Interview Hour with Kerry Epstein

We're loving the chance to interview the production team so we caught up with the incredibly efficient and wonderful production stage manager, Kerry Epstein over the holidays!

1) When did you start working with Signature?

My first show at Signature was in the fall of 2005. I had the distinct privilege of being in the booth for the final season in the Garage and the first season in the new building.

2) How many shows have you stage managed here and how would does your process change from show to show?

"Hairspray" is my 28th production at Signature - a list which includes 5 Sondheims, 3 Kander and Ebbs, and 3 Conners.  The job is essentially structured the same from show to show but the internal content is different.  With a world premiere like "The Hollow," there are daily script edits and changes that need to be tracked and distributed. The "Hairspray" script did not change but there are a few more props to track and many more dance steps to notate.

3) Do you have a favorite moment from rehearsals for Hairspray so far?

Hairspray is a big show (mild understatement) and this may be the largest dance show Signature has ever done which is very exciting.  Even though it is a big show, there are some priceless little moments.  Take the opening number "Good Morning Baltimore."  Each cast member has a moment or two to shine as they cross the stage portraying various Baltimorians.  At one point, the three Dynamites - Kara-Tameika Watkins, Brandi Knox, and Ashleigh King - strut across the stage. One two three, clap.  One two three, clap clap.  Sounds pretty basic, right?  Just watch the attitude Ashleigh delivers on the second clap...

"You Can't Stop the Beat" is an absolute delight.  You are going to want to jump up and dance along with the cast. Look for Erin Driscoll and Sherri Edelen (as Amber and Velma Van Tussle) as they enviously watch the dancers, wishing they could join in. (Spoiler: they do!)

4) So you recently finished technical rehearsals, how does your job change from the rehearsal room to being in the actual space?

One of the biggest changes is the physical environment.  We move from a rehearsal room with taped lines on the floor representing walls and stairs to the actual pieces. For me personally, after spending four weeks being right in front of the cast, I relocate up to the stage management booth.  Now I'm behind the dress circle looking down through the glass windows at the stage.  My calling script is in front of me with all the light, sound, and automation cues.  It's now my job to make sure all of the cues happen at the correct time. To the right is my headset console connecting me to the backstage, lighting, and sound crew.  There are 25 people onstage but there are 14 crew members working behind the scenes to keep the show moving.  To my left is a video monitor of Conductor Jenny Cartney.  Jenny is a lifesaver because it's very important to time the cues to the precise musical note and just the slightest nod of her head (since she is conducting and playing the keyboard), allows me to be in perfect sync.  There's a lot to watch in this show!

Hairspray's Partner in Crime

We're taking a brief break from your regular 60's programming for a brief visit forward in time. Why? Well, Signature love to do things in pairs, so while Hairspray is running in the MAX Theatre, the world premiere musical, A Second Chance, has been running concurrently next door in the ARK Theatre. And tonight's there big opening night! So we wanted to wish them a quick good luck from the Hairline!

Real life married couple and stars of A Second Chance, Brian and Diane Sutherland:

To Ponder: We only have one backstage at Signature. So when there's a show running in both spaces, there are two sets of stage crews, two sets of props tables, two sets of entrances... the list goes on. 

It's Holiday Season at Signature!

And what are the holidays with out decorations? We've bedazzled our lobby with a "Hairspray Pink" Christmas tree!

Don't forget today is Cyber Monday! You don't wanna miss this one day special: 50% off all ticket sales for any show this season. Yep. Every show. 1/2 off. You know you want to...

"If I am kissing on a man..."

"...I want it to be someone I am comforatble with" - Robert Aubrey Davis

Shocking? Or a rather mundane utterance for Signature Theatre?

How about when you know our star is a happily married heterosexual father of two?

Enjoy your Sunday with this excellent article from DC Theatre Scene on Robert's voyage into Musical Theatre Land.

"I can envision the surface of Mars with better clarity than I can imagine playing Edna Turnblad."

Have you been to the Shirlington Library recently?

Cause we've taken the place over with our Hairspray display!

Not sure what to read next? Need a gift idea? Take a look at what the cast of Hairspray's been reading, maybe something will strike your fancy:

Gobble Gobble

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our followers!

It's been an absolutely thrilling month or so here at Signature and we are so grateful to have you all here with us reading up on the exciting Hairspray-related action at Signature.

