Inside Hairspray-It's FANTASTIC!!!- Page 3

[ckeaton]

Posted: 3/11/05 at 1:53pm

papa's current icon just gave me the will to get through the afternoon.

I think the Vegas show will be a cash cow! I love it when tourists fund what really matters... new show development!

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 3/11/05 at 1:59pm

Well, if you have ever wondered from where the genious of HAIRSPRY came, I think we found the answer!:

"Well, opinions are like assholes, everyone has one, but did we need to see yours??"

(Although I don't know if YOU made that up....)

AND

"Anyway, since you enjoy airing what you consider dirty laundry, might I add some lovely fabric softener to your soiled undies?"


P.S. Marc, personal attacks are not allowed on BWW....of course I have never made one. Even when a stupid, prissy, hack who has demons of his own to sort out tries to defame the good name of a great show, I will refrain from personal attacks....

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 3/11/05 at 1:59pm

I think that is Alan Cumming in Papa's icon. But back to Hairspray...when does the Vegas extravaganza open?

[Loge]

Posted: 3/11/05 at 1:59pm

My God, you're all nothing but a bunch of suck-ups!

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 3/11/05 at 2:11pm

it is not alan cumming, sueleen, i don't know who alan is or how you would imagine that from the image.

it's a friend. she's an artist and performer. that's a tame pic.

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 3/11/05 at 2:13pm

Wanna know about the las vegas production of "HAIRSPRAY"?? I ain't tellin'!! You're gonna have to get your asses to Vegas to see for yourselves!!

But the entire team is onboard for this, and we are gonna create an alternate universe version of the show that retains all the peaks, all the story, and all the heart. But audience members had better be in good health, for you just might have a heart attack as it comes at ya!

The only thing I can confirm that will be missing from Vegas is nameless.chorus.boy!!

oh, and n.c.b., let me save your time with your response

"Fine with me, Mr. Shaiman. This Vegas production is just further proof that the creative team of HAIRSPRAY has lost all sense of dignity and has now joined with their evil producers to chase The Almighty Buck"

feel better?

the truth is, our Vegas producers are so dedicated to the heart & soul of the show, (even within the Union based time and financial restrictions) that we are all jumping for joy (and certainly would never have said yes to it if they weren't). The Vegas HAIRSPRAY will simply be an alternative version, and for everything lost due to time, something new will be added to insure NO ONE leaves the theatre (or even passes the Casino) without a big mutha f**king grin plastered across their face.

And as far as chasing the Almight Buck, you said it buster!! Drinks are on me!! Updated On: 3/11/05 at 02:13 PM

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 3/11/05 at 2:13pm

That's a WOMAN?

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 3/11/05 at 2:18pm

and such a woman!

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 3/11/05 at 2:29pm

well, I guess everyone is entitled to their own opinion. even the composer. I mean, it would seem that the composer of a show would have a rather biased opinion but whatever. I saw the show in LA and was rather disappointed it was a bit of a mess. cues were missed, the lights were doing odd things and the whole direction seemed to be lost. I just didn't understand what the fuss was about...

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 3/11/05 at 2:32pm

Marc, I mean, Mr. Shaiman, careful longtime readers of this board remember when you handed me the role of Tracy without so much as an audition. So at least one secret is out. Or is that one of those, "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" things?

[matthius202]

Posted: 3/11/05 at 2:39pm

wow! i'm all starstruck!! :)

I really can't believe that guy came on here and attacked Hairspray like that. And I'm so glad Mr. Shaiman was here to defend it.

*runs off singing It Takes Two*

[Joshua488]

Posted: 3/11/05 at 2:44pm

I like CATSNYrevival's reply. We'll leave it at that.

And I don't understand how you can be clearly upset at someone for ragging on your show, so you rag on them in return. It's a bit hypocritical. I'm not saying I support or agree with nameless.chorus.boy, but it doesn't make me think any higher of Marc Shaiman, either.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 3/11/05 at 2:48pm

So when does this "alternate universe version" open? I think you should get Elton for Edna, Barry for Corney, Wayne for Wilbur, Celine for Velma and Gladys for Motermouth. Now that would be a "E" ticket worth the risk of heart failure!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 3/11/05 at 2:54pm

And introducing Finding Namo as Tracy. (Yes it's my real name. Our parents were hippies. Just ask my siblings, Rain, Joaquim, and Sylvester [he does drag]).

