Hairspray- Welcome to the 60s%

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Hairspray- Welcome to the 60s%

Posted: 9/13/05 at 12:31pm

So, it's below 70% for the first time ever- and this may be a bit ahead of time, but what 'big name' do you think is up for a role in Hairspray to boost ticket sales when the time comes?

#2

re: Hairspray- Welcome to the 60s%

Posted: 9/13/05 at 12:37pm

I say bring in Lindsay Hohan as Penny, Hilary Duff as Amber, and Tom Cruise as Edna.

#3

re: Hairspray- Welcome to the 60s%

Posted: 9/13/05 at 12:45pm

Lindsey Hohan

That's not a typo, is it?

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re: Hairspray- Welcome to the 60s%

Posted: 9/13/05 at 1:30pm

I just saw that it was at 60% whats crazy..

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#5

re: Hairspray- Welcome to the 60s%

Posted: 9/13/05 at 3:24pm

#6

re: Hairspray- Welcome to the 60s%

Posted: 9/13/05 at 3:32pm

David Hasselhoff

#7

re: Hairspray- Welcome to the 60s%

Posted: 9/13/05 at 4:39pm

Nathan Lane as Edna

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#8

re: Hairspray- Welcome to the 60s%

Posted: 9/13/05 at 4:49pm

Ha, what a creative title...had me laughing. I think this show might slowly drift away. I mean, its had its time. I think its going to be overshadowed by the other "big shows" opening.

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re: Hairspray- Welcome to the 60s%

Posted: 9/13/05 at 5:06pm

Folks, it dropped below break even for the first time ever this week. ONCE in four years. And if you notice nearly every other show also had a precipitous drop as well. It's the week after Labor Day and you can't use that as a barometer as to whether it's going to "drift away" or something. It'll quite likely be back in the 70s next week and into the 80s by next month. No reason to sound the death knell for the show over one bad week.

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re: Hairspray- Welcome to the 60s%

Posted: 9/13/05 at 5:07pm

John Goodman as Edna

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#11

re: Hairspray- Welcome to the 60s%

Posted: 9/13/05 at 5:32pm

I was considering revisiting the show on Thursday during a day trip. How is the current cast?

#12

re: Hairspray- Welcome to the 60s%

Posted: 9/13/05 at 5:34pm

the current cast is pretty good. but i havent seen john pinette and the guy playing wiblur. but they got pretty good reviews while they were on tour.

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re: Hairspray- Welcome to the 60s%

Posted: 9/13/05 at 5:45pm

the current cast is really great. they have such an amazing energy and perform the show very well. everyone's vocals are very good. this show is bound to shoot back up quite soon. no one can resist hairspray

brandon

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re: Hairspray- Welcome to the 60s%

Posted: 9/13/05 at 6:12pm

I hope it picks back up!

#15

re: Hairspray- Welcome to the 60s%

Posted: 9/13/05 at 6:52pm

the new wilbur and edna are fantastic. Mainly i noticed they seemed to be having a lot of fun on stage, which is always obvious to audiences and it was fun watching them. Shannon as Tracy, and Tracy Miller as Penny are definitely two to catch! not to mention Darlene Love (WHAT a beautiful voice!) as Motormouth and Chestor as Seaweed are equally fantastic.

bottom line: you should def check out the new cast. maybe help some of those lull september ticket sales!

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Updated On: 9/13/05 at 06:52 PM

#16

re: Hairspray- Welcome to the 60s%

Posted: 9/13/05 at 6:57pm

I'm sure everything will be fine! Frequent production meetings ar held involving most of the directors, producers, etc... At these meetings, the entire show is approached in an almost scientific manor. If ticket sales are dropping, they will find out why, and fix it. The show has gone through many detail changes since the begining (costuming, sets, casting...) and the production team has always kept it afloat. Many people have a lot of money riding on the success of this show, They surely won't let it fail. YOU CAN'T STOP THE BEAT!!!

#17

re: Hairspray- Welcome to the 60s%

Posted: 9/13/05 at 6:57pm

Goodman's a frustrated singer. He'd totally do it.

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#18

re: Hairspray- Welcome to the 60s%

Posted: 9/13/05 at 7:46pm

Who has a lot riding on it? Hasn't it made back its investment?

#19

re: Hairspray- Welcome to the 60s%

Posted: 9/13/05 at 7:51pm

"That's not a typo, is it?"

Nope.

#20

re: Hairspray- Welcome to the 60s%

Posted: 9/14/05 at 10:47am

I'm not sounding alarm bells, nor do I think the show is going anywhere for a long time. I simply had a great title for a thread and needed sometime to post.

Hairspray will do well for another 3 years. One rough week (across the board) will not signal the end of the show.

#21

re: Hairspray- Welcome to the 60s%

Posted: 9/14/05 at 11:00am

T. is right....everything was down, save Spam and Wicked.

Its a great show, and i has proved its resiliency time and time again. I saw it with the original cast and loved it.

Great title for a thread by the way!

#22

re: Hairspray- Welcome to the 60s%

Posted: 9/14/05 at 11:42am

I hope Margo doesn't panic and cut more costumes.

#23

re: Hairspray- Welcome to the 60s%

Posted: 9/14/05 at 1:20pm

Delta Burke as Velma VOn Tussel!

#24

re: Hairspray- Welcome to the 60s%

Posted: 9/14/05 at 1:54pm

It's gonna be a looooooong and tricky winter.

#25

re: Hairspray- Welcome to the 60s%

Posted: 9/14/05 at 2:18pm

I'm going to post this here because I didn't want to start a new thread but I guess you can tell summer is over because the number of reviews have gone down so much when compared to the number like 2 weeks ago.

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