The thrilling musical In the Heights finds a fabulous new space for its energetic dance and melodic song . . . "Yo! With 96,000, I'd finally fix housing Give the…
The most amusing purported story about the London production of Hairspray is about a number of Michael Ball fans who have approached the Box Office asking for a refund. It seems that they have watched the show but report that Ball, the star of many West End musicals, did not make an appearance. Of course, if they have neither read the programme nor have seen the advance publicity, they indeed might not have recognised Michael Ball in a fat suit, wig and dame make up playing Tracy's mother Edna Turnblad.
Both plays were written pre-world war between 1904 and 1912 and are firmly of the Edwardian era but their theme would have been quite shocking then. I could have felt we were watching a Shavian Married At First Sight Australia such was the modernity of the morality!