George Hearn taught me that you learn that there are roles that are Tony roles and roles that are not. — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
With a lot of contemporary musicals, the songs are like a calling card: the action stops for them. — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
Tom Kitt aside - he's in his own category with me, of course - Stephen Sondheim is one of my all-time favorite… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I wanted to be an actor in classics like Shaw and Shakespeare and Chekov and Ibsen. — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
I think I enjoy Sondheim so much because of the lyrics. The lyrics, the cornucopia of options. — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
Facebook and Twitter and Instagram are excellent ways to keep in touch with the audience and maintain your image an actor. — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
It's heartbreaking to see theater people be forced to accept the business side of show business. — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
'Next to Normal' has challenged me as an actor because of how complex Diana is. And that's got me hungry for another… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
When you're an actor, you do get involved with your characters - your emotional life is tied up with theirs, and so… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
I wasn't a musical-theater kid. We went to plays at school and took field trips to see Shakespeare. And that really sparked… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
The road's a tough life, but I said 'yes,' because as a kid growing up in Ohio, I never had a chance… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
The musicals on Broadway have not necessarily been true musical theater. I'm speaking generally, of course: I saw 'Spring Awakening,' and I… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
'Tommy' was my first Broadway show. Long Pause. I don't know how you can surpass the excitement or get more excited or… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
I've always looked to that play, 'Virginia Woolf,' for a cue - as far as any cue I might need as an… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
'American Psycho' reminds me of my track in 'Tommy,' my first Broadway show. It's similar conceptually and has that rock n' roll… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
When you're 20 and you're in acting school and your teachers tell you that 95 percent of actors are unemployed for twenty… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
Any kind of grieving that is not allowed causes a break. In our culture, grieving in public is not encouraged, but in other cultures,… — Alice Ripley Copy Share
'Closure' is the word used for a loss that's not acknowledged - and the habit this causes, physically and mentally, for anybody who is… — Alice Ripley Copy Share
'Next To Normal' is rock music. It's a rock opera. That, definitely, has a place in popular music. — Alice Ripley Copy Share
Writing is the place where I can do it all and get away with it. You can't do that in the theatre. — Alice Ripley Copy Share
There were eleven kids, and we all shared a bathroom. It was enough to drive us all insane. — Alice Ripley Copy Share
I wasn't a musical-theater kid. We went to plays at school and took field trips to see Shakespeare. And that really sparked that fire… — Alice Ripley Copy Share
For me, in the audition, the song that you choose should make you cry. It doesn't matter why: it could be because you're happy,… — Alice Ripley Copy Share
I've been committed to personal growth since I was a teenager, and I'm a believer in the idea that your thought is the only… — Alice Ripley Copy Share
