Arts REVIEW: Hairspray @ Theatre Royal Brighton With its celebration of uniqueness and community strength, Hairspray is not just a musical – it’s a high energy showstopper By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Hairspray @ Theatre Royal To say the audience loved this show would be an understatement, they were on their feet roaring at the end of it, and it’s here that Hairspray gives it’s best, a wholesome, entertaining show, full of cartoon colour and Marc Shaiman’s luminous score (along with happy lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittm By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts Nikki Blonsky, star of Hairspray, comes out as gay Star of Hairspray comes out as gay By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Hairspray at the Theatre Royal, Brighton Hairspray is a joyous candy-coloured confection which has a heart as big as its outsize heroine. It manages to combine a thrilling slickness of staging with something quite magically uplifting and the result might, quite possibly, be the most purely enjoyable show of the last few years. By Michael Hootman • 2 min read
