Shows You Disliked But Now Love:- Page 2

[Baine]

Posted: 2/15/08 at 10:07am

Hairspray!

Those opening notes made my eyes bog. I had the HARDEST time getting used to Marissa Jaret Winokur's singing. But, eventually, it grew on me, and now, I'm completely in love. There are songs such as "I Know Where I've Been" that I used to skip from time to time, but once I saw it live, it became one of the most powerful songs in the show to me because the live version is so much better, and now I can never skip it. Etc, etc.

This is a show that, imo, grows better each time.

I still have trouble with the movie version b/c John Travolta isn't my ideal Edna, but the new soongs blow any nitpicking out of the order, as do new arrangements in songs such as "(The Legend of) Miss Baltimore Crabs," which I like to skip on the cast recording, but love on the soundtrack.

Definitely a show that requires more than one listen to like...