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
Hairspray
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
Nikki Blonsky, star of Hairspray, comes out as gay
Star of Hairspray comes out as gay
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.