Hairspray National Tour!!!

Has anyone seen the Hairspray National Tour!
It is currently in Toronto for a few days and I saw it last night!
It was absolutly horrible.
The sets were the same from the original but moved by the actors.
There was probably like almost 150 spike marks on the stage floor all different colors. (EXTREMELY distracting)
The sound quality was horrible...
and i've seen lots of shows at the Princess of Wales,
but never with such horrible quality. (the cast sounded very muddy)
The show had added parts and dialogue from the movie which was mainly inappropraite and not funny.
The performers had their moments, but I feel like they were all tired and didn't care to be there. The Tracy was a skinny not so amazing singer.

Did anyone else see the National Tour?!?!

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This tour was awesome, it non-equity they can't afford that much and it works with the people moving the set. The Tracy you saw is the understudy, Brooklynn sprained her ankle a few weeks ago. AND the most important THEY DIDN'T ADD DIALOGUE THE MOVIE CUT DIALOGUE.

Updated On: 5/10/08 at 01:02 AM

It definatly said on the program.... inspired by the recent movie of Hairspray...

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Alright Relax...
I saw 5 understudies and that is potentially the reason why I was not impressed.
And the fact that I could see crew backstage moving set pieces and not even in blacks and with sound problems and distracting spike tape was also a major distraction.
I must say that Maybelle was fantastic and so was Amber and Edna (understudy)...

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Sorry to fly off the handle, but I hate when people say it's based on the new movie. Jerry (Edna) hurt his knee and is recouperating it is a shame you missed him he is very good.

Here check out the video under pics & scenes to see what you missed.

http://hairsprayontour.com/

Thanks... I did before I went... which is why I was so dissapointed haha

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you seem to know alot about this tour

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The dialogue on the national tour is slightly altered from the Broadway production because the tour used to be a 90-minute, no intermission version. When the show was restored to the original two-act format, it was decided to bring the show to 2 hours and 30 minutes as opposed to the original length of 2 hours and 45 minutes, so some of the cut lines and altered scenes remained the way they were in the shortened version.

Updated On: 5/10/08 at 01:28 AM

Believe it or not, Chason2, it existed. When the national tour re-opened as a non-Equity tour at Harrah's Casino in Atlantic City, it was the 90-minute "casino version." Once the tour moved from Atlantic City, it went back to being a full, two-act show, but with about 15 minutes shaved off.

You may have never heard of it, but it's true. Look it up for yourself.

Updated On: 5/10/08 at 07:00 AM

Only very few lines are cut, such as Prudy's in 'Without Love."

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Yes, this is the only national tour. Amy Toporek is filling in for Brooklynn Pulver for eight weeks while she recovers from a broken foot. Her first performance was yesterday (Friday) in Toronto.

YEAH AMY!!!! if anyone has seen Amy perform in Hairspray please let us know!!!

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