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Welcome to Hairspray’s Dream of the 60s at the Arsht Center

COVID CLOSED In this fourth or fifth reconnection with the glee-filled and glee-inducing musical comedy Hairspray, a truly apt term, what surfaced at the national tour’s all too brief bow at the Arsht Center this week was how this charmer is actually about dreams.

Posted on December 29, 2021 by Bill Hirschman
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Get Swept Up In Hairspray At The Maltz Jupiter Theatre

Everything about the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s Hairspray has volume, and then some . . . from the bubblegum-bright lighting design to overdrawn characters that, while definitely animated, never come off as cartoonish, to the Maltz’s always super snappy choreography that’s as perfectly coiffed as a beehive hairdo plastered with Aqua Net

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Bill Hirschman
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Actors Playhouse Joy-Filled Hairspray Crippled By Sound Quality

The tragedy of this lavish, ebullient production of Hairspray is how the muddy, uneven, out of balance, sloppy sound on opening night fatally sabotaged the energy, enthusiasm, theatrical skill and money that the cast, musicians, designers and producers invested into this perfect match of material to a company known for mainstream musicals.

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Bill Hirschman
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David Arisco Find His Feminine Side (Sort Of) As Edna Turnblad in Actors Playhouse’s Hairspray

A look in words and photos of David Arisco trying on Edna Turnblad’s clothes in a fitting before Actors’ Playhouse’s production of Hairspray.

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Bill Hirschman
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