Hairspray Broadway Ends on 04 January 2009
After 2,641 performances and 31 previews, the 19th longest running show on Broadway history will close on 04 January 2009.
Hairspray made a major sweep during the Tony awards and won eight Tonys, including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book of a Musical, Best Direction, Best Actor in a Musical, Best Actress in a Musical, Best Featured Actor in a Musical, and Best Costume Design.
According to the Hairspray website, Tony Best Actor in a Musical Harvey Fierstein will reprise his award winning role as Edna Turnblad and will perform during the show’s last eight weeks, as well as close the show on Broadway.
Tony and Grammy award winning composer of Hairspray Marc Shaiman has admitted to crying profusely, but kept his spirits up by telling the producers, “The sooner we close, the sooner the revival!”
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The Cast of Hairspray will includes Suzie McAdam as Tracy Turnblad, Bert Newton as Edna Turnblad, Peter Davison as Wilbur Turnblad, Jill Halfpenny as Velma Von Tussle, Penny McNamee as Amber Von Tussle, Nadine Higgin as Motormouth Maybelle, Andile Gumbi as Seaweed J. Stubbs, Rob Mills as Link Larkin, Adam Fiorentino as Corny Collins, Lucy Durack as Penny Pingleton, Ibinabo Jack as Inez, Andy Mace as Male Authority Figure & Caroline Keiff as Female Authority Figure.
The ensemble comprises Stephanie Trott, Anton Berezin, Alexia Khadime, Siobhan Dillon, Noel Sullivan, Amy Lennox, Oliver Tompsett, Elisa Colla, Alex Gaumond, Roxanne Palmer, Duncan James, Sean Parkins, Michelle Theunissen, Buchi Osuji, Latoya Laijan, Terence Maynard, Cindy Belliot.
Swings: Fabian Aloise, Dan Burton, Francis Haugen, Melanie Hawkins, Jane McMurtrie, Lucy Miller, Sherrie Pennington, Chris Ellis-Stanton.