why the hairspray creator didnt watch hairspray live

Not to say that she’s terrible by any means, because she’s a better singer and dancer than me and I’m paying £9000 a year to train. There was all this hype about a complete ‘newcomer’ being cast as Tracy, and it work so well with Nikki Blonsky in the film, and it was such a big NBC event, that I expected her to be better than she is. If I’m completely honest, she didn’t impress me. I felt like my opinions couldn’t go unnoticed, so here are my thoughts on the cast and the production as a whole: The UK didn't get access to Hairspray Live! (the exclamation mark is seemingly very important) until two days after it premiered in the US, and while I wasn’t ‘hyped’ about it, I was very interested in watching it, and jumped at the chance. I mean, I know some US network did Rocky Horror but the whole concept of re-making that film made me angry so I just tried to pretend it wasn’t happening.Īnyway, this live production of one of my favourite musicals got a hell of a lot of publicity, and a very star-studded cast, with the exception of newcomer Maddie Baillio. Being a musical theatre student myself, I’m fairly okay with this! After all, I would have never been able to see Laura Benanti, who I adore, in She Loves Me if it wasn’t for BroadwayHD, considering I live in England, and as a student, do not possess the funds to travel all the way to New York.Īfter the success of Grease Live (which I never watched because fucking hate that musical), the next show on NBC’s list was Hairspray. It appears to me that in this digital age we live in, the world of musical theatre is changing. I told you this blog would be very random.

Why the hairspray creator didnt watch hairspray live