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Looking for one place that seems to be surviving the economic crisis quite nicely? Try Broadway. After a bleak January, during which nearly a dozen shows closed (including former hits like Hairspray and Spring Awakening), things are looking improbably bright on Broadway this spring, at least judging by the number of openings. No fewer than 20 new shows will have premiered between the first of March and the end of April, bringing the total number of new productions for the 2008-09 season to 43 - more than in either of the past two seasons...
...undergraduate, Scott said that she fondly remembers their many exploits together, from travelling all the way to Charleston, SC to see a play by Mark P. O’Donnell ’76, a friend who would go on to win a Tony for “Hairspray,” to simply hanging out with friends at The Harvard Crimson, for which they both reported. Hamburg penned several in-depth reviews on rock and roll albums, including ‘Black and Blue,’ the Rolling Stones’ 1976 album...
...rambunctious, satisfying You Don't Mess With the Zohan. Director Adam Shankman, who had slummed in Disney comedies about exasperated adults and the sassy kids in their care (The Pacifier, Cheaper by the Dozen 2), brought movie zazz to a pair of composer Marc Shaiman's tuneful parodies: Hairspray and this month's vidcast Prop 8: The Musical. Let's hear it for the prodigal sons...
...American musicals these days, the path to success falls into one of three categories: camp (Hairspray), hip (Spring Awakening) or kid-friendly (Wicked). Billy Elliot takes the old-fashioned route and makes an honest, emotional connection. Billy's motherless household is a grubby, oppressive place, and when his father and brother join their fellow miners in walking off the job, it becomes a tension-filled one. The story unfolds at a carefully unhurried pace: after a disastrous boxing lesson, Billy accidentally finds himself in a girls' ballet class. The teacher recognizes his talent, begins tutoring him in private and persuades...
...sight of massive amounts of pink and sparkles, but “Legally Blonde,” which will run at the Boston Opera House until Nov. 9, is more than bearable. It’s ridiculously entertaining. On Saturday, Becky Gulsvig—credits include “Hairspray,” “Peter Pan,” “Grease,” and TV’s “All My Children”—brought the house down with her believable, bubbly blondeness and uncanny similarity to the original Elle...