May your turkey be absolutely delicious! Or a tofurkey for our vegetarians. And, I guess we shouldn't leave out the turducken for our uber-carnivores. Well, however you may celebrate the holiday, may it be scrumptious!

Waters Wednesday!

It's Waters Wednesday at the Hairspray Hairline and an interview with John Waters' beloved muse and the original Edna Turnblad seems absolutely Divine, no?

Did you know that Hairspray was the last movie he ever filmed? Get a fascinating look at the man behind the makeup in this rare interview between Terry Gross and Divine:

A Date with our Wardrobe Mistress

This past weekend, we had a chance to stop backstage and catch up with Margo Beirne, our endlessly friendly Wardrobe Mistress:

Hairspray Hairline: How long have you been here at Signature Theatre?

Margo Beirne: My first show was First You Dream in September 2009 but I was hired into my current staff position in the spring of 2010.

HH: So your title is Wardrobe Supervisor.What exactly does that entail? 

MB: The one sentence answer is that I make sure all of the costumes and wigs are maintained during the run of a show and make sure that the show goes smoothly every performance from the costume perspective.  So that breaks down to supervising a crew of 2 people on Hairspray who do the wig maintenance.  A third team member and myself iron and steam the costumes, and the whole team performs all costume and wig quick changes during the show.

HH: Has working on Hairspray been different from other shows you’ve worked on?

MB: This is not the first time I've worked on a Hairspray production and it is always a big endeavor.  The "Welcome to the 60s" quick change is a challenge every night and I LOVE doing those crazy fun changes.   Signature always challenges me whether it is a new musical that changes up to opening night or a repertory where we have to keep two shows organized and ready at once.  Hairspray has a great cast to work with and they have been making this show fun on and off the stage.

HH: When in the process do you start working on the show?

MB: I work under Tiffany, the costume shop supervisor, so I begin talking with her once the costume designer turns in her renderings.  That is just to start easing me into the show.  I don't really jump in until a week before tech when I get all of the information from Tiffany about the costumes and the stage manager in charge of costumes gives me rehearsal times for our quick changes.

HH: Can you tell us a little bit about Mr. Darcy and his role back stage?

MB: Mr. Darcy is my 11 month old black lab mix who lives in my office.  He is in charge of eating dropped food and giving kisses to anyone who wants to play.  He was featured in an earlier blog post that picture the wigs in my office! 

HH: What has been a favorite moment so far in tech for Hairspray?

MB: On Friday, the orchestra joined us in the theater for the first time and that is always my favorite because the final element is added.  The energy that the orchestra brings reenergizes all of us at this point in the process. And, they sound AMAZING!!  My other favorite moment was that we nailed the magical transformation quick change for Edna the first time around!

It's an Edna kind of day!

The woman you've been waiting weeks for is ready to make her debut:

You didn't think we'd completely ruin the surprise, did you? No, to see this diva all dolled up, you're gonna have to come and see the show for yourself. Having gone to the final dress rehearsal night, we promise it's worth it ;) Join us in previews over the next few weeks and see what all the buzz is about!

One day??

And look at our star, Miss Tracy Turnblad herself!

Did you check out the Washington Post on Friday?

If not, you might have missed this terrific article about Hairspray and our lovely leading lady, Robert Aubry Davis. 


"Six-foot-something with a self-described "portly" shape, Davis will certainly cut the right figure on stage next week when the curtains open on "Hairspray," Signature Theatre's latest musical. But while Davis has played Oscar Wilde and provided voice-overs for such plays as Studio Theatre's 2009 show "Solid Gold Cadillac," he has never sung and danced for a crowd of hundreds, and now he's committed to doing both, sometimes wearing a wig studded with rollers."

Two days...

Next up, the infamous mother/daughter team, Velma and Amber Von Tussle, looking posh as ever:

Of course, Sherri and Erin can only stay serious for so long:

Sitz Probe Day

What's a sitz probe? In the theatre world at least, the sitz probe is the first day that the cast and band come together to play through the show. Up till now, the cast has been rehearsing the show with a piano, and the band's been off on it's own:

But today's rehearsal is reserved exclusively for sound. No movement, no costumes, just music. Or as my high school choir teacher used to say, "we sit and we probe". Though maybe not an accurate definition, it's actually not too far off from it's actual German translation: seated trial. The sitz probe was always one of my favorite days, as an actor. You've been sitting through often treacherous and never ending technical rehearsals and it's easy to lose sight of the big picture. But when the band starts blaring and voices start ringing, well, it's hard not to get chills. I stopped by for a bit, and my oh my, this band's got quite the groove going. Can't wait for you all to hear them as well in just a few more days...

