Show description

  • Hairspray, the mother of all musicals, follows Tracy Turnblad,a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart as she sets out to dance her way onto TV’s most popular dance show. Can this ordinary girl realise her extraordinary dreams,inspire her mum and still have time to win the boy she loves?

Venue

  • Shaftesbury Theatre
    210 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8DP

Show Details

  • Musical based on the New Line Cinema film, written and directed by John Waters
  • Book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan
  • Music by Marc Shaiman
  • Lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman
  • Directed by Jack O’Brien
  • Choreography by Jerry Mitchell
  • Sound by Steve C. Kennedy
  • Lighting by Kenneth Posner
  • Costumes by William Ivey Long
  • Scenic design is by David Rockwell
  • Produced in London by Stage Entertainment with Margo Lion, The Baruch/Viertel/ Routh /Frankel Group and New Line Cinema in association with others from the Broadway producing team.

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July 2007

Hairspray - Video Two

Leanne Jones's first blog.

Posted on 07/19/2007 at 11:32 AM | | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

Mel Smith to play Wilbur Turnblad in Hairspray this October

Comedian, actor, writer, producer and director, Mel Smith first shot to fame in Not the Nine O’Clock News, but is probably best known for his comedy sketch series with Griff Rhys Jones - Alas Smith and Jones (1984-8) Smith and Jones in Small Doses (1989) Smith and Jones (1989 -98) and The Smith and Jones Sketch Book (2006 - with whom he also formed the highly successful production company Talkback in 1981.

As a Director his work includes 'The Tall Guy', 'Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie' , 'High Heels & Low Lifes' and the green bowls comedy 'Blackball'.

His many acting credits include 'Muck and Brass' (ITV 1982), 'Sir Toby Belch in 'Twelfth Night' (1996) and playing Winston Churchill in 'Allegiance' (2005), and he is also the voice of Father Christmas in Raymond Brigg’s classic animated tale of the same name . In 1987 he had a number 5 hit in the UK singles chart with Kim Wilde, in aid of Comic Relief.

Posted on 07/11/2007 at 12:51 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)