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London Hairspray Reviews
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#25re: London Hairspray Reviews
Posted: 10/31/07 at 7:38pm
Beautiful.
Michael applying his own makeup, aids the transformation.
I think the Broadway look tends to go too drag, but Michael has found a great balance.
-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"
#26re: London Hairspray Reviews
Posted: 10/31/07 at 8:37pmI was absolutely certain that London would fall in love with Hairspray !!! The British have great taste in Theater, so how could they not ADORE on of the greatest shows ever ? I am really happy I was right and congratulations to all involved in the London show and especially to our own Leanne !!!
#27re: London Hairspray Reviews
Posted: 11/1/07 at 6:53am
A blog by Ed Seckerson of stageandscreenonline that covers not only Hairspray, but his recent trip to NY.
StageandScreen blog
#28re: London Hairspray Reviews
Posted: 11/1/07 at 7:00am
Just such a shame that we had to wait 5 years for it. It was stalled so many times with excuses such as 'problems with importing the set from the States' etc etc. Anyway, we have it now and im sure it'll be around for a few years. Hope our recasting gets to be as interesting as they have made it for Broadway. South Africa opened just now too. I guess places like Australia wont be fare behind, they have 'Priscilla' so they would love 'Hairspray' im sure!
sesboa
Chorus Member Joined: 9/30/07
#29re: London Hairspray Reviews
Posted: 11/1/07 at 8:01am
Congrats to the London cast for all the rave reviews.
The Korean production of Hairspray is opening later this month and I hope this will be as good as the Broadway/London productions.
#30re: London Hairspray Reviews
Posted: 11/1/07 at 8:54amtell us more about this Korean production...
#31re: London Hairspray Reviews
Posted: 11/1/07 at 9:03am
Hey
watched the London production and it was amazing
You must be thrilled with the reviews Marc
#32re: London Hairspray Reviews
Posted: 11/1/07 at 9:08am
Yea many many congrats to you! Worth the wait yea! Any news on a possible recording of the london show Marc? PLEASE! Did you know there is an internet petition for a recording? LOL. Hope they dont record the Korean production before London LOL again! Korean?
sesboa
Chorus Member Joined: 9/30/07
#33re: London Hairspray Reviews
Posted: 11/1/07 at 9:12am
@Marc Shaiman: It looks pretty promising to me. The production company that is doing the show had huge hits with shows like Rent, Mamma Mia and Aida, which I saw and thought it was as good as the Broadway version.
Plus, they hired two celebrities for the role of Edna (one very popular comedian, one well-known actor) so hopefully its box-office performance will be good too.
One thing that kinda bothers me is that one of the actresses who will play Tracy is not chubby enough, so she will wear a fat suit. But it looks like a minor issue.
Updated On: 11/1/07 at 09:12 AM
CDuffy5062
Understudy Joined: 6/18/04
#34re: London Hairspray Reviews
Posted: 11/1/07 at 10:15amAny chance you have the name of the Korean production company?
sesboa
Chorus Member Joined: 9/30/07
#35re: London Hairspray Reviews
Posted: 11/1/07 at 10:19am
@CDuffy5062: It's called SeenSee Musical Company. Check out the website http://www.iseensee.com/ (in Korean).
I'm sorry for hijacking this thread!
mrkringas
Broadway Star Joined: 9/28/05
#36re: London Hairspray Reviews
Posted: 11/1/07 at 10:40am
Not quite sure what you mean about British reviews being cryptic!
But then I am British lol
Can't wait to see this...again and again. And hopefully Michael Ball decides he is having so much fun that he extends past the 9 months?
CDuffy5062
Understudy Joined: 6/18/04
#37re: London Hairspray Reviews
Posted: 11/1/07 at 11:30am
I'm hoping for an original London cast recording myself.
Not in lieu of an extension; in addition to :)
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#38re: London Hairspray Reviews
Posted: 11/1/07 at 11:59am
I was going to ask if the Korean Porduction was authorized - but after looking at the site- it seems pretty legit.
Their Link is cute! But I guess all Link's are. :)
-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"
#39re: London Hairspray Reviews
Posted: 11/4/07 at 12:39pm
The link below takes you to a scan of a review that appeared in The Sunday Telegraph. I haven't been able to locate the article online. This review is the first negative one I've seen. Just click on the article to see it full-size
Sundat Telegraph Review Scan
#40re: London Hairspray Reviews
Posted: 11/4/07 at 12:48pmthats a rather pathetic review. he must be thinking himself a right ///// after seeing all the other reviews. He just wanted to be different , bless him.
#41re: London Hairspray Reviews
Posted: 11/4/07 at 1:24pm
Another one from Matt Wolf:
Whole lotta Shaking goin on
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