BadKarma719 sees HAIRSPRAY 3/12

ok so this will be the second time I have see the show and this NEW cast was great it was as followed

Fill-ins for that performance only
Dynamite- CJay Hardy Philip
Joshua Bergasse- Swing
Tracy T- Shannon Durig
Seaweed - Eric L. Christian
Spritzer...-JP Dougherty

all others same as listed

I thought the cast was right on, Shannon was great and high energy the whole show, better then when I saw Cathyin it. Bruce as Edna took some getting used to however I did enjoy him, it was the first time that I could listen to "you're timeless to me" and I liked it with all his little improv linesEric as Seaweed was no where near what Chester G did hte last time but he still was fun to see.
I know a lot of people have see this show so I'm not going to go on about every detail however if you have ??s post and I'll reply

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I saw it the next day 3/13 for the first time. I absolutely loved the show and it delivered. I took my mom and she loved it too. The only understudy on for 3/13 3pm show was in the role of Seaweed, we had the 2nd understudy..Tommar Wilson I believe his name was. He was as fabulous as the rest of the cast!
Carly was great..Bruce was great....the show overall was one of the best Ive seen.

~Cristin

Updated On: 3/17/05 at 03:46 PM

Shannon Durig was good as Tracy? Wow..1 point for AMDA. She's a 2002-2003 graduate. Do you have a playbill? Does she mention the academy in her bio?

the usher told me at the begining of the show that Shannon was almost better then Cathy

and she was

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Lord, is Carly EVER on as Tracy?

I have a friend who tried to see it 5 times because he really liked Carly, and every time he went, she was out. That's why I raised the question. I personally didn't like the show, and have only seen Marissa Winouker as Tracy.

someone said that Carly misses as many shows as she does

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