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Posted: 5/25/06 at 5:34am
The Equity Tour heads to San Jose from June 6-18 and it will soon come to an end. It sounds like it is still in great shape, at least according to "The Hollywood Reporter".
"At the Pantages, the current version is still an infectious delight, a generous, big-hearted, glitzy show that brings back fond memories of that good ol' '60s rock 'n' roll that swept America during the early days of the Civil Rights movement.
This is a first-rate touring production with high-energy singer/dancers (the choreography of Jerry Mitchell), great sets by David Rockwell, gaudy costumes by William Ivey Long, glossy lighting and sound by Kenneth Posner and Steve C. Kennedy, respectively, beehive hairdos and driving doo-wop music. Add the expert direction of Jack O'Brien.
All this plus an over-the-top performance by J.P. Dougherty as Edna Turnblad, the queen of the ironing board, wearing tent-sized house dresses; and a personable, triple-threat dynamo Keala Settle as the chunky teenager Tracy Turnblad, who wears beehive hairdos, lives to dance and manages to change the Baltimore daily TV dance party into an integrated program...
Settle captivates the audience with "I Can Hear the Bells," and her duet "I'm a Big Girl Now" with Edna is both charming and touching. Alan Mingo Jr. (who plays Seaweed J. Stubbs) is a powerhouse as he belts "Run and Tell That"; Hayley Podschum is a fine Penny, Tracy's best friend; and Charlotte Crossley comes across with a commanding voice in the gospel number "I Know Where I've Been."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060524/stage_nm/stage_hairspray_dc_1
"At the Pantages, the current version is still an infectious delight, a generous, big-hearted, glitzy show that brings back fond memories of that good ol' '60s rock 'n' roll that swept America during the early days of the Civil Rights movement.
This is a first-rate touring production with high-energy singer/dancers (the choreography of Jerry Mitchell), great sets by David Rockwell, gaudy costumes by William Ivey Long, glossy lighting and sound by Kenneth Posner and Steve C. Kennedy, respectively, beehive hairdos and driving doo-wop music. Add the expert direction of Jack O'Brien.
All this plus an over-the-top performance by J.P. Dougherty as Edna Turnblad, the queen of the ironing board, wearing tent-sized house dresses; and a personable, triple-threat dynamo Keala Settle as the chunky teenager Tracy Turnblad, who wears beehive hairdos, lives to dance and manages to change the Baltimore daily TV dance party into an integrated program...
Settle captivates the audience with "I Can Hear the Bells," and her duet "I'm a Big Girl Now" with Edna is both charming and touching. Alan Mingo Jr. (who plays Seaweed J. Stubbs) is a powerhouse as he belts "Run and Tell That"; Hayley Podschum is a fine Penny, Tracy's best friend; and Charlotte Crossley comes across with a commanding voice in the gospel number "I Know Where I've Been."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060524/stage_nm/stage_hairspray_dc_1
"I've lost everything! Luis, Marty, my baby with Chris, Chris himself, James. All I ever wanted was love." --Sheridan Crane "Passions"
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"Housework is like bad sex. Every time I do it, I swear I'll never do it again til the next time company comes."--"Lulu"
from "Can't Stop The Music"
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"When the right doors didn't open for him, he went through the wrong ones" - "Sweet Bird of Youth"
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"Passions" is uncancelled! See NBC.com for more info.