Three More Days Until Opening!

Are you decked out and ready to boogie it up with the Hairspray cast? Because those costumes you've seen go from sketches to mockups are finally complete and looking nothing short of groovy. We'll be counting down these last few days with some special sneak peeks of their radical rags.

Anybody recognize these cool cats?

 

Lights, Camera, Action

With over 300 different lights used to ignite the stage for Hairspray, there's still tons of minor adjustments (known in the lighting world as "focusing") to be made to all of the different lights. Most are hanging above the stage:

But others are literally implanted into pieces of the stage, like the lights in the diamond chandelier above.

Our technical crew, led by the lovely Sarah LaRue (pictured below with her handy dandy chocolate moustache made by Julie Meyer, one of our resident Stage Managers, during The Boy Detective Fails)

is responsible for using a light plot:

to adjust all of these:

But it will all be focused and ready for our first preview in just 4 days!

Tech Rehearsals have Begin!

We're in the final stretch until previews and Dan Conway's magnificently blue set is, well, magnificent and blue. Now all it needs are some actors...

Waters Wednesdays

If you think turning a John Waters film into a musical is crazy, think about what John Waters must have thought. Or just read about it in this terrific New York Times article written from the man himself:


"Imagine how frightened I really was, all alone, at the first table reading (of Hairspray). Total strangers were turning something I thought up 15 years ago in the bedroom of my old apartment into a big splashy musical -- the kind of contemporary entertainment that usually inspires Hallmark greeting cards and my immediate distrust. Relief poured from my brow as I realized that the book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan was taking my screenplay by the sprocket holes, giving it a bon-voyage kiss and hurling it onstage like a brand new baby. My jokes were still there and they wanted to sing!"

Carolyn Cole belts it out!

Dear lovely readers who were unable to make it out to JR's,

You were sorely missed. But how could we leave you out of the fun completely?

We may have filmed one of the performances and may have posted it on youtube for you to enjoy. 

Tempted? We thought so... Make sure to leave a comment!

Trivia Tuesdays

Ever wonder where the first can of Hairspray came from?

It actually all began in a little factory called Chase Products Co. in Illinois. Originally specializing in extermination products, they used their newly developed aerosol-can technology to create the first can of antiperspirant deodorant, spray paint and, of course, hairspray.

Check out their website to learn more!

A picture of some of their original cans

Hairspray Night!

No plans tonight? Then come on down to Hairspray Night at JRs Bar and Grill!  (east of Dupont Circle. 1519 17th street NW, Washington, DC 20036)

Members of the cast will be performing at 11pm. There will be ticket giveaways and lots of fun. Happy Hour is 4pm- 9pm and another one from 9 pm- 1 am

Hope to see you there!

Snapshot Sunday: Just a day or so until technical rehearsals

And woah, ain't there tons to do! Sets to paint and walls to build; costumes to sew and hats to build. But in just a weeks time all of the chaos will magically coagulate into the completed production set to begin previews on November 21. Wish us luck!

The stage

The hallway outside the costume shop

Wigs!

A couple pieces of the set

What can we say, we like costumes!

And costumes we've had, with a week full of final fittings for many of the cast members, everything's finally coming into place. Did you know that in some of their earlier fittings, the cast actually tries on cloth mockups to make sure that the fit is just right before the seamstresses and drapers cut the final fabric?

So what ends up like this:

Actually started as this:

A few others for your enjoyment:

The always adorable, Lauren Williams

Stephen Gregory Smith in a sensible plaid suit

The radiant Adhana Reid

Ask and ye shall receive...

You wanted pictures from the Big Hair Ball and now you've got them!

 Our grand staircase all decked out

Our lovely hairstylist from Bella Salon primping one of our guests

The incomparable Eric Schaeffer with Signature favorite Matt Conner and Fred Shiffman

Several members of the cast learning the Mashed Potato from Hairspray's Associate Choreographer, Briane Camp

The cast had trouble stopping at just the Mashed Potato...

