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Side Show Originals Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner to Play Provincetown Concerts

The Tony-nominated portrayers of Daisy and Violet Hilton will reunite.

Original Side Show stars Emily Skinner and Alice Ripley will reunite for a pair of concerts in Provincetown.
Emily Skinner and Alice Ripley will reunite for a pair of concerts in Provincetown.

Original Side Show stars Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner will reunite for a pair of concerts in Provincetown on September 1 and 2 at 7pm. Featuring Broadway musical director Seth Rudetsky as pianist and host, the evenings will be part of the Broadway @ The Art House series.

Ripley and Skinner famously received joint Tony Award nominations for their performances as the conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton. Separately, Ripley received a Tony for her performance in Next to Normal and has been seen on Broadway in The Rocky Horror Show, Sunset Boulevard, and The Who's Tommy. Skinner last appeared on Broadway as Mrs. Wilkinson in Billy Elliot and has also starred in Jekyll & Hyde, The Full Monty, The Great American Mousical, and The Ghost Brothers of Darkland County. Their albums together include Duets, Unsuspecting Hearts, and Skinner/Ripley: Raw at Town Hall.

The "Broadway @" concert series was inaugurated in 2011 by producing artistic Director Mark Cortale at the Art House in Provincetown, and featured Rudetsky as pianist and host.

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