HAIRSPRAY is next NBC Musical... — Page 29

neonlightsxo said: "Did I miss who's playing Seaweed?"

no, for some reason that has yet to be announced.

As for all the talk about which recent live musical has been the best, I actually think they've all been pretty mediocre. The Wiz only came to life in its musical numbers, all the scenes fell completely flat for me. It succeeded in spite of itself in my opinion. I haven't rewatched Peter Pan or Sound of Music since they aired (why haven't they put them on streaming like Fox cleverly did with Grease Live?) but I remember enjoying PP more than SOM. Last year's ITV production of The Sound of Music was better than any American live television musical so far.

Did I miss who's playing Seaweed?

 

Zadan & Meron favorite Queen Latifah was confirmed for Seaweed.  Harvey Fierstein is reinventing the role for her as he did for THE WIZ: Live!    

Updated On: 8/22/16 at 04:36 PM

Perfect casting! That means Mary J Blige would play Little Inez, right?

I would love to see jordan fisher as seaweed. He can sing and dance and he did a fantastic job in grease live

gypsy101 said: "Hairspray0901 said: "I would LOVE to see Adrienne warren as little Inez"

Adrienne is wonderful but she's about 15-20 years too old to play Little Inez.

teddy, i thought you work for NBC? Don't you have any leads as to who will play Seaweed?

 

"i do not work for NBC and i do not know who will play seaweed. All i know is that todrick hall auditioned to play the part. 

 

everytime this thread gets bumped, I'm thinking someone has posted who Seaweed is.

CindersGolightly said: "Jacob Artist would be a great Seaweed.

 

That's actually not a bad suggestion it's more realistic than say, Adrienne Warren as "Little Inez"! 

I'm not understanding why people on this board think that if you star on a show on for example NBC you can't appear on a special or an episode of a show on a rival network. 

That is simply not true. The actor has a contract with the producers/production company of the show....not the actual network itself. 

Liza's Headband said: "That's not always true (see: Disney and Nickelodeon, which self-produce about 90% of their programming). 

 

Yes, but if the contract doesn't expressly say so then the actor can appear on a program airing on a rival network. 

How do you account for some of the actors promoting those programs on talk shows that air on the rival networks, etc. 

I'll use Jennifer Lopez as an example. She was on "American Idol" which aired on FOX and starred on "Shades of Blue" which aired on NBC. 

See how that works?

End of story.

Buh-bye.

Updated On: 8/23/16 at 02:05 PM

Aside from Harvey Fierstein, Derek Hough and Jennifer Hudson, many in the cast are heavily linked to NBC: Sean Hayes, Rosie O'Donnell, Kristin Chenoweth, Martin Short, Andrea Martin, including Ariana Grande, who hosted SNL a few months ago.  

 

And then we learned that the real Seaweed was in our hearts all along.

gypsy101 said: "ah I could have sworn that was a thing last year during the Wiz, you always had the hot gossip. did you work for NBC at the time?

 

"i never worked for NBC. I am a student who goes to community college.