Did anyone see Alice Ripley in Little Shop of Horrors?

[adamgreer]

Posted: 8/8/09 at 2:38pm

If you did, what made her so terrible? She certainly doesn't seem like a natural fit for the role (as much as I love her), and I'm wondering what made her so awful that they fired her before it moved to New York? Was she really terrible, or was she just a scapegoat for the problems of that production?
Updated On: 8/8/09 at 02:38 PM

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 8/8/09 at 2:46pm

Only a naughty DVD with her in

She's not dreadful at all but she is not a great fit, she didnt really have the innocene of Audry down.
The whole production at that point had problems though

[Pgenre]

Posted: 8/8/09 at 2:47pm

There's a thread on this from a month or two ago.

Use SEARCH.

P

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 8/8/09 at 4:12pm

Here's THAT thread that was started on June 28, 2009 asking this exact question:

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardid=1&boardname=bway&thread=999716#3864598

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 8/8/09 at 4:41pm

There's a clip of her singing "Somewhere That's Green" on youtube. Decide for yourself.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 8/8/09 at 5:18pm

She wasn't FIRED from that production.

The ENTIRE out of town production was scrapped. That production was directed by Connie Grappo.

An entirely new production, to be directed by Jerry Zaks, was developed for Broadway.

Every single cast member from the Grappo production was replaced except for Hunter Foster, who Zaks decided to keep for his production.

So it wasn't as though Ripley was the only one replaced.

The main complaint I remember hearing about Ripley's performance was that she didn't make the role her own -- that it was an Ellen Greene duplicate.

Personally, I think Ripley would be a perfect Audrey. But I didn't see the production.

Ellen Greene's stamp on that role is eternal, given the fact that not only did she create it in the original Off-Broadway production but that she also played the role on film.

Updated On: 8/8/09 at 05:18 PM

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 8/8/09 at 11:50pm

I saw her in Little Shop in Florida, and really loved her interpretation of Audrey.