best wigs in a production
best wigs in a production
eatlasagna
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#1best wigs in a production
Posted: 7/28/10 at 9:36pmi'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
chellie
Stand-by Joined: 6/7/10
#2best wigs in a production
Posted: 7/28/10 at 9:46pmKelsey Grammer's in La Cage Aux Folles. It looks SO realistic.
#3best wigs in a production
Posted: 7/28/10 at 9:47pm
HAIRSPRAY
THE PIRATE QUEEN
--Aristotle
#4best 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?
chellie
Stand-by Joined: 6/7/10
#6best 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
#7best wigs in a production
Posted: 7/28/10 at 9:52pmHairspray
#8best wigs in a production
Posted: 7/28/10 at 10:10pmI guess I'm going to have to go with Chad Kimball since I didn't even know he was wearing a wig.
#9best wigs in a production
Posted: 7/28/10 at 10:23pmI think Kelsey Grammer's looks very real! It almost looks like 2 off-white doves gettin it on
#10best wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 1:22amBernadette Peters' wig looks good for ALNM.
#11best wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 3:44amI 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!
#12best wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 5:01amNo it apparently it is a wig. A wig is easier to keep styled and consistent, and hold microphones etc.
#13best wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 9:10amLaura Bell Bundy's in Legally Blonde, especially the performance I saw where it fell off during the Bend & Snap.
#14best 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.
#15best wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 12:33pm
ThankstoPhantom
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/05
#16best 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.
#17best wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 2:33pmThe Color Purple. Especially how they tranform Celie throughout the show.
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#19best 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
#20best wigs in a production
Posted: 7/30/10 at 12:11am<---Kelli's wig in South Pacific
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#21best 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
#22best 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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