, Alice's acting is unbelieveable and I was excited to see the show again.

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Poor managing of Toronto stop..I'd informed the contacts at the N2N website ages ago that the "tickets" link for toronto on their website still said "season tickets only" and has said that since day one. They've been selling tickets for ages. Never updated on website (at least not as of this weekend). Shame?
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UPDATE: the N2N website now has been updated to allow you to buy tickets for Toronto

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Updated On: 7/18/11 at 01:11 PM

As excited as I was to hear that Alice would be touring (though I missed her both times I caught the show, each in a separate city), I truly wish she would have taken this time to let her voice mend and the producers would've gotten a performer like Julia Murney, who I think has the chops to do the role as well.

Ripley is such an experience to see and I hope that she gets back most, if not all, of her vocal stamina. I truly admire her as a performer and can't wait to see what she can blow us away with next.