best wigs in a production

#1

best wigs in a production

Posted: 7/28/10 at 9:36pm

i'm bored.... and because I'm bald i was thinking.. what shows have you scene where the wigs looked really good... even to the point you didn't even know they were wigs... just wondering

#2

best wigs in a production

Posted: 7/28/10 at 9:39pm

Chad Kimball's in Memphis

#3

best wigs in a production

Posted: 7/28/10 at 9:46pm

Kelsey Grammer's in La Cage Aux Folles. It looks SO realistic.

#4

best wigs in a production

Posted: 7/28/10 at 9:47pm

HAIRSPRAY
THE PIRATE QUEEN

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#5

best wigs in a production

Posted: 7/28/10 at 9:48pm

Kelsey Grammer's in La Cage Aux Folles. It looks SO realistic.

It does??? Or was that sarcasm?

#6

best wigs in a production

Posted: 7/28/10 at 9:49pm

Totally sarcasm. :)

#7

best wigs in a production

Posted: 7/28/10 at 9:51pm

Really? I though Kelsey Grammer's looked real. Then again, I was sitting third to last row of the orchestra.

And definetly Chad Kimballs.

Wait, why did I even click on this thread about wigs? hahaha

#8

best wigs in a production

Posted: 7/28/10 at 9:52pm

Hairspray

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#9

best wigs in a production

Posted: 7/28/10 at 10:10pm

I guess I'm going to have to go with Chad Kimball since I didn't even know he was wearing a wig.

#10

best wigs in a production

Posted: 7/28/10 at 10:23pm

I think Kelsey Grammer's looks very real! It almost looks like 2 off-white doves gettin it on

#11

best wigs in a production

Posted: 7/29/10 at 1:22am

Bernadette Peters' wig looks good for ALNM.

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#12

best wigs in a production

Posted: 7/29/10 at 3:44am

I thought Bernadette didn't wear a wig, and if she does, what a waste of money, it looks just like her hair!!!! And if it is a wig, yeah it is a great wig!

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#13

best wigs in a production

Posted: 7/29/10 at 5:01am

No it apparently it is a wig. A wig is easier to keep styled and consistent, and hold microphones etc.

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#14

best wigs in a production

Posted: 7/29/10 at 9:10am

Laura Bell Bundy's in Legally Blonde, especially the performance I saw where it fell off during the Bend & Snap.

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#15

best wigs in a production

Posted: 7/29/10 at 12:13pm

It's a wig based off her real hair. People would be greatly disappointed to see her in CJZ's brown wig :)

As qolbinau said its much easier to put a wig on someone than to style their hair so perfectly day after day.

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#16

best wigs in a production

Posted: 7/29/10 at 12:33pm

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#17

best wigs in a production

Posted: 7/29/10 at 2:28pm

I would have been impressed to see Peters with a transformative wig, NOT disappointed.

Christine's wig in Phantom (well...at least the current version) in the NY production is just gorgeous.

Maria Friedman's in THE WOMAN IN WHITE (Broadway).

LuPone's in Broadway Gypsy.

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#18

best wigs in a production

Posted: 7/29/10 at 2:33pm

The Color Purple. Especially how they tranform Celie throughout the show.

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#19

best wigs in a production

Posted: 7/29/10 at 4:34pm

I like CZJ's wig from ALNM.

#20

best wigs in a production

Posted: 7/29/10 at 4:56pm

Agreed - Maria Friedman's Marian Halcombe wig in Woman in White looked fantastic.

Brandi Burkhardt's Lucie Mannette in A Tale of Two Cities (a couple of wigs actually)
Linda Eder's Lucy in Jekyll & HYDE on Broadway
Douglas Sills in The Scarlet Pimpernel

#21

best wigs in a production

Posted: 7/30/10 at 12:11am

<---Kelli's wig in South Pacific

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#22

best wigs in a production

Posted: 7/30/10 at 12:26am

Carole Shelley's Madame Morrible wigs (with progressively receding hairlines)

John Lithgow's Lawrence Jameson Wig

Savannah Wise's Evelyn Nesbit Wig

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#23

best wigs in a production

Posted: 7/30/10 at 3:18am

I remember a video of Kelli O'Hara cutting her hair for the revival of "South Pacific." She looked gorgeous with her long hair, so why cut it when they give you a great wig? Huh? Fair enough, she looked stunning in the wig as well!
How about Ashmeret Ghebremichaels wig in "Legally Blonde" thought it looked amazing, and was quite surprised when she had a tiny "fro" at the stagedoor (even though that looked great too!)

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