#1
Posted: 6/3/09 at 4:02pm
This was just posted in the Ask Ro section of Rosie's Blog:
"Question:
alice ripley in next to normal.......too amazing for words.
Answer:
saw it tonight
she is very very talented"
As a reader of Rosie's site/blog for nearly a decade now, I can tell you that this is definently a negative review and as close to a pan for the show as she is likely to give. She never says when she doesn't like a show because she (like many of us) believe a Broadway ticket sold is a benefit to the theatre at large and saying someone is "very,very talented" means she hated the performance but appreciated the effort of the performer. I gotta say I pretty much agree with her, though I have grown to love the score and recognize its brilliance in spite of this casting.
I actually expected her to really respond to the material given what I've read in her books/blogs over the years, but it seems Ripley's stylized performance has made that almost impossible for Rosie, as it almost has for me.
FEELING ELECTRIC was fanfreakingtastic, though! What a difference a Sherie (and a Norbert) can make.
Ripley ruins the show and NTN will not last out the summer, and it coulda been something really, really special.
Ripley deserves the Tony anyway for her brilliant performance in COMPANY at the Kennedy Center.
A Good Nightmare Comes So Rarely,
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"Question:
alice ripley in next to normal.......too amazing for words.
Answer:
saw it tonight
she is very very talented"
As a reader of Rosie's site/blog for nearly a decade now, I can tell you that this is definently a negative review and as close to a pan for the show as she is likely to give. She never says when she doesn't like a show because she (like many of us) believe a Broadway ticket sold is a benefit to the theatre at large and saying someone is "very,very talented" means she hated the performance but appreciated the effort of the performer. I gotta say I pretty much agree with her, though I have grown to love the score and recognize its brilliance in spite of this casting.
I actually expected her to really respond to the material given what I've read in her books/blogs over the years, but it seems Ripley's stylized performance has made that almost impossible for Rosie, as it almost has for me.
FEELING ELECTRIC was fanfreakingtastic, though! What a difference a Sherie (and a Norbert) can make.
Ripley ruins the show and NTN will not last out the summer, and it coulda been something really, really special.
Ripley deserves the Tony anyway for her brilliant performance in COMPANY at the Kennedy Center.
A Good Nightmare Comes So Rarely,
P genre
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