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BEEHIVES OVER BROADWAY.(Hairspray)(Review)(Brief Article)
When Harvey Fierstein has something seriously funny to say, he sets it up by tuning his voice low. Then, opening a reserve tank of testosterone, he drops another half octave for the kicker. Fierstein's famous vocal instrument is no black-sable bass, even and smooth. If it were, he would belong in the opera house. But Fierstein (despite a fifteen-year absence) belongs utterly to the theatre, where his voice never loses its raspy, ninety-five-cent-kazoo quality and its hint of Bensonhurst snarl. In "Hairspray," the exhilaratingly funny and warmhearted new musical comedy (at the Neil Simon), Fierstein plays Mrs. Edna Turnblad, Baltimore housewife and matriarch of the ironing ...
- James Marsden, from super-cool to Corny Collins.(Interview)
- Magazine article from: Marie Claire Oakley, Colleen July 1, 2007 700+ words
...tie in the big-screen adaptation of the Broadway musical Hairspray. "They're gone now," Marsden half-jokes about his...like it, you don't have a pulse." As dance-show host Corny Collins, Marsden not only gets to show off his singing talent...
- A great big dancin' star: energy and talent have made Marissa Jaret Winokur a...
- Magazine article from: Dance Magazine Gold, Sylviane December 1, 2003 700+ words
...and singing when Hairspray opened in August...dance steps on The Corny Collins Show. Before MTV...three weeks before Hairspray rehearsals began...she tries out for Corny Collins. But she's such...both be welcome on Corny Collins. "If kids saw...says she loves ...
- Theater Review: Sugar rush: 'Hairspray' is campy, cartoonish - and a whole lot...
- Newspaper article from: Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK) March 23, 2006 700+ words
...In other words, "Hairspray" -- which opened...Instead, they turned "Hairspray" into your basic...considerable booty on "The Corny Collins Show," a teen dance...was a suave and smart Corny Collins, and Charlotte Crossley...seek out tickets to "Hairspray." James D. Watts...
- Campy `Hairspray' dances to the beat of early '60s
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert February 26, 1988 700+ words
Hairspray (STAR) (STAR) (STAR) Tracy Turnblad Ricki Lake Corny Collins Shawn Thompson Franklin...me by. John Waters' "Hairspray" is a movie about that...program known as "The Corny Collins Show" is at the center...
- Ah, Divine Inspirations! 'Hairspray': John Waters Baldly Comic Look Back
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Rita Kempley February 26, 1988 700+ words
...happy script. "Hairspray" is also a departure...Magnavox and "The Corny Collins Show" (primitive...wants to be one of Corny Collins' dancers-skinny...integrate "The Corny Collins Show." "Hairspray" is definitely...
- Hairspray: The Revolutionary Way To Restructure and Hold Your History
- Magazine article from: Literature/Film Quarterly Renee R Curry January 1, 1996 700+ words
In Hairspray, John Waters...phenomenon, The Corny Collins Show (Waters...and see. In Hairspray, he sets...life. His Corny Collins Show 'expands...set of the Corny Collins Show appear...Throughout Hairspray, color signifies...
- 'Hairspray' will hold for years on Broadway.(Features)(Arts & Leisure)
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor August 16, 2002 700+ words
...unlikely leading lady of "Hairspray," which is the next...television's "The Corny Collins Show," modeled after...by the ever-moving hairspray cans that punctuate...endearing qualities of "Hairspray" go beyond the gags...into the cast of "The Corny Collins Show." If the shift...
- The More 'Hairspray' the Better! New Line Cinema to Produce New Film Version of...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 5, 2004 700+ words
...studio produced his 1988 film "Hairspray," which took an irreverent look...local TV dance program, "The Corny Collins Show," Tracy is transformed overnight...reviews and sold-out shows. The "Hairspray" movie deal was brokered by Richard...
