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By Rich Heldenfels
Beacon Journal popular culture writer
POSTED: 09:52 a.m. EDT, Jun 01, 2009
Tony Actress. When you look at the list of Tony Award nominees for lead actress in a musical, you may at first take note of big names like Stockard Channing (for Pal Joey) and Allison Janney (for 9 to 5: The Musical). But don't overlook Alice Ripley from Next to Normal.
A 1986 graduate of Kent State's School of Theatre and Dance, Ripley has previously appeared in Broadway's Side Show (for which she also received a Tony nomination), The Rocky Horror Show, James Joyce's The Dead, Sunset Boulevard and The Who's Tommy as well as in off-Broadway and regional productions.
She is also the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for ''pop punk'' band Ripley (http://www.myspace.com/ripleytheband). And, with composer Michael Roth, she is writing a performance piece called Landscape the Tar Roof Tree.
Completing the category are Sutton Foster (Shrek: The Musical) and Josefina Scaglione (West Side Story). The ceremony will be on June 7. Neil Patrick Harris will be the host.
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Boyle Goes On. Singing sensation Susan Boyle has had a rough time in the spotlight since her Britain's Got Talent performance became an online phenomenon. Series judge Piers Morgan wrote that ''Susan is finding it very, very difficult to cope. . . . She has been in tears many times during the last few days, and even, fleetingly, felt like quitting the show altogether at one point and fleeing all the attention.''
But the show issued a statement that Boyle will compete in today's finale. Morgan has since said, ''My bet is that she will respond with the performance of her life at the final. This is one tough lady who has had to fight since the day she was born, and there is no way she's going to quit now.''
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Cryer Ex in Trouble. Actress Sarah Trigger, the ex-wife of Two and a Half Men's Jon Cryer, has been arrested and charged with felony child neglect, according to TMZ.com.
Trigger and Cryer have an 8-year-old son but, TMZ said, he is not the child in the charges.
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Letter Man. The Nation magazine has paid tribute to Cy Shain, a Californian who died in February, for his ability to get letters to the editor published in the New York Times — 39 in just the past decade.
The Nation noted his ''reasonable'' views and perfect formula: ''three sentences, or thoughts, first introducing, then elaborating upon, then concluding, an idea. Though he made his points, it was always with a jab rather than a roundhouse. Shain's letters had the efficiency of haiku and the elegance of sonnets.''
Rich Heldenfels writes about popular culture for the Beacon Journal, the HeldenFiles Online blog at http://heldenfels.ohio.com and on Twitter. He can be reached at 330-996-3582 and rheldenfels@thebeaconjournal.com.
Tony Actress. When you look at the list of Tony Award nominees for lead actress in a musical, you may at first take note of big names like Stockard Channing (for Pal Joey) and Allison Janney (for 9 to 5: The Musical). But don't overlook Alice Ripley from Next to Normal.
A 1986 graduate of Kent State's School of Theatre and Dance, Ripley has previously appeared in Broadway's Side Show (for which she also received a Tony nomination), The Rocky Horror Show, James Joyce's The Dead, Sunset Boulevard and The Who's Tommy as well as in off-Broadway and regional productions.
She is also the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for ''pop punk'' band Ripley (http://www.myspace.com/ripleytheband). And, with composer Michael Roth, she is writing a performance piece called Landscape the Tar Roof Tree.
Completing the category are Sutton Foster (Shrek: The Musical) and Josefina Scaglione (West Side Story). The ceremony will be on June 7. Neil Patrick Harris will be the host.
•
Boyle Goes On. Singing sensation Susan Boyle has had a rough time in the spotlight since her Britain's Got Talent performance became an online phenomenon. Series judge Piers Morgan wrote that ''Susan is finding it very, very difficult to cope. . . . She has been in tears many times during the last few days, and even, fleetingly, felt like quitting the show altogether at one point and fleeing all the attention.''
But the show issued a statement that Boyle will compete in today's finale. Morgan has since said, ''My bet is that she will respond with the performance of her life at the final. This is one tough lady who has had to fight since the day she was born, and there is no way she's going to quit now.''
•
Cryer Ex in Trouble. Actress Sarah Trigger, the ex-wife of Two and a Half Men's Jon Cryer, has been arrested and charged with felony child neglect, according to TMZ.com.
Trigger and Cryer have an 8-year-old son but, TMZ said, he is not the child in the charges.
•
Letter Man. The Nation magazine has paid tribute to Cy Shain, a Californian who died in February, for his ability to get letters to the editor published in the New York Times — 39 in just the past decade.
The Nation noted his ''reasonable'' views and perfect formula: ''three sentences, or thoughts, first introducing, then elaborating upon, then concluding, an idea. Though he made his points, it was always with a jab rather than a roundhouse. Shain's letters had the efficiency of haiku and the elegance of sonnets.''
Rich Heldenfels writes about popular culture for the Beacon Journal, the HeldenFiles Online blog at http://heldenfels.ohio.com and on Twitter. He can be reached at 330-996-3582 and rheldenfels@thebeaconjournal.com.
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