Hairspray
From: Tuesday, 14th December 2010
To: Sunday, 9 January 2011
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Synopsis
Hairspray tells the story of geeky teen Tracy Turnblad - a big girl with a big heart, big dreams, a big stage mother and even bigger hair - who finds celebrity on TV dance programme. Can Tracy get the guy and still have time to change the world?
Our Review:
Keith Paterson - 17 December 2010
The Playhouse is a huge space to fill, not just bums on seats, but the performance levels required to reach the farthest away seats in the vast auditorium. Some shows falter and look lost but Hairspray rises to the challenge magnificently with enough energy left over to make a contribution to the National Grid.
For such a joyous musical, Hairspray, has rather serious themes of segregation, racism and body image but the writers ( Thomas Meehan and Mark O'Donnell ) make their points deftly and humourously, never patronising the audience or the subject matter. Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman's tuneful score is always entertaining and really well played by a great pit band.
Laurie Scarth is terrific as Tracy, the big girl with a big voice and a bigger heart. Some West End eyebrows were raised high when Michael Ball was first cast as Tracy's mother but he is wonderful, warm and believable. Ball plays Edna as a fully-ro...
Cast
Michael Ball (Edna Turnblad - Glasgow/Southampton/Manchester/Cardiff)
Brian Conley (Edna Turnblad - some dates)
Phill Jupitus (Edna Turnblad - some dates - Liverpool)
Les Dennis (Wilbur Turnblad - some dates - Liverpool)
Sandra Marvin (Motormouth Maybelle)
Gillian Kirkpatrick (Velma Von Tussle)
Wayne Robinson (Seaweed)
Emma Dukes (Penny Pingleton)
Clare Halse (Amber Von Tussle)
Seliza Sebastian (Little Inez)
Michael Starke (Edna Turnblad - some dates)
Danny Bayne (Corny Collins)
Liam Doyle (Link Larkin)
Laurie Scarth (Tracy Turnblad)
Laurie Scarth
Shakira Akabusi
Kane Andrews
Richard Dale
Nyroy Dixon
Harry Francis
Darron Gifty
Mark Hilton
Debbie Jenkins
Natalie Kelly
Gemma Knight-Jones
Mia Lincoln
Agiona Omonua
Yohemy Prosper
Charles Ruhrmund
Jennifer Saayeng
Lauren Stroud
Emily Luke Taylor
Helen Ternent
Laura Thorogood
Matt Thorpe
Dina Tree
Creative
Mark O'Donnell (Book)
Thomas Meehan (Book)
Marc Shaiman (Music)
Scott Whitman (Lyrics)
Marc Shaiman (Lyrics)
Stage Entertainment (Producer)
Michael Ball (associate producer) (Producer)
Jack O'Brien (Director)
Jerry Mitchell (Choreographer)
David Rockwell (Design)
William Ivey Long (Costume)
Kenneth Posner (Lighting)
Steve C. Kennedy (Sound)
Harold Wheeler (orchestration) (Music)
Marc Shaiman (music arrangement) (Music)
Lon Hoyt (Musical Director)
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