Want more pictures? Check out the entire album on our Facebook page here

Fun Fact Friday!

What do Nick Jonas, Wayne Brady, and Harvey Fierstein have in common? This past August, Jerry Mitchell, original choreographer of the Broadway production of Hairspray, directed all three in a star-studded cast of his own at the Hollywood Bowl. What an incredible production this  must have been! Check out the cast:


Tracy Turnblad: Marissa Janet Winokur
Edna Turnblad: Harvey Fierstein
Seaweed J. Stubbs: Corbin Bleu
Wilbur Turnblad: Drew Carey
Penny Pingleton: Diana DeGarmo
Prudy Pingleton: Mo Gaffney

Link Larkin: Nick Jonas

Motormouth Maybelle: Darlene Love

Corny Collins: John Stamos

I assume you're intrigued at this point, so we'll send you off to the land of Youtube where you can watch clips...

The Design Run

As we speak, the cast is performing one of their first full run-throughs of the show for all of the technical and design staff. Officially called the "design run", it's a chance for all of the people usually working on the show OUTSIDE if the rehearsal room to get an idea of what's been happening INSIDE the rehearsal room.

Our education intern, Laura Matey, listening in on the design run...

And the Beat Goes On...

Lucky me! I got tagged and I'm "it".  Hi, I'm Kara-Tameika Watkins, and I'm playing Pearl in the Motormouth Gang and a Dynamite.  I feel that I am the luckiest person in world.  This is my fourth production of Hairspray.  I had the good fortune of being in the Las Vegas production with many of the original cast members (including Harvey Fierstein and Dick Latessa), the regional premier of the show, and again last summer!  Do I get tired of it?  Never! This is one of my favorite shows, and I hope to do this until my knees give out! 

 

Needless to say, you will be amazed by this cast!  You have Sherri L. Edelen as Velma (Diva), Nova Payton as Motormouth (Fierce), Stephen Gregory Smith as Corny (You will fall in love), Erin Driscoll as Amber (she's a meany and a hottie), Patrick Cragin and James Hayden Rodriguez as Link and Seaweed (double hotties) and Lauren Williams as Penny (cute and funny), Harry Winter (charming), and anything with Matt Conner and Lynn Neal is bound to be a joyride.

 

The show also boasts one of the most talented and good looking ensembles ever put together.  The kids are dancing and singing their faces off!  Of course, I can't sign off without mentioning the stars of our show - Carolyn Cole as Tracy, and Robert Aubrey Davis as Edna.   What can I say about Carolyn?  She is so endearing and lovable as Tracy.  You just want to get up and dance with her!  Robert Aubrey makes you wish his Edna was your mom.

 

We just finished staging the last number of the show yesterday and believe me, by the end of this ride you will want to get back on again and again!  So let's get this party started and spray it again!

 

 

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An Interview with our Music Director

Jon Kaflebleisch, Signature's resident music director and all around music guru sat down with the Hairline to chat about Hairspray. Don't know Jon? If you had the chance to see Side by Side by Sondheim, he was the guy playing the piano on stage. I guess he can officially check acting off his bucket list!


Hairspray Hairline: So it’s been five months since we’ve seen you. What have you been up to?


Jon Kaflebleisch: After Side By Side By Sondheim at Signature, over the summer, I conducted a terrific production of The King and I at Ash Lawn Opera with fantastic voices, a 26-piece orchestra and Broadway costumes.  You can visit my new website, www.jonkalbfleisch.com, like my fan page on face book, and keep up with my various musical endeavors.

HH: You’ve conducted everything from Bernstein’s Mass to the Broadway production of Les Miserables. Is it strange to work on something as stylistically divergent as Hairspray? Does  your approach change at all while working on show like this?

JK: It was Bernstein that wrote about "The Infinite Variety of Music", and I happen to love that variety!  My piano teacher always said that you could study music for a lifetime and barely scratch the surface, so for me it's always fun to constantly discover new things.  My approach to Hairspray is the same as to Sweeney Todd or to Mozart.  The trick is extracting the right style from all these different composers;  it's beyond what's on the page, but how you do it that really makes it interesting.  Duke Ellington said, "If it sounds good, it is good.", so I just try to make sure it sounds good.  

HH: Hairspray’s composer, Marc Shaiman, is probably most well known for writing the score to Hairspray but we noticed he actually started out writing cabaret music for Bette Midler. Do you feel like that sort of experience-base has informed his work? 

