“Facebook and Twitter and Instagram are excellent ways to keep in touch...” — Alice Ripley Quote

Facebook and Twitter and Instagram are excellent ways to keep in touch with the audience and maintain your image an actor.

Don't get me wrong: I love having my own song and being the center of attention, but I also love being part of the group and making the show work in a more anonymous way.

My mother is always the most vulnerable person in any room, and so I definitely have that part of her inside me.

When 'Next to Normal' won the Pulitzer, that was the moment I felt the show was being defined. There's a certain confidence that comes with being selected.

With a lot of contemporary musicals, the songs are like a calling card: the action stops for them.

Judge Sarah Frisch is a wonderful woman, and does an excellent job.

I've worked with Hollywood stars, but the reason most of the Hollywood stars I've worked with are Hollywood stars is that they're excellent actors, so I've been very lucky.

If you see your company culture as a family, you don't want to fire someone just because their short-term performance is not good. If you do, even the people on your team who are excellent performers will look at what's going on and say, 'Someday you might fire me too.' You'll lose everyone's trust.

Geraldo has been in Lebanon. He has done some excellent reporting out of there, and of course, we now know by virtue of the president's speech on Tuesday night that the terrorist organizations that operate in that area are now on the list.