They're making sure I'm on my toes."Īn alum of the University of Maryland School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, Cruse-Ferguson quickly attracted the attention of Leon. But I'm not falling short or falling behind. It's like first day of school, new girl in classroom, midway through the semester. It's being thrown in right away as a newbie. "The challenging part is not necessarily the choreography itself - that's not stressful at all. "It has been really hectic in a great way," said Cruse-Ferguson, who arrived a week ago for rehearsals. She got the nod after auditioning with about 200 others at the Hippodrome in September. Fittingly for a musical with a big-break audition scene, Baillio was chosen out of 800 who responded to an open casting call in New York last spring (200 others sent in video auditions).Ĭruse-Ferguson, who lives in Ednor Gardens and works with a Washington nonprofit and part-time for a Towson retailer, had a similar experience. She plays Edna's intrepid daughter, Tracy, who helps integrate the dance show and, along the way, teaches some lessons about self-worth.
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Hairspray has had many incarnations: the 1988 John Waters film, starring Ricki Lake the 2002 Tony Award-winning musical the 2007 musical film adaptation and, as of December 7, the live televised version on NBC.Other familiar names dot the cast, among them Martin Short as Edna's jokester husband Wilbur Sean Hayes as the owner of a plus-size dress shop Andrea Martin as prudish Prudy Pingleton and Rosie O'Donnell as a gym teacher.Īmong the fresh faces that will fill the TV screen is that of Maddie Baillio. They offered it to John Travolta, he took it, and was wonderful! Since she lost weight, she really is beautiful. “Hairspray”, as film and as a play, has always had the role of Edna played by a man. When they made the 2007 movie, it was natural that the part would be played by a man in drag again. NBCHairspray Live! / Network How did Travolta become Edna? As with NBC’s previous holiday season-pegged musical productions, Hairspray Live! will be a rehearsed-in-advance, fully choreographed, and live-sung production that airs in real time as the actors perform it on a soundstage. Really live? Like its title suggests: yes it is. In between filming the “HSM” movies, he booked roles on two other films, most notably the musical comedy “Hairspray.” At just 21 years old, he landed a place on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list, which measures stars by fame and money. How old was Zac Efron when he filmed Hairspray? Executives at the New Line studio commissioned the screenwriter behind the 2007 film, John Waters, to create a script for a follow-up, with plans to bring Zac Efron back to star in a second picture. Is Hairspray on Amazon Prime video?įilm bosses have scrapped plans to bring movie-musical Hairspray back for a sequel.
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Liven up your Friday evening with a free YouTube stream of toe-tapping musical ‘Hairspray Live! ‘, starring Maddie Baillio, Jennifer Hudson, Kristin Chenoweth and Ariana Grande. Hairspray is a 2007 musical romantic comedy film based on the 2002 Broadway musical of the same name, which in turn was based on John Waters’s 1988 comedy film of the same name….Hairspray (2007 film) Hairspray