JK: Marc Shaiman may not be the theatrical household name of Sondheim, or Kander & Ebb, but his music is known anyway.  Not only did he do cabaret acts for Better Midler, he recently did Martin Short's Broadway show, lots of Academy Award opening numbers, and many films, including work on South Park: The Movie.  His music for Hairspray perfectly evokes the 60s style, but with a fresh, likable, Broadway sound that is extremely well-written.  His back-up writing is just brilliant, and it's my guess that all those cabaret shows helped him refine that skill.

HH: Any other random bits of information you’d like to share with our followers?

JK: I'm thrilled to be conducting a special benefit concert performance of The Visit at the Ambassador Theatre on Broadway on November 30. Chita Rivera and most of the cast from the acclaimed Signature Theatre production of that show will perform that incredible score for the first time in NY, and we're all very excited about it.  

A First Time Blogger

It's Sherri Edelen here, blogging for the first time in my life!!  Yesterday in rehearsal we learned You Can't Stop the Beat which is a big ol' number to block.  It's the end of the show.  We learned different movement patterns this morning.  I stood in the back with Robert Aubrey and tried to learn the combination, until those dreaded words... "change the lines"!  That means the ones in front have to move to the back and vice versa.  But we made it through until lunch time.  Then we came back and tried to incorporate scene work within the song.  We kept going and almost made it to the end when Erin Driscoll Gardiner and I enter.  Then we were released for the day.  So there was a lot of sitting around and waiting this afternoon. 

I had to keep my cell phone on in the rehearsal room yesterday as my Mom was taken to the ER and I wanted to be sure to hear if my family called me with an update.  So in many ways it was good that I wasn't used much yesterday.  I had my Mom weighing on my mind.  Plus this weekend, my husband, Tom and I go to his nieces wedding.  I am making 25 pies for the event.  Yes she doesn't want wedding cake, just wedding pie.  So 5 apple, 5 strawberry rhubard, 5 pecan, 5 pumpkin and 5 buttermilk will be baked starting today.  I guess that tells you where my mind will be today.

Sherri rehearsing Miss Baltimore Crabs

John Waters Wednesdays!

What kind of hump day would it be without a little John Waters to spice it up? Enjoy this interview with the creator himself:

Hello Baltimore!

This is your resident mean girl Amber Von Tussle!  Actually, it is Erin Driscoll who just plays the mean girl in Hairspray.  I have to tell you that I was OBSESSED with the original John Waters film when I was younger.  My dad used to take me to the video store (dating myself a bit here) and I would consistently pick out Hairspray.  Eventually, my dad got annoyed and told me I had to start picking something else.  Now, that is obsessed!  So, I must say that playing Amber in the musical Hairspray is pretty gosh darn cool.  I mean, who can forget that amazing zit scene from the movie??  I am posting the link below for your enjoyment…

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNk_FmcjQmA

Yesterday, we worked on Amber’s song in the second act, “Cooties”, and I have to say it is kind of fun being mean!  Hee hee!  Also, I am getting to dance more then I have in a long time.   It is taking me back to my days at Dollywood, where I played Sandy Schuster and got to dance on Buddy Baxter’s Bandstand USA.  Sound familiar?  Maybe this theme of the 1960s, TV shows and big hair is following me around?   Anyway, the people are amazingly talented, the choreography is ridiculously good and I think we have a great show on our hands.  If you do come see the show, remember that I only PLAY a mean girl on stage! I’m very sweet. Honest. Thanks! 

xo, 

Erin Driscoll

Set Update #2

Wowzer, our stage crew is hard at work getting everything ready for technical rehearsals. They're using every inch of the space, painting and molding on one half of the stage while hanging scenery on the other. Can't wait to see it all finished!

Lunchtime Read

Bored over your lunch break? We've got an awesome interview with the composer of Hairspray, Marc Shaiman. Marc has worked on everything from South Park to the Academy Awards and back again.


Follow the link to check out the interview: http://thewrap.com/media/article/hairspray-composer-marc-shaiman-grilled-2835

Movie Mondays!

In case you didn't get a chance to see it, our compatriots on Youtube posted a little teaser for Hairspray.


