Hairspray The Musical (New York)

Description: Neil Simon Theatre / 250 W. 52nd Street / New York / New York / USA

Newest Review: ... the tkts booth just off Times Square - I can't remember the price of them but it was reasonable. The show kicked off with a ... more

... great catchy song - Good Morning Baltimore which I loved and still sing to this day! The lead was played by an American, which they all loved but I had no clue who he was! I suspect he was similar in celebrity status to Michael Ball in the London version. He played the character really well. As this is one of the main people within the show the actor needed to be strong and play it with realism. I think this is especially hard as it's a male playing the role of a female. The actor playing this role was very strong ma...more

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Hairspray The Musical (New York): Great Show! (478 words)
by - written on 16/09/09 (Useful, 11 readings)
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I was in New York and having seen lots of shows in London theatre land I really wanted to see on on Broadway too. As I've seen many shows in London the shows available to see in NY were limited, we narrowed it down to Hairspray or Wicked. I wanted to see Wicked in London - not sure why, I just did. I had no idea what Hairspray was like as hadn't seen the film so it was quite good as no real expectations. I didn't even know the story line so was going in blind so to speak. We managed to get cheaper tickets for the show from the tkts booth just off Times Square - I can't remember the price of them but it was reasonable. The show kicked ... Read the complete review

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