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Alice Ripley

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Actor b. 1963 On stage 19872016

Alice Ripley (born 1963 or 1964) is an American actress, singer, songwriter and mixed media artist. She is known, in particular, for her various roles on Broadway in musicals, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Next to Normal (2009 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical) and Side Show. She most recently played three roles in the short-lived Broadway musical, American Psycho. Alice Ripley has released albums with her band, RIPLEY, including the single, "Beautiful Eyes", released in February 2012. She also performs as a solo artist, while in February 2011 she released Alice Ripley Daily Practice, Volume 1, a stripped-down collection of acoustic rock covers.

On stage 12 productions, 29 years

1987 Les Misérables Broadway Theatre · Original · directed by Trevor Nunn & John Caird 6,680 perf.
1987 Les Miserables Broadway Theatre · Original · directed by Trevor Nunn & John Caird 6,680 perf.
1993 The Who\ St. James Theatre · Original · directed by Des McAnuff 899 perf.
1994 Sunset Boulevard Minskoff Theatre · Original · directed by Trevor Nunn Musical Staging: Bob Avian 977 perf.
1997 King David New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Mike Ockrent 6 perf.
1997 Side Show Theatre not recorded · Original · directed by Robert Longbottom 91 perf.
2000 James Joyce's The Dead Belasco Theatre · Original · directed by Seán Curran 120 perf.
2000 The Rocky Horror Show Circle In The Square Theatre · Revival · directed by Christopher Ashley 437 perf.
2001 Dreamgirls Ford Center For The Performing Arts · Revival · directed by Brenda Braxton 1 perf.
2005 Children and Art New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Lisa Shriver 1 perf.
2009 Next to Normal Booth Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Greif 733 perf.
2016 American Psycho Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre · Original · directed by Rupert Goold 54 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Timothy Shew 4 productions
Stephen Bogardus 4 productions
Kristen Behrendt 4 productions
Judy Kuhn 4 productions
Hugh Panaro 4 productions
David Masenheimer 4 productions
Terrence Mann 3 productions
Susan Dawn Carson 3 productions
Stephen R. Buntrock 3 productions
Ron Sharpe 3 productions
Peter Samuel 3 productions
Michael Zeidman 3 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking. 6 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

In the literature8 passages

  • ‘ Jarrod Emick, with his Dick Tracy jaw and boy scout demeanour, makes a terrific, four-square Brad, while Alice Ripley is funny and sexy at the same time, not an easy accomplishment,’ acknowledged Michael Kuchwara, drama critic for the Associated Press. ‘Both show their considerable musical-comedy training, delivering their numbers with…ebooks/Bagnall, Rob/Still the Beast is Feeding_ 40 Years of Rocky Horror - Rob Bagnall & Phil Barden.txt
  • ‘ Alice Ripley as Janet stands out, not just for her delicious shuffle between coyness and lust, but also for the surprisingly seamless way in which she adapts her classically pure voice to the rude rhythms of the score,’ said Fintan O’Toole for the Daily News , while Variety ’s aforementioned Charles Isherwood described the actress herse…ebooks/Bagnall, Rob/Still the Beast is Feeding_ 40 Years of Rocky Horror - Rob Bagnall & Phil Barden.txt
  • Thus, thanks mostly to the skilful performance of the actress, the fairly harmless – though undeniably erotic – action of Alice Ripley’s Janet boldly whipping off her bra, a mere heartbeat before a blackout completely obscured her inferred seduction of Rocky Horror, was absolutely in accordance with the spirit of the show’s innocently sub…ebooks/Bagnall, Rob/Still the Beast is Feeding_ 40 Years of Rocky Horror - Rob Bagnall & Phil Barden.txt
  • ‘ I can complain that Alice Ripley’s topless nanosecond is demeaning and gratuitous,’ nitpicked the rather aptly-named Martin Denton in a short list of minor quibbles during his otherwise upbeat online review of the production for NYtheatre.com.ebooks/Bagnall, Rob/Still the Beast is Feeding_ 40 Years of Rocky Horror - Rob Bagnall & Phil Barden.txt
  • And the media bombardment was just beginning. First, the theatre community unleashed its outrage. Alice Ripley, who won a Tony playing Jenn Damiano’s mother in Next to Normal, tweeted, “Does someone have to die?” And original Rent cast member Adam Pascal posted on Facebook that “they should put Julie Taymor in jail for assault!”ebooks/Berger, Glen/Song of Spider-Man_ The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History - Glen Berger.txt
  • The musical was revived by Encores! at City Center on March 26, 1998, for five performances; the cast included Burke Moses (Li’l Abner), Alice Ripley (Daisy Mae), Dick Latessa (Pappy Yokum), Dana Ivey (Mammy Yokum), Lea DeLaria (Marryin’ Sam), and, reprising her role from the original production, Julie Newmar as Stupefyin’ Jones. The musi…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

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