Hairspray

Lucas Kavner

Why An All-White Production Of 'Hairspray' Is Raising Eyebrows

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Motherfucker With the Hat, Hairspray, Broadway, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Broadway Musicals, Catch Me if You Can, Casting, Musicals, Plano Childrens Theatre, Marc Shaiman, Theatre Casting, Plano, Culture News

"Hairspray" is a musical based on the 1988 John Waters film of the same name. It takes place in Baltimore in the early 1960s and follows an overweight...

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Nights On Earth: Conversations with Vince Mendoza and Elf's Matthew Sklar

Mike Ragogna | Posted 01.25.2012

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Mike Ragogna

According to Vince Mendoza, the idea of his latest record was partly to embrace the various musicians that he's met over the years and to invite his old friends to participate in his music.

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Diane Keaton Reveals Five Year Battle With Bulimia

Posted 01.11.2012

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Beloved actress Diane Keaton scribed a new memoir, Then Again, revealing that she suffered a five-year battle with bulimia in her 20s. Keaton was a st...

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WATCH: John Waters Talks Contemporary Art

Posted 10.11.2011

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Recently, director and artist John Waters sat down to talk about contemporary art, what makes a great painting, and his films with blog "Big Think." I...

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Astoria Characters: The Stand-Up Nanny

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Astoria, Jaws, Nanny, Hairspray, Syracuse University, Carolines, Syracuse, London, Jenn Wehrung, Twins, Waitress, Astoria Characters, Magic 8 Ball, Mob Wives, Sigourney Weaver, Hamptons, Goldendoodle, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

When performer Jenn Wehrung got tired of serving people hamburgers and fries, she put down her tray and auditioned to be a nanny. She got the part and played it perfectly for three years.

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'Hairspray' Star Now Works At A Shoe Store

aol.com | Posted 09.10.2011

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Nikki Blonsky Now Working In... Shoe Store?

mediatakeout.com | Posted 09.09.2011

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Check out what our buddies at the Daily Mail are saying about actress Nikki Blonsky: The actress is working two-to-three days a week at the plush Ste...

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Nick Jonas Becoming A Heart Throb, John Stamos Joins Him

Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Harvey Fierstein, Nick Jonas, Hairspray Los Angeles, John Stamos, Hairspray Hollywood Bowl, Hairspray, Nick Jonas Hairspray, John Stamos Hairspray, Celebrities, Entertainment News

Just as he once supplanted him in the Disney film and music universe, Nick Jonas is now set to take the heart throb baton from Zac Efron on stage, too...

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WATCH: FILM: The 'Pope Of Filth' Dishes On Filth, Dead Art, And Levi Johnston

Posted 05.25.2011

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John Waters, among the most beloved and eclectic screenwriters of the current era, dishes to Big Think about everything from art to perverts and from ...

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Transforming Fat Into Art

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Walliams, Fat Power, Mike and Molly, Michelle Obama, Hairspray, The Biggest Losers, Matt Lucas, Childhood Obesity, Rosie O?Donnell, Fat, Drop Dead Diva, Gwyneth Paltrow, Pidge Meade, Cauliflower, Eddie Murphy, Little Britain, Sarah Abbey, Diabetes, Tom Cruise, Obesity in Movies, Arts News
George Heymont

While Hollywood tends to use fat people for comic relief (or to show how much they suffer when dieting), several actors have used the struggle to control their weight as source material for live performance art.

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Dreamgirls Gets a Facelift

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

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George Heymont

From the very first beats of Henry Krieger's score, the new staging of Dreamgirls roars out of the opening gate and never slows down.

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Nikki Blonsky: An Outsized Talent in Hollywood

Tamar Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blythe Danner, Zac Efron, John Travolta, Richard Jenkins, Hairspray, ABC Family, Rachel Bilson, Camp Shane, Huge, Adam Sandler, Hollywood, Waiting for Forever, Nikki Blonsky, Emmy Awards, Baltimore, Plus Size, Entertainment News
Tamar Abrams

Sunday night, stars will strut on the red carpet showing off their sleek size 2 bodies. Although Nikki Blonsky, star of Hairspray and ABC Family's Hug...

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John Waters On Colbert: 'Wouldn't You Rather Your Child Be A Drug Dealer Than A Drug Addict?' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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John Waters, the quirky filmmaker famous for writing and directing "Hairspray," came on "The Colbert Report" last night to talk about his new book, "R...

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Is Promises, Promises an Argument for Marriage Equality?

Karen Ocamb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Infidelity, Sean Hayes, Kristin Chenoweth, Adam Shankman, John Travolta, Prop 8, Neil Meron, Craig Zadan, Hairspray, Promises, Promises, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Entertainment News
Karen Ocamb

In the wake of Prop 8, Promises, Promises is a laugh-out loud ode to heterosexual hypocrisy.

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What If We Hadn't Cut Back On CFCs? A Scary World

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Here's rare good news about an environmental crisis: We dodged disaster with the ozone layer. A NASA study about ozone-munching che...

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Prop 8 (The Musical): Too Little, Too Late?

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jack Black, Politics, Brad Pitt, Prop 8 the Musical, Entertainment, Hairspray, Funny or Die, Margaret Cho, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

I can't help but wonder why this didn't pop up before the election. You know, when it might have actually made a difference.

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"Hairspray" Sequel Set For 2010

Variety | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Waters, Hairspray Sequel, Neil Meron, Craig Zadan, Adam Shankman, New Line Cinema, Hairspray, Entertainment News

Get ready for another shot of "Hairspray." New Line Cinema has made a deal with "Hairspray" creator John Waters to write a treatment for a sequel to ...

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Broadway Posts Record 07 Sales, Despite Strike Shut Down

Bloomberg | Philip Boroff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Broadway revenue totaled more than $938 million in 2007, up 3.5 percent from 2006 despite a 19-day stagehands strike in November that shut down most s...

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Guess The Celebrity Wig Wearer

DListed | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tyra Banks, John Travolta Hair, John Travolta, Hairspray, Entertainment News

It's no secret that John Travolta wears a wig, but that thing is looking all sorts of beat lately. Can't Johnny call up Tyra Banks, so she can tell hi...

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