HAIRSPRAY is next NBC Musical... — Page 24

Mhmmm...

So i'm guessing a newcomer will be playing seaweed and inez. I really don't know who is gonna play them to be honest. 

Uhh... Zendaya is getting paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for feature film appearances. Raven is making millions a year to appear on The View. That ain't happening. Ever. 

rnoney said: "In addition to my previous prospects for Seaweed I thought of two more:

Diggy Simmons

Justice Smith
 

But they can't sing or dance
 

 

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teddy1996: "But they can't sing or dance"

Diggy is a singer-rapper-actor and he can dance - not necessarily his specialty but I'm sure he (and Justice) can perform and deliver.

teddy1996: "Diggy's voice isn't even that great. And justice only acts. He doesn't sing"

 

I said Diggy is a singer, which is correct. I didn't suggest that everyone thinks he's great. Not everybody thinks Harvey Firestein, Derek Hough, or Garrett Clayton have "great voices" either. They all sing though.

 

Re: Justice - http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/12/entertainment/justice-smith-the-get-down/ --- "Both my parents are musicians so they're both artists and my sister's a singer as well, and they had thought that I was going to become a musician ... And she's always like, 'You have such a great voice.' You know how a mom is — very biased. Then I got this show and I was like, 'Okay, I guess I have to do this anyway.' [Laughs] But it was cool. I had that indirect training in music from my parents growing up, so it wasn't completely new to me. Although, rap was very new. But because I think I understood music to an extent, it was easy to jump in headfirst."

 

Like many performing arts school graduates he doesn't "only act", and if necessary many actors learn either how to dance a certain style and/or learn specific choreography for Broadway, movies, or TV. Heck, that's the whole premise of DWTS, and the reality of many Hollywood actors and recording artists who make the jump to Broadway.

Liza's Headband said: "Uhh... Zendaya is getting paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for feature film appearances. Raven is making millions a year to appear on The View. That ain't happening. Ever. 

 

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You're absolutely right, but I was trying to name actresses who would both be a stretch or would be more realistic (the more "Broadway" women I named, like Warren, Ghebremichael, James). I just figured I'd drop some more "celebrity" names because if they managed to get someone as big as Ariana Grande (who I never would have thought they could nail down even though she's been my dream Penny for years), nothing is impossible.

Point taken. Just trying to reach for the stars because you never know what they'll end up doing.

I'm pegging her down for The Matron's role. She's do a great The Big Dollhouse.

Still holding out for Cher as Prudy, haha.

Do we know who's playing The Flasher next door yet?

Winkour's in it. I wonder if they're bringing in Ricki Lake & Nikki Blonsky, too.

People just posted this first look at Fierstein and Bailio in the new costumes for the show.

They look okay. Maybe it's just the lighting or the weird scenic design they're placed in. I love William Ivey Long's original costumes so much and kind of wished they had him return as costume designer for this. Hopefully they'll work on it for when it actually airs.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,21024935,00.html

Updated On: 8/17/16 at 09:21 AM

Apart from Edna's dress' length, the actual design seems very much inspired by the Bway production. The hair belongs to La Cage though. And them boots have to go. Na uh.

 

Tracy's dress does not look... High School enough? I think they've made it more modern as well as mature looking. It might be that fabric (and that disgusting belt).

I still love this picture, though. Cannot wait for this production :)