Ripley, Somers, Hansen, Hunton, Sadleir & Kushnier to Star in NEXT TO NORMAL TOUR
Ripley, Somers, Hansen, Hunton, Sadleir & Kushnier to Star in NEXT TO NORMAL TOUR
#2Ripley, Somers, Hansen, Hunton, Sadleir & Kushnier to Star in NEXT TO NORMA
Posted: 10/20/10 at 12:37pm
Good for Asa Somers! I saw him as Doctor Madden/Doctor Fine at 2nd Stage, and he was fantastic.
The cast (of who I know) sounds great. I'll try to see this in Toronto when it comes.
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#2Ripley, Somers, Hansen, Hunton, Sadleir & Kushnier to Star in NEXT TO NORMA
Posted: 10/20/10 at 12:49pm
Asa Somers can't act. And is a little too young for Alice.
...no?
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#3Ripley, Somers, Hansen, Hunton, Sadleir & Kushnier to Star in NEXT TO NORMA
Posted: 10/20/10 at 12:57pmI was already planning to see this for Emma Hunton. Jeremy Kushnier is just icing on the cake. Woohoo!
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#4Ripley, Somers, Hansen, Hunton, Sadleir & Kushnier to Star in NEXT TO NORMA
Posted: 10/20/10 at 12:57pmanybody hear who Alice's understudy is? Also Kushnier is an awesome choice (would have thought of him as more of a Dan, but his Dr. Madden is going to be rockin')
#5Ripley, Somers, Hansen, Hunton, Sadleir & Kushnier to Star in NEXT TO NORMA
Posted: 10/20/10 at 12:58pmI MUST see this tour now!
#6Ripley, Somers, Hansen, Hunton, Sadleir & Kushnier to Star in NEXT TO NORMA
Posted: 10/20/10 at 1:00pmI can see Kushnier as Dan more than I can see him as the Doctors although I'm sure he'll be fine in those roles.
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#7Ripley, Somers, Hansen, Hunton, Sadleir & Kushnier to Star in NEXT TO NORMA
Posted: 10/20/10 at 1:38pmI heard Asa was quite good as Dan when he went on as a standby. I didn't much care for him at Second Stage (though it might have been more the role than him particularly), but I'll definitely be seeing this.
#8Ripley, Somers, Hansen, Hunton, Sadleir & Kushnier to Star in NEXT TO NORMA
Posted: 10/20/10 at 1:42pm
Wasn't Asa the understudy for Jerry/Joe Kennedy Jr. in GREY GARDENS? He was playing a teen and a man in his early 20s.
So is Diana now a cougar? He seems a bit too young for Ripley, but maybe he just looks a lot younger than his actual age.
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#9Ripley, Somers, Hansen, Hunton, Sadleir & Kushnier to Star in NEXT TO NORMA
Posted: 10/20/10 at 2:13pmSomers is only a few years younger than Ripley...he does read young perhaps.
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#10Ripley, Somers, Hansen, Hunton, Sadleir & Kushnier to Star in NEXT TO NORMA
Posted: 10/20/10 at 2:23pm
Somers was a fine Dr. Madden off-Broadway, though the role was very poorly (and under) written then.
I have heard mixed reviews of his performance as Dan- he went on 3 times, I believe, all with Alice. I'm sure it will be incredibly well-sung, regardless.
Updated On: 10/20/10 at 02:23 PM
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#11Ripley, Somers, Hansen, Hunton, Sadleir & Kushnier to Star in NEXT TO NORMA
Posted: 10/20/10 at 2:45pmI guess J. Robert Spencer did not want to reprise the role of Dan on tour because he was mostly absent towards the end of his run on Broadway supposedly due to vocal problems.
#12Ripley, Somers, Hansen, Hunton, Sadleir & Kushnier to Star in NEXT TO NORMA
Posted: 10/20/10 at 3:05pmI don't think J. Robert Spencer had vocal problems. I know he had a lot of scheduled absences before his run in n2n was finished. I know Alice had numerous vocal problems though.
#13Ripley, Somers, Hansen, Hunton, Sadleir & Kushnier to Star in NEXT TO NORMA
Posted: 10/20/10 at 3:32pmAnyone know who the understudies are?
#14Ripley, Somers, Hansen, Hunton, Sadleir & Kushnier to Star in NEXT TO NORMA
Posted: 10/20/10 at 4:09pmI was going to say that Asa Somers and Ripley look like they should be together but then stupidly remembered they are together by marriage not blood :S.
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#15Ripley, Somers, Hansen, Hunton, Sadleir & Kushnier to Star in NEXT TO NORMA
Posted: 10/20/10 at 7:23pmAsa Somers is 41. He's a year younger than Brian d'Arcy James and two years older than Jason Danieley. He's age-appropriate for the role of Dan, especially considering that Dan and Diana had Gabriel when they were undergraduates in college. That would put them in the 37-40 age range. If anything, Ripley (47 in December) and Mazzie (just turned 50) are a bit too old for the role...at least from the perspective of the details in the libretto.
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#16Ripley, Somers, Hansen, Hunton, Sadleir & Kushnier to Star in NEXT TO NORMA
Posted: 10/20/10 at 8:53pmI must say as a Chicagoan who loved Jersey Boys and saw Jeremy Kushnier in the show a lot, I think he's going to be great in the role of Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine. If i wasn't excited enough about getting to see Alice Ripley (when i saw it on Broadway, she was out), now I get to see him perform too. Not familiar with the other actors as much, but I'm beyond excited for next May when it comes to Chicago!
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#17Ripley, Somers, Hansen, Hunton, Sadleir & Kushnier to Star in NEXT TO NORMA
Posted: 10/20/10 at 9:39pmSo excited about Curt Hansen! He's fantastic. I'm sure he'll do an excellent job. His family and his hometown are so incredibly proud of him.
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#18Ripley, Somers, Hansen, Hunton, Sadleir & Kushnier to Star in NEXT TO NORMA
Posted: 10/21/10 at 12:33pmAny idea who the understudies will be?
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#19Ripley, Somers, Hansen, Hunton, Sadleir & Kushnier to Star in NEXT TO NORMA
Posted: 10/21/10 at 1:53pmI Cant WAIT for the tour!!!! I dont think alice looks a day over 40 so I think everyone will look just fine!
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#20Ripley, Somers, Hansen, Hunton, Sadleir & Kushnier to Star in NEXT TO NORMA
Posted: 10/22/10 at 11:49pmCaitlin Kinnunen (Thea in SPRING AWAKENING on Broadway) is the Natalie standby.
#21Ripley, Somers, Hansen, Hunton, Sadleir & Kushnier to Star in NEXT TO NORMA
Posted: 10/23/10 at 12:39amWhat a coincidence...Emma Hunton and Jenn Damiano and Caitlin Kinnunen were all in Spring Awakening!
#22Ripley, Somers, Hansen, Hunton, Sadleir & Kushnier to Star in NEXT TO NORMA
Posted: 10/23/10 at 1:25pm... and Perry Sherman who is the standby for Gabe/Henry.
#23Ripley, Somers, Hansen, Hunton, Sadleir & Kushnier to Star in NEXT TO NORMA
Posted: 10/23/10 at 4:56pmForgot about him!
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#24Ripley, Somers, Hansen, Hunton, Sadleir & Kushnier to Star in NEXT TO NORMA
Posted: 10/30/10 at 8:56amJason Watson (Dan/Doctor) Pearl Sun (Diane) U/S's
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