'Hairspray' in Finland Production Photos

[Candleshoe2]

'Hairspray' in Finland Production Photos#1

Posted: 6/3/07 at 11:11pm

I came across these photos of the Finnish production of 'Hairspray' on the lighting designer's website!

http://www.pallelight.com/images.php?val=171

Take a look. Some of the designs are actually pretty interesting!

Anyone understand the bears?
Updated On: 6/3/07 at 11:11 PM

[mateo]

re: 'Hairspray' in Finland Production Photos#2

Posted: 6/3/07 at 11:14pm

the jail sets are neat.

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[B3TA07]

re: 'Hairspray' in Finland Production Photos#2

Posted: 6/3/07 at 11:14pm

Haha I love Tracy's jail cell. I don't know what's up with the bears either. Maybe it's from "Good Morning Baltimore?" Or they changed "I Can Hear The Bells" to "I Can Hear The Bears."

-Benjamin
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[BroadwayEnthusiast2]

re: 'Hairspray' in Finland Production Photos#3

Posted: 6/3/07 at 11:17pm

the sets are neat, there are vids on youtube, and it looks like they completely destroyed the point of the show. tracy and motormouth are each about 120 pounds. seaweed's not even really black...it just goes on and on.

"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster. "Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."

[LizzieCurry]

re: 'Hairspray' in Finland Production Photos#4

Posted: 6/3/07 at 11:18pm

Try finding a black person in Finland!

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[TheatreDiva90016]

re: 'Hairspray' in Finland Production Photos#6

Posted: 6/3/07 at 11:18pm

The bears are for Good Morning, Baltimore.

The whole thing is kind of freaky as they hardly have any actors of color in Finland, and their MMM was quite thin, and their Edna was quite frightening.

There are clips SOMEWHERE on the site that I've linked, but I can't seem to find them. But you can here Welcome to the 60's in Finnish!
Finnish Hairspray

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[mateo]

re: 'Hairspray' in Finland Production Photos#7

Posted: 6/3/07 at 11:19pm

It's not as bad as some illegal production from italy...

I saw production photos and they use Black Face.

"Zac is sweet as can be. He's very much just a sweet kid from California who happens to have a face that looks like it was drawn by Michelangelo, (if Michelangelo did anime)."
-Adam Shankman.

"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"

"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"

[TheatreDiva90016]

re: 'Hairspray' in Finland Production Photos#8

Posted: 6/3/07 at 11:20pm

Now I know why Tracy looks so shocked on the logo.



Black face?!

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[mateo]

re: 'Hairspray' in Finland Production Photos#9

Posted: 6/3/07 at 11:22pm

http://www.delfo.forli-cesena.it/aqaos/HAIRSPRAY/foto.htm

click cast

"Zac is sweet as can be. He's very much just a sweet kid from California who happens to have a face that looks like it was drawn by Michelangelo, (if Michelangelo did anime)."
-Adam Shankman.

"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"

"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"

Updated On: 6/3/07 at 11:22 PM

[BrodyFosse123]

re: 'Hairspray' in Finland Production Photos#10

Posted: 6/3/07 at 11:23pm

Horrid design. Too busy -- how did anyone follow any of the action taking place in front of all that focus-pulling set design?

It simply looks like a waste of budget. Too much.

[BroadwayEnthusiast2]

re: 'Hairspray' in Finland Production Photos#11

Posted: 6/3/07 at 11:23pm

yeah Black Face?! i think there was an illegal production in mexico? ill post the link somewhere. it was from TMUIC or something. or is that the one in italy?

"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster. "Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."

[emo_geek]

re: 'Hairspray' in Finland Production Photos#12

Posted: 6/3/07 at 11:23pm

I just really don't understand why Tracy is so skinny.

"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999

[B3TA07]

re: 'Hairspray' in Finland Production Photos#13

Posted: 6/3/07 at 11:24pm

Has anyone heard about this movie version they are coming out with?!?

-Benjamin
--http://www.benjaminadgate.com/

[mateo]

re: 'Hairspray' in Finland Production Photos#14

Posted: 6/3/07 at 11:26pm

The italian Edna Tonnarelli looks like Liam Kyle Sullivan in the "Muffins" video.

"Zac is sweet as can be. He's very much just a sweet kid from California who happens to have a face that looks like it was drawn by Michelangelo, (if Michelangelo did anime)."
-Adam Shankman.

"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"

"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"

Updated On: 6/3/07 at 11:26 PM

[BroadwayEnthusiast2]

re: 'Hairspray' in Finland Production Photos#15

Posted: 6/3/07 at 11:27pm

mateo, that web-site you posted will haunt my dreams forever. it reminds me of a scary clown movie. is black face when they put black makeup on whit people? yeahhh....that's politically correct...and whats up with the same person playing motormouth and velma!? jeez....

"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster. "Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."

[BrodyFosse123]

re: 'Hairspray' in Finland Production Photos#16

Posted: 6/3/07 at 11:32pm

Alessandra Catania plays Motomouth

Alessandra Cucchi plays Velma

Though they are both named Alessandra, they are both different women.

[LizzieCurry]

re: 'Hairspray' in Finland Production Photos#17

Posted: 6/3/07 at 11:33pm

is black face when they put black makeup on whit people?

Oh god. What are they teaching you kids these days?

(Besides not enough grammar.)

"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt

[millie_dillmount]

re: 'Hairspray' in Finland Production Photos#18

Posted: 6/3/07 at 11:34pm

If you scroll down to the bottom:

Gwen, la prostituta...
MARGHERITA PERSIANI

When was there a prostitute in the show? Is she replacing the "flasher who lives next door"?

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[BroadwayEnthusiast2]

re: 'Hairspray' in Finland Production Photos#19

Posted: 6/3/07 at 11:35pm

i actually have great grammar, it's just easier to write in short-hand on the computer, and that's what most people do.

"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster. "Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."

[TheatreDiva90016]

re: 'Hairspray' in Finland Production Photos#20

Posted: 6/3/07 at 11:43pm

The prostitute is in the Big Doll House.

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[Candleshoe2]

re: 'Hairspray' in Finland Production Photos#21

Posted: 6/3/07 at 11:47pm

Does anyone know if the 'Hairspray' creative team flew out to see this production? I wonder what their thoughts were!

[TheatreDiva90016]

re: 'Hairspray' in Finland Production Photos#22

Posted: 6/3/07 at 11:50pm

MMM in Finland... SKINNY!

"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2

[wicked4life51]

re: 'Hairspray' in Finland Production Photos#23

Posted: 6/4/07 at 12:00am

i love the set , really creative i like the costumes to

"what? what is it? do i have something in my teeth? ok lets get this over with : no im not seasick,yes ive always been green, and no i didnt chew grass as a child "

[wicked4life51]

re: 'Hairspray' in Finland Production Photos#24

Posted: 6/4/07 at 12:03am

this guys work is amazing if you look at the gallery and the other shows he has done i love it

"what? what is it? do i have something in my teeth? ok lets get this over with : no im not seasick,yes ive always been green, and no i didnt chew grass as a child "

[Boq101]

re: 'Hairspray' in Finland Production Photos#25

Posted: 6/4/07 at 12:12am

Both productions look illegal to me, I just think that if you were to put up Hairspray somewhere else it would be like Wicked, each one the same, and if this were done with the same people in charge of it here, they could have someone here learn to show in Finnish and then perform there, it's not a new idea at all. Besides, if it took this long for Hairspray to go to London, I doubt they already opened officially in Finland.