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I think they are referring to the "Checkerboard Chick" moment, where Penny really breaks out.

I really am not loving these costumes so far. William Ivey Long's designs were FAR superior to what we've seen so far. Those Dynamite costumes look kind of tacky.

All the costumes even the tone of all promos look like a Party City flyer/brochure.  The costumes look cheap.  The costume designer also doesn't know 1962 fashion whatsoever.   Giving Edna 1965-66 Mod go-go boots was the first red flag of the many faux pas this costume designer is guilty of.  At least the Broadway version costumes were a bit exaggerated but kept its foundation on 1962.  

a tiny sneak peek of the set. 

Run and tell that sneak peek: https://www.instagram.com/p/BMFyCI9jzNZ/

BWW just posted the track list: https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/HAIRSPRAY-LIVE-Soundtrack-Set-for-Release-Before-NBCs-Broadcast-Full-Tracklist-20161104

 

I thought Zadan and Meron said all the songs from the stage show would be in it, but maybe I am remembering incorrectly. Was worried when I read a BWW article yesterday with Shaiman and Wittman that said that was not the case and now it's finally confirmed. Disappointed as I had hoped we might have something close to the stage show preserved, not just a live recreation of the movie. 

Another reason why The Big Dollhouse was cut from the film was because as screenwriter Leslie Dixon was adapting the show for the big screen, she felt that Tracy needed to be on the lamb. On stage, you can have more static moments like long scenes set in jail. In film, static moments like that wouldn't work as well. So by having Tracy on the lamb I felt was a great way of keeping audiences on the edge of their seats.

I think since The Big Dollhouse is used as the opening to Act II after a fifteen minute intermission on stage, it probably wouldn't have the same effect if it took place after a three minute commercial break on TV.

Yes, it seems closer to the stage version than the film, with the changes being swapping "The Madison" for "Ladies' Choice" and cutting "The Big Dollhouse" in lieu of continued action from "Big, Blonde, and Beautiful" through "Good Morning Baltimore (Reprise)".

(It should be noted that although Dollhouse is a fun number, nothing actually happens in it.  It starts with the female ensemble in jail with no way out, it ends with the female ensemble in jail with no way out. Nothing is revealed and no decisions are made. It's the scene after the song in which anything happens).

Updated On: 11/4/16 at 01:26 PM

I'm dying to see a photo of Andrea Martin in-character. I honestly think she should've been in all the promo material...her role is more significant than O'Donnell's and Eichner's...I wouldn't call it a "guest appearance," basically.

Kad said: "(It should be noted that although Dollhouse is a fun number, nothing actually happens in it.  It starts with the female ensemble in jail with no way out, it ends with the female ensemble in jail with no way out . . . )"

 

Not quite right. Everyone except for Tracy is bailed out of jail by Wilbur, except for Tracy and the Van Tussels (who are released by the governor).

 

 

 


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Fosse76 said:  "Not quite right. Everyone except for Tracy is bailed out of jail by Wilbur, except for Tracy and the Van Tussels (who are released by the governor).:"

That occurs in the book scene immediately after the song, though. The song itself is just the characters summing up their positions while in jail.
 

 

Maddie Baillio posted some short clips of her Good Morning Baltimore and I Can Hear The Bells after she recorded them yesterday! @maddiebaillio She sounds GREAT!