Take a gander:

Wigs, wigs, wigs

As we had our Big Hair Ball this weekend (which was a blast!), it seemed only appropriate that we start our week off with a little bit of hair-love. Robert Aubry Davis had his first wig fitting last week and we were there to catch it, camera in hand:

Well, don't he look purdy...

A belated double feature from Friday

As we missed out on our personal blog from Friday, we thought we'd give you two for the price of one!

So enjoy a little sampling from two of our younger male cast members:

Nickolas Vaughan

A dream come true!! Hairspray was the first show that I got to see on Broadway, and it changed my life. I knew then that Musical Theatre was in my blood! Since then, I have been counting down the days till I could get the chance to be apart of a Hairspray cast. My time is here!

Today in rehearsal we really got a chance to DANCE DANCE DANCE! I get so excited when I hear that music and then everyone starts 'gettin down!' This cast is jammed packed with so much talent, I can't help but sit back and take notes. 

During our lunch break, some of us took to the 2nd floor lobby and worked out a few dance kinks. Kicking and spinning all around, I felt like I was 10 years old again, dancing around the house getting in my parent's way, as they tried to clean up. [Apologies to any staff member disturbed] :-) 

and Parker Drown:

Well Ladies and Gentlemen…it’s my turn. Parker Drown here (a.k.a. Fender) one of the gosh darn Nicest Kids you will ever find in town reporting live from my living room whilst relaxing my leg muscles as we near the end of our second week of rehearsals.

Today the effervescent and swoon worthy Link Larkin (Patrick Cragin, with vocal chords of gold) and his illustrious council boys (that’s me) began the day off with a little taste of du wop heaven. One may look at simple du wop choreography (step touches, slides, hip gyrations, and MANY hand flourishes) and say…pshhhhh that’s easy! But then you are asked to sing “oo’s” and “aah’s” in three part harmony on top of that and it’s quite like rubbing your belly and patting your head, while jumping on alternating legs and reciting the alphabet backwards (you're gonna try that now aren't you??). We then continued with staging/choreography of "Welcome to the 60's", and that only takes us through half of the day.

Now, seeing as I am white like a fine china and not a member of the league of extraordinary women, I was released from rehearsal early today. What does this mean folks? It means that Motormouth Maybelle’s Gang got to take a cardio ride from hell and dance to the Camp duo’s amazing and non –stop choreography for “Run and Tell That”, which I cannot wait to see tomorrow. This was then followed by all of the women in the ensemble (yes, that includes you Mr. Robert Aubry Davis) joining together to stage the opening number of ACT II. I’d give you details, but I wouldn’t want to spoil the fun.

With that said, I shall conclude with the following...

Being a Maryland/DC native my whole life and a local DC actor for the past 4 or 5 years, I don’t think I could have asked for a better Signature Theatre debut! The show is a blast, and the cast is phenomenal and a joy to get to know. It is filled with many friends who I have worked with before and so many wonderful new faces (many of whom I have seen perform around town and admire so greatly). The work is non-stop, but well worth the sore muscles and all-in-all things are shaping up here in Baltimore!!! 

A Special Sunday Snapshot!

Can anyone guess where this gem of a pictures is from?

Enjoy your day off :)

Hairspray Sneak Peek

As Nova mentioned, WETA was here this past week filming a bit of rehearsal. And as much as we love WETA we love our blog readers even more so we took some footage of our own and spliced it altogether just to give you a first look at what's been happening all week in the rehearsal room. Enjoy!

Before there were costumes, there were sketches

And we thought our faithful readers would love to get a little taste of what they'll be seeing in just 16 days so why wouldn't we share what we got? Courtesy of our lovely costume designer, Kathleen Geldard

The Dynamites:

Amber:

And last but certainly not least, Edna: 

Party like it's 1960

Once upon a time, there was the 60's. And big hair was all the rage. Now it's Signature's chance to dance its way back for a party like never before! It's not too late to get your tickets to the Big Hair Ball. Where else can you munch on a crab cake, sip on a Natty Boh, and learn the Madison all while getting your hair done up?  I know we're excited and we'd love to see you there :)


Check it out here:
http://www.signature-theatre.org/shows/big-hair-ball

Did you know?

Matthew Morrison, star of hit television show Glee, got his first big break on Broadway in the original Broadway production Hairspray. We did a little snooping and found a video of him performing on the Today Show as the dreamy Link Larkin. We guess dealing with swarms of prepubescent girls comes naturally to him...