Inside Hairspray - it's BAD — Page 2

Yes, people use numbers in their user names all the time. I just found it odd that someone who posts here without using thier full name has a problem with someone's credibility because they, too, choose to remain anonymous. Just a bit of a double standard there, don't you think?

And yes, Rath, that is my real name.

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They have made changes to cut costs, I dont think less costumes has at all affected the quality of the show. And I really want to see this new ending, I heard a few ideas about how they could best spotlight the actors in the audience and ways to entice the crowd to stay in their seats through the ending. I think its a fun idea, but probably still has a few kinks to work out.

As for Carly and Jordan, they are both very different from the girls who did the roles before them but different isnt "bad" - Carly in my opinion comes off a lot younger than the previous girls whove played Tracy (and is younger herself) so some of her choices which include just screeching lines like "you have acne of the soul" are a lot truer to the age of her character. if you were a pissed off 16 year old, you wouldnt really be saying that line calmly. Jordan plays Amber as if shes really unaware of how cruel she is, which is again, not how its been done before, but it certainly works.

Sorry you didnt enjoy the show when you saw it, its still a favorite of mine.

Equity dictates absolute minimum.

Carly needs to actually show up for work and learn to speak to where people can understand her.

Yes, COSTUMES have been cut to save money and to allow them to fire costumers... and producers want to cut MORE of them.

i can understand carly fine. ive seen carly as tracy a few times and shes only been out once while i was there and thats because it was during the holidays. sorry you didnt like her.

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FYI, its true that costumes have been cut, for sure. This is obvious to anyone whose seen the show again since it opened. They had ripped outfits in the big dollhouse and now they just wear the same outfits from the end of act 1. I also believe that velma and amber have less costume changes. I just dont see this change as making that much of an impact as to call the show bad.

Updated On: 3/9/05 at 07:46 PM

Hey Chorus Boy read what happened on the "Millie" tour-- maybe the Cheap Bastards at Hairspray will have the Producer read some parts to save EVEN MORE MONEY!

I think the original poster was suggesting that hairspray is hiring virtual nobodys so they dont have to pay high salaries based on past experience... of course i think its great to bring new blood to broadway, but maybe thats just me.

I'm going to have to come to Carly's defense as well. I saw her when she stopped in Denver with the tour (and on opening night, no less) and I was bowled over by her performance. I had never seen "Hairspray" and didn't know quite how it would be done, and I loved it. I can't remember the last time I had so much fun at a show.
And the audience wholeheartedly agreed. I've never seen an audience give a standing O so quickly.

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I have several friends who probably went to see it in Indy. (It was either that or go to NY unfortunately neither happened for me.) I'll ask them and see if nameless has any credibility. It was probably at the Murat.

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Sorry to hear this. I've yet to see the show and rumor has it that it will be stopping in my hometown next season. It's a shame that if you are unable to get to NYC to see the original cast of a show that the quality suffers as the years pass!

All I have to say is I was very disapointed when the Jail outfits where cut for the second act. Casue it was just part of the magic of the show.. but I'm not going to speak ill about anyone involved with any of it. I still like the show it's self..

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I didn't like Hairspray, not because it felt "off" or things looked cheap, it just didn't appeal to me as a show. But I can see how it could appeal to many others. I liked most of the tunes in it (I could listen to the music of Hairspray, but I wouldn't want to sit through the show again) I was less of a fan of the book.

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Sorry, with a name like "wickedfan" a criticism like "I wasn't a fan of the book" has zero credibility.

And listen, as a homosexual male, I LOVE bitchy gossip and if its posted anonymously (which is basically how GOSSIP is spread) I always think "oh it's probably not true, but isn't it a great read?" That's what I miss about the movie magazines of yesteryear. The thing is, good gossip has to be dishy and it has to make sense, even if, ESPECIALLY if it isn't true!

Which is why the original post fails as gossip.

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