Maybe - Alice Ripley + Jennifer Damiano 

You know, I don't think Jennifer Damiano gets enough credit. Yes Alice Ripley is insanely amazing, but she definitely has more experience. Jennifer Damiano was 18 when this was uploaded, and she was only 16 when the show started. She truly is amazing.

I love how at the end, Natalie's having a hard time hugging Diana. It really shows what a broken relationship they have. Man, this scene is really powerful.

"A girl full of anger and hope... a girl with a mother who just couldn't cope." Having grown up in a family situation very much like this, I can so relate to Natalie's character on so many levels. My mom, who had 13 rounds of ECT back in the 70's passed away a year ago today. Every time I called, there were a few times she was lucid, and we could talk like this, but these times were so fleeting as most of the time my mom couldn't see anything or anyone past herself. I never had closure with her. I never will.... Yet, I thank all those involved in the production of this show as it cuts right to the heart of the truth between the angst of a mother-daughter relationship gone awry due to no one's fault... In real life, there are no true villians nor heros. There are people - people struggling to get through life. I've asked my dad to watch this show so many times. I doubt he will, although I can always hope... I wasn't able to have closure with my mom, but my dad... He's not the same person that he was when I was a child or teenager. Heck, he was practically a child himself dealing with a mentally unstable wife all the whhile trying to figuring a way to raise me and working 2 jobs just to pay the bills. He thinks the answer is to leave the past in the past and to just move on in life, and while I don't disagree, the question of HOW to let go of the past is where I keep getting stuck.... This past year, I've been trying to become unstuck so that I can move on in my life and truly live it. Live in hope andi light, not the shadows from the past.... So thanks to all involved in this show, and to the person who posted this part of the show which validates so much of which my parents never could... Thank you for giving me the words to express something so deep and embedded that it is hard to access it.... I love you mom... I love you dad.... Always...

how amazing would it be to get to sing the line that drops the title of the broadway show you're in

"I don't need a life that's normal, that's way too far away. But something next to normal would be okay."

I've watched this musical twice and listen to the soundtrack a lot. Never have I cried...until "I don't need a life that's normal ... ". That one caught me off guard. Wow.

Wow. Alice delivers the greatest performance on any stage in the world with this role. I feel so lucky that she came back for the tour and I got the chance to see her. I love her so fucking much.

seriously, Alice took this role/show to a WHOLE new level... just perfection on so many levels!

it is heartbreaking, this and Spring Awakening and Rent are the three sadest musicals i have ever seen.

This song makes me cry every single time I listen to it.

So. amazing.I cannot get enough of this show!

Jennifer Damiano, your half-pony makes you look like SUCH a teenager. Lol but no seriously, i love you

0:40 That face... that facial expression explains the whole show. It's absolutely terrific.

Wish I could have seen them in this show

AWWWWWWWWWWWWW THE MAGIC OF MUSIC AND LYRICS

Does anyone else notice how beautiful Jenn Damiano's hair is?

This song makes my life complete. This show makes my life complete.

It's not happiness, It's Henry

LOVE THIS MUSICAL!!!!!

UGH, I JUST LOVE JENNIFER, OKAY?

This breaks my heart. Really does.

But something NEXT TO NORMAL would be okay. Ayyeee they said it bois 👏👏🎉🎉🎉

So powerful and heartbreaking

@Bluebaritone her character is losing it. The hand motions are just a little expression of her mental state. The motions are crazy, just like Diana. They are both wild.

beautiful

chills.

I'd see spiderman for one reason and one reason alone: two words. JENNIFER DAMIANO.

I am going to see the show on October 17th

Just sobbing, no big deal.

WHAATT???? Wow I loved her before, but that's crazy!! How did i not know this lol

Alice's picture should be in the dictionary under the defintion of perfect acting.

Do you have a full performance of the show on Broadway? I can only find the off Broadway version.

is there something wrong with my tear ducts? seriously. why is there not waterwork? is it possible for my eyes to be in a drought. this is the saddest thing i have everr watch, this is why i love theatre, you go to the theatre to experiance emotion, laugh, cry, scream, hate, love. but for some reason my eyes don;t want to cry when my mind is balling.

@mchammar416 Not just the name of the show you're in, but a hint at the other famous show you played the lead in (devil you know...Sideshow)

I don't know what this trading thing is about, but is there anyway I can get the whole musical from you?

what do u mean? didnt the show close a while ago anyways?

@MsMusicaljunkie they should also put her picture next to the definition of vocal nodes lol

Can't wait to see Jenn in Spiderman

*gross sobbing*

do u know if she got another job? or did she just randomly leave?

wasn't she like, 16 here?

oh! but shes not playing mj anymore?

I don’t know who the actors are, but this Natalie is extraordinary. This is one of my favorite scenes in one of my favorite musicals. The Diana here is less than mediocre. And don’t talk to me about Alice Ripley- highly overrated