HAIRSPRAY Questions answered here! (inevitable Spoilers)- Page 13

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 7/31/07 at 10:51am

Marc, is that Shoshana Bean's voice singing the solo crowd line in "I Know Where I've Been"? (the voice heard behind the "...deep within.." part in the beginning of the song)

[jhonaker]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 10:08am

scoop me up a mess of that chocolate swirl

What is chocolate swirl anyway? Do you have a recipe you can share? :)

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 11:33am

Have you snuck into any shows with us common folk yet to see the reaction?

Snuck into? I have set up a lemonade stand in front of the screen!

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 11:35am

why was the line "belting high c's" changed to "belting Aida"?

Um...I think from the stage, some people felt you couldn't comprehend "Aida" and that "high C's" was easier for more people to hear and understand

[jordangirl]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 11:38am

No question. Just wanted to say I saw it yesterday on screen (still trying the darned lottery for the stage version!!) and thoroughly enjoyed it! :)

Thanks for putting a smile on my face!

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 2:04pm

What was it like seeing your movie for the very first time? What was it like seeing it with a regular paying audience (and not the premiere)?

It's just like you would imagine. Indescribable bliss. The dream of writing a Broadway Musical. The dream of making a big splashy heartfelt Movie Musical. The audience eating it up. Any human alive can relate to the feeling of "now people know what/who I am. This represents me. Let me exhale"

The first time I saw it after the premiere was in a theatre playing it too soft, so that was a letdown, it is rock n roll/R & B, and even if it's theatre RnR and R&B, it does not have the impact it usually does without it being played correctly. They still enjoyed it, but it was like watching a teenis match after being at The Super Bowl.

TO get that outa my system, I went again to The Ziegfeld that other night, and that was a real tonic. What a thrill!

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 2:07pm

For "Catch Me If You Can" what songs have been replaced/added since the 17-track Demo that people seem to have gotten their hands on?

you'll find out when you come see it!

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 2:12pm

Where was the Dynamite that messed up...I am seeing the film for the 12th time today and I hope I can catch it, I can not seem to think that I missed that the last 11 times I saw the film...

it's after Edna and Tracy dance off after "Take your old fashioned fears and just throw them away"

There is a reason the other 2 Dynamites sing on that solo line, but right now, I forget! It was something different between the Bway cast album they had started rehearsals with and the film version they were filming to.

Anyway, on the bench, they all start singing the next line, then clam up!

WHOOPS!

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 2:15pm

I was wondering what your composition/arranging process is like. Do you work with computers/synthesizers, notation, or a combination of both?

All of the above. I write on piano. Then I sequence piano, bass, drums parts. Then I start building on that by using all the different sound modules available to sound as close to the real thing as possible. I love it!

That is a VERY LONG process made very short!

[madbrian]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 2:15pm

Hey Marc, how come no sing-a-long screenings in northern NJ? I thought you were from Scotch Plains?

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 2:17pm

I thought that Tracy won the Miss Hairspray pageant in the Broadway show, why was Ines the winner in the movie?

It was the screenwriters very first idea when she got the job. Something new to shake up the way it's been onstage and in the original, and a great way to show Tracy happier then if she had won herself.

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 2:21pm

Marc, is "I Know Where I've Been" inspired by "A Change is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke?

Among the many songs of that style (like the one in the scene in the original movie when the kids go to the dance on the black side of town), yes, A Change Is Gonna Come was the most inspirational. What a song! What a vocal! There are many versions out there, check 'em all out!

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 2:22pm

Marc, is that Shoshana Bean's voice singing the solo crowd line in "I Know Where I've Been"? (the voice heard behind the "...deep within.." part in the beginning of the song)

No, it is the glorious voice of Miss Shayna Steele, just as it is on the OBC!

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 2:25pm

What is chocolate swirl anyway? Do you have a recipe you can share? :)

You know, I remember that just coming out of my mouth and then asking Scott "Is there actually something called chocolate swirl?"

We both felt it was an ice cream flavor. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

(Now I'm hungry!)

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 2:27pm

Hey Marc, how come no sing-a-long screenings in northern NJ? I thought you were from Scotch Plains?

really? ugh. that sucks.

But there are buses that go to NYC. No one knows that better than me, because from the time I was around 14, I took that bus to see Broadway shows about a billion times!

[WickedBoy2]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 2:30pm

Big Dolls House cut! Any particular reason?

[mateo]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 2:30pm

Chocolate Swirl Ice Cream:
http://www.atkins.com/recipes/s/soft-chocolate-swirl-ice-cream-557

It's on the Atkins Plan... it can't be good.

If you look up 'chocolate swirl' on google- the first thing that pops up is an "adult lifestyle party" service in Dallas. :)

[artscallion]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 2:31pm

"scoop me up a mess of that chocolate swirl

What is chocolate swirl anyway? Do you have a recipe you can share? :)"



When I heard her sing this line I died! All I could think of was when Isaac Mizrahi interviewed her on the red carpet last year (the same show on which he grabbed Charlotte Johanson's breast and asked Eva Longoria if she shaved her muffin) He asked Queen, "Speaking of chocolate/vanilla swirl, what kind of underwear are you wearing?"

Queen must have some chocolate swirl karma folling her around.

[jaystarr]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 2:31pm

Hi Mr. Shaiman !!!

Hi Mateo

J*

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 2:38pm

you guys are asking questions that have already been asked. Tsk, tsk!

[madbrian]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 2:53pm

Hey Marc,
Boxofficemojo.com tracks grosses for the top movies, but all of Hairspray's numbers are listed as estimates, when the other major movies all have finalized numbers after a day or two. Do you know why?

[mateo]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 2:53pm

Do you have a particularly favorite part of the score? for whatever reason- either you had the most fun recording it or you just love how it works in the final film?

Score wise- 'Baltimore Crabs is my favorite- it's beautifully done. I could list why - but it would be too long. Just know that its my fav.

[Lm4dham052]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 3:10pm

Here's a question I don't think was asked:

What is next for you?? I know your working on Catch Me If You Can (So excited!!!) But after that, thinking of doing anyother Movie/Musicals?

[singingbackup]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 4:12pm

Marc:

There's a moment in New Girl In Town where the Dynamites scream:
"Look out Look Out Look out", ala Little Shop...is this a conscious nod to that show?


And where does the kissing line form?

Hearting you big time!

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 4:24pm

We took the train to Baltimore yesterday from NYC where we went to see the final performance of Grey Gardens. Both my husband and I were very saddened by the closing of that show. In fact, we were still in a funk when we got into our car to drive home from the train station.

The Hairspray soundtrack was in my CD Player, and it started as we drove out of the station. Within 30 seconds, everyone was singing and dancing (as well as one can when buckled up!) and utterly cheered up. Thank you. Isn't it wonderful to know how uplifting you can be for people?

BTW, my 5-year-old son sat at the kitchen table last night singing one line over and over again, "Look out for that moving van!" He LOVES "The New Girl in Town." (Hairspray was his first Broadway show, BTW...when he was 3.)