Ripley, Somers, Hansen, Hunton, Sadleir & Kushnier to Star in NEXT TO NORMAL TOUR

[Rob]

Posted: 10/20/10 at 12:20pm

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[IdinaBellFoster]

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.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 10/20/10 at 12:49pm

Asa Somers can't act. And is a little too young for Alice.

...no?

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 10/20/10 at 12:57pm

I was already planning to see this for Emma Hunton. Jeremy Kushnier is just icing on the cake. Woohoo!

[Lefou]

Posted: 10/20/10 at 12:57pm

anybody 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')

[steven22]

Posted: 10/20/10 at 12:58pm

I MUST see this tour now!

[mallardo]

Posted: 10/20/10 at 1:00pm

I 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.

[chellie]

Posted: 10/20/10 at 1:38pm

I 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.

[Bettyboy72]

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.

"I was so dumb...and young...and now I am OLD!"

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 10/20/10 at 2:13pm

Somers is only a few years younger than Ripley...he does read young perhaps.

[adamgreer]

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

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 10/20/10 at 2:45pm

I 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.

[steven22]

Posted: 10/20/10 at 3:05pm

I 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.

[shrekster224]

Posted: 10/20/10 at 3:32pm

Anyone know who the understudies are?

[binau]

Posted: 10/20/10 at 4:09pm

I 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.

[AC126748]

Posted: 10/20/10 at 7:23pm

Asa 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.

[purtynpynk]

Posted: 10/20/10 at 8:53pm

I 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!

[balletandbroadway]

Posted: 10/20/10 at 9:39pm

So 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.

[steven22]

Posted: 10/21/10 at 12:33pm

Any idea who the understudies will be?

[CCalamuso]

Posted: 10/21/10 at 1:53pm

I Cant WAIT for the tour!!!! I dont think alice looks a day over 40 so I think everyone will look just fine!

[actormcfamous]

Posted: 10/22/10 at 11:49pm

Caitlin Kinnunen (Thea in SPRING AWAKENING on Broadway) is the Natalie standby.

[steven22]

Posted: 10/23/10 at 12:39am

What a coincidence...Emma Hunton and Jenn Damiano and Caitlin Kinnunen were all in Spring Awakening!

[DRSisLove]

Posted: 10/23/10 at 1:25pm

... and Perry Sherman who is the standby for Gabe/Henry.

[steven22]

Posted: 10/23/10 at 4:56pm

Forgot about him!

[fade2black2]

Posted: 10/30/10 at 8:56am

Jason Watson (Dan/Doctor) Pearl Sun (Diane) U/S's