HAIRSPRAY I miss you!

[zamedy]

Posted: 1/4/10 at 2:11pm

HAIRSPRAY played its last performance at the Neil Simon Theatre one year ago today, on January 4th, 2009. I was there for the final, electrifying performance and I will never forget the energy of that afternoon or the memories made.

Thank you to the entire creative team who gave Broadway one of the best musicals of all-time.

[rmusic11322]

Posted: 1/4/10 at 2:16pm

I really liked this show. I'm glad that I saw it a few years before it closed.

[once a month]

Posted: 1/4/10 at 2:55pm

It still makes my top 10 list...and I've been to over 300.

[Pgenre]

Posted: 1/4/10 at 3:00pm

I've been to some very exciting, oftentimes very exclusive, events over the years but NEVER have I heard an audience so vocal and passionate as at an early preview of HAIRSPRAY. Harvey got a solid 2 minutes of entrance applause, and that was just the tip of the iceberg. I am SO sad that this score is no longer lighting up Broadway every night, while lesser scores like WICKED and POTO play on and on and on.

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[withoutlovewithoutU]

Posted: 1/4/10 at 3:07pm

I miss this show so much! I got to see it twice on tour but only once on broadway. It makes me sad that it's gone and now I can afford to go see shows regularly. The show holds a very special place in my heart

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 1/4/10 at 5:03pm

I was thinking the same thing. This will be the first time I will have seen back to back closings at the same theatre.

[JP2]

Posted: 1/4/10 at 5:07pm

I miss the 'Spray. So very much.

One of my all time favorite shows.

[hairspraydude1962]

Posted: 1/4/10 at 5:16pm

Words cannot even describe how much I miss this show.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/4/10 at 5:34pm

Come on. Try.

[SNLMedia]

Posted: 1/4/10 at 7:47pm

Hairspray has been a huge part of my life for the last five years. I miss the Broadway production so very very much. I'm glad the tour is making a few stops in Connecticut so that I can relive the excitement all over again. I just saw it at Foxwoods this past Saturday and I already can't wait to see it again this Thursday in Waterbury!

[BenjaminNicholas2]

Posted: 1/4/10 at 7:56pm

I must have missed it, but can someone explain why it closed. I know they were rotating some B-listers into the leads, but was it honestly grossing that badly?

Seeing the original Broadway cast, it was electric the night I saw it. The audience ate it up. I felt the same way I saw opening night for the West End company... Just an incredible sense of something special.

Well, that, and Michael Ball truly doing justice to the 'FOR MEEEEEEEEEE!' line.




BN

[Kad]

Posted: 1/4/10 at 8:07pm

Is there a show that's even a fraction as fun as Hairspray?

[SNLMedia]

Posted: 1/4/10 at 8:08pm

I don't believe they were having low attendance. I just think they felt like going out with a bang, while they were on top. I think the show would still be selling well today if it were open. I honestly don't know the full story though.

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 1/4/10 at 9:11pm

I unfortunately never saw Hairspray on Broadway, but I've seen it three times on tour and it's one of my very favorite shows. It got just about everything right.

[emo_geek]

Posted: 1/6/10 at 3:06am

Now that a year has passed....can we have a revival?

[dramamama611]

Posted: 1/6/10 at 5:38am

Hairspray closed for the same reason all shows close: Money.

Last year was a January massacre for b'way closings as people were running scared about the economy.

Sales had indeed dipped; and advance sales were not promising enough. They were smart by announcing the closing early so that they could go out with a bang.

[wendilin622]

Posted: 1/6/10 at 5:39am

SNLMedia- I'm going to see the show Thursday in Waterbury too!! This was def one of my fave shows! Looking forward to seeing it again this week!