Hairspray Question (1/6)

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Hairspray Question (1/6)

Posted: 1/7/05 at 5:01pm

So I saw Hairspray for the second time 1/6 front row orchetra.... right next to the staircase...

Before the second act started, the conductor came out of the pit and said "Get your hands together!"Everyone started clapping and the music began. I don't remember this, is it new or just a one night thing?

It was hilarious when her "extra" wig fell off during the detention scene - you could see it coming from a mile away....

EDIT: crap, just realized i posted this on the OT board...oh well...

Updated On: 1/7/05 at 05:01 PM

re: Hairspray Question (1/6)

Posted: 1/7/05 at 5:07pm

Hahaha I was there...a little farther back than the front row (Mezz row R), but I didn't notice that. I can't say I'm surprised, but in a good way. I was holding my breath from the opening, she was going NUTS, I couldn't believe her wig didn't just go flying off.

I posted a review and am currently receiving mild criticism on the main board, under "Hairspray 1/5"

EDIT: Oops, I forgot to make my point: It's funny to hear that she actually did lose a wig - well PART of a wig - after all.

Andrew, tonight isn't about you! It isn't even about me!!! - [FD]

Updated On: 1/7/05 at 05:07 PM

re: Hairspray Question (1/6)

Posted: 1/7/05 at 5:11pm

ya, she bent over and the wig almost came off...then she went to fix the handband and mate it worse...

you didn't see the conductor? he wasn't mic'ed - maybe that's why....

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Posted: 1/7/05 at 5:23pm

okay... i think one of you is refeing to the national tour and the other to the broadway company....

jim gets te audience "settled in and ready" for act two on the tour.. that was directed and has always been there.

are you BOTH talking about carly's "Tracy" wig??

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Posted: 1/7/05 at 5:27pm

Oh, I guess I noticed it in the front row - the first time I was 4th row Mezz....

(they also took out a lot of lines from the last time saw it)

Yeah, the Second layer of tracey's wig...

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Posted: 1/7/05 at 8:52pm

#1. My partner had seen the show about a year ago and said that the conductor never did that.
#2. I saw it on 1/5, and Carly's wig did it, too. I think it's supposed to, for the laughs. She plays it really well, and the timing is too good to be improvised.

"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive. "Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot." "No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one." Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.

Updated On: 1/7/05 at 08:52 PM

re: Hairspray Question (1/6)

Posted: 1/7/05 at 9:22pm

umm, no, Justice...the wig does go crazy but it isn't supposed to fall off...

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Posted: 1/7/05 at 10:24pm

I don't think Carly is too good at her wig addition! Hehe! I saw her a few months ago and it FLEW off!

Also, I saw the tour on Wedsnesday, and the conductor got everyone going with the clapping (He was a total cutie, too.)

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.

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Posted: 1/7/05 at 11:30pm

the frst time i saw her, she kept the wig on...very different up close...

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Posted: 1/8/05 at 12:07am

Up In Won, Jim V (tour music director) IS quite the handsome man!

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Posted: 9/17/05 at 9:14pm

I really think that "Wig addition" should take place off stage. I kinda felt like I was seeing something they didnt mean for me to see. (also, there are hairdressers backstage who could make sure it is attatched)

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