'Next to Normal' - Bryant Park 2009 - I Miss the Mountains - Jessica Phillips
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2009
- Jessica Phillips (understudy for Alice Ripley) performs at Broadway in Bryant Park on August 6 2009 in New York City! In this song, Diana in her solitude remembers her past and also comes to some realizations about her family. Next to Normal is currently playing at the Booth Theatre on Broadway. It stars Alice Ripley (Best Actress for her role), J. Robert Spencer, Aaron Tveit & Kyle Dean Massey, Jennifer Damiano, Adam Chanler-Berat and Louis Hobson.
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Beautiful. Flawless. Moving. Not enough words to describe!
I'm kind of in love with this video. Jessica and Alice's portrayals of Diana are polar opposites (no pun intended)- I really want to see Jessica live to see what she does with the character.
I wish i didnt live in a small town! I would go see any show i could! Life sucks haha...
She's so so so very different from Alice that you can't even compare them.
She's absolutely awesome though in her own right and does a great job with this song.
I saw her on 3/19 and I was extremely disappointed that I wasn't going to be seeing Alice Ripley, but she was so amazing that I wasn't disappointed anymore.
Beautifully done. Jessica's very personal, distinctive delivery of a song we've heard and admired Alice do live and/or recorded proves once again that there is no shortage of talent working in the theatre today.
I agree! I'm so glad I got a chance to love Jessica like so many people love Alice in the role. Even though, of course, she was younger... I still thought she was truly amazing!! I even liked her better in "Didn't I see this movie?" and "You don't know"
I like the Way Jessica sings this song(: The emotion is clear. ANd her Alice, and Marin are really good at putting the emotions into a song while singing so beautifully. Love them all
i think she did just another day better
Holy crap, she's good! I saw the show two weeks ago with a full cast, so i didnt see any understudies but i think she is as good as Alice Ripley but in a somewhat different way. J. Robert Spencer rules!!! (just thought i'd throw that out there)
wow. as much as i love alice, i hope i get to see jessica perform live one day.
she sounds utterly fantastic here! go Jessica!
I saw her instead of Alice, and I thoroughly prefer her performance to Alice's. She brings a lightheartedness to the role that really, really worked. Don't knock her just because she's an understudy.
Oh my gosh..she has such a beautiful voice!
Love her rendition... I would love to see her in the role!
i love me some alice ripley, but this was a gorgeous and welcome re-interpretation of the song. i was thoroughly pleased :)
woot!
i love her voice!!!!!!! i wish she had more clips or something
Incredible. A near perfect choice for an understudy. She said it herself that it's hard being an understudy for a performer like Alice Ripley, but she does a fantastic job.
no, absolutely! This woman is just amazing. Did you join a show with her? Or did you just see these videos on youtube? She is much better on stage than in these videos,....
Thank you so much for posting this!
She was fantastic :D I met you there! I was the one sitting behind you all "Are you Carl?" (:
No one can compare to that amazing performance she gives. I really like Jessica though.
No. Alice is still going strong. If you're asking why she wasn't at Bryant Park, it is probably b/c she couldn't spare her voice this Thursday morning before a show.
@yelanates I LOVE your explanation... because it's so true. I LOVE both versions... and I think they're both very true to the character at different times in Diana's life, so it's good.
Have you seen both of them perform? I have, and they are EQUALLY good in the role. So unless you have seen BOTH of them perform live, dont bash either one of them, ok?
i think that jessica is fantastic, but alice... i cried when she sang this song, jessica though is amazing!!!!!
I saw Jessica as the understudy on Broadway and she was fantastic!! I couldn't imagine that there could be someone who could be better! So, when I was going to hear Alice Ripley tonight in Pittsburgh, I was so excited! Wow, what a disappointment. She sang FLAT all night! It was awful. I imagine she was going hoarse, but even if she was- where was her ear? I wanted to slash MY wrists. Why they wouldn't put the understudy in was beyond me. I could not enjoy the show because of this.
This is probably during the few days that Alice was out due to illness.
@isnay2003 I think some of that is the recording/mic. I was lucky enough to see her as Diana, and she sounded perfect.
i like both her's and alice's versions of this song. the only thing i dislike about jessica's is that she is trying too hard to sound like alice, like the certain riffs alice does are also done by jessica. I am not saying she did bad, because believe me, she is definately amazing and awesome! Its just that she kinda needs to add her own effect to the song. I hope she takes over whenever (i hope not soon) alice leaves.
my goodness she looks so young. How old is she?
@hoyas1390 so true i hear exactly what you're talking about.
does she have a lisp?
Anybody know how old she is?
@lotusfae I got to see it the last night they performed at the Ordway in St. Paul and Pearl Sun performed for Alice--I was glad, since i heard she had been struggling with her voice. Pearl Sun was perfect--I thought she was emotional, inspiring, and was pitch-on. Wish you would've seen her too! Wasn't Asa Somers great as Dan though? :)
She is so awesome and so beautiful! I saw her on Monday and the show was brillant! I believed everything.
On the next day I saw Alice and I was really disappointed. Jessica is so natural and real. Alice is a little bit overacting, I think... I'd loved to see Jessica again...
@iou50bucks I saw Alice, and she gave a PHENOMENAL performance Vocally. what I meant to say is Jessica has better pitch than Alice. and That is a fact. Alice only went flat like twice when I saw her, but She does it more often than Jessica. But I like Alice as Diana better
I think that Alice and Jessica bring such different things to the role. I think that Jessica is a stronger vocalist, even though Alice is great, and I think Alice's acting is stronger, even though Jessicas is great.
You're right! Jessica is much better than Alice :)
She is pretty amazing vocally, but she doesn't have that psychotic Diana feel that Alice Ripley pulls off so well. Still, this is damn fine.
She doesn't have a lisp! I was there and don't remember hear having one...trust me, I'm one to easily get annoyed by a singer with a lisp. Haha, but it must be just the sound!
after seeing alice on stage it doesn't really compare.
SOOOO much better than alice ripley
completely agree
Well I guess it’s more pleasant listening.
I Miss the Mountains kinda IS a country song, lol. Just listen to the twangy guitar.
I have that shirt :)
.. and good job, Jessica.
I don't like your lisp , though.
Not a fan.