I would find it easier to read criticisms of a GOOD show like Hairspray from people who didn't have screen names that reference Wicked or Cats. But that's just me.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 3/11/05 at 3:03pm

well see... what CATS is to you - HAIRSPRAY is to me. comments like that are rather pointless. It's a difference in opinion is all. a show is only as good as the fans who enjoy it. I never said anything about CATS being any better or worse than HAIRSPRAY. that's an attack from you based on false pretenses unrelated to the topic at hand. I'm not saying the show was awful. I was only trying to point out that not everyone here is into the phony Shaiman worshiping and you're sitting here reading criticisms of one posters feelings on a show from the composer of that show! of course he's going to disagree. but like Joshua said the way he approached this topic certainly doesn't make me think any more of him... Updated On: 3/11/05 at 03:03 PM

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 3/11/05 at 3:07pm

Josh, the difference is I print my name and can stand behind and prove what I write in DEFENSE of an attack...sorta like proving there were no Weapons of Mass Destruction!!

And CATSNYRevival (please tell me your screen name is ironic), it sounds like you saw the show on an off night..Oh my God, there are HUMANS running those lights and up there on the stage! Of course, I am biased, but even on an off night I think our show is fanTABulous, but PM me and I'll gladly arrange for you to see the show from the best seats in the house...seriously

And if you still can't stand it, so be it. I will see you to the door and have 5 drunken stage hands beat the living **** out of you!! Then I will bring you backstage and you can help me in my nightly duties of washing out Bruce Vilanch's undergarments...they DO make all Broadway composers do that for their shows like they told me, right??

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 3/11/05 at 3:13pm

"phony Shaiman worshiping"
Phony? PHONY? I have been meaning to ask this but just when is CATS gonna get a New York revival? I have a fab Munkustrap costume!

[matthius202]

Posted: 3/11/05 at 3:14pm

hey...if he turns down those tickets! i'll take you up on that offer! :) and i'll sing you a little Link :)

[Firefly]

Posted: 3/11/05 at 3:16pm

Okay...I have not seen the show. Not in New York, not on tour, not ever. Therefore, I have no opinion whatsoever of the show.

However, the post by nameless chorus boy still struck me as a petulant, ill-tempered, inappropriate attack. He didn't just say he didn't care for the show (which is fine); he attacked the quality of the show AND the people involved in it, implying he had inside information without giving any identifying details to support his claims. It was the kind of post that sounded to me a lot like trying to start trouble or express a personal grudge.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 3/11/05 at 3:17pm

This thread is OOZING with brown nosers and desperation. Yuck.

Updated On: 3/11/05 at 03:17 PM

[matthius202]

Posted: 3/11/05 at 3:30pm

hahaha...munk...*hides ashamed in the corner* :)

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 3/11/05 at 3:31pm

is nosine like visine?

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 3/11/05 at 3:32pm

"Brown nosine" yet.

Ricky Ricardo is back from the grave.

"well see... what CATS is to you - HAIRSPRAY is to me."

No, there is just no, absolutely zero, way on planet Earth that that could possibly be true. None whatsoever. There is no way that you could feel as negatively about Hairspray as I do about Cats. None.

Also, this fake civility crap that always gets pulled out when such discussions happen drive me mad. "Wow, you're mad he ragged on your show and so you ragged on him. Harsh. Hypocritical." So phoney the way people suddenly become Miss Manners when there is conflict on this message board. Is conflict not central to all drama? How DO you people manage to stand it when you watch a play? "Oh wow, what Stanley just said to Blanche was really mean." "Yeah, but she shouldn't have compared him to an ape, that makes her like just as bad or worse."

Really, what was Marc supposed to do? N.C.B calls him out in the BAD thread and says that the reason Marc isn't posting is because he agrees with what he said. THAT'S insulting. So he's damned if he responds and damned if he doesn't. And when he does we get the obligatory appearance of The Politeness Tweens.

[442namffug]

Posted: 3/11/05 at 3:35pm

Is "Marc Shaiman" really Marc Shaiman? If not, it's fraud and I think illegal.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 3/11/05 at 3:36pm

Yes, it's Marc Shaiman...