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Niki lenz6/3/2023 ![]() Though all the elements, including the production design and re-creation of the choreography, remind audiences of the sparkling original production, tour director Matt Lenz allows his leads to squander the hilarity of their characters, so that the production may come off as a disappointment for fans. ![]() Nina West), and jokester dad Wilbur (Ralph Prentice Daniel), become enlightened through their friendships with members of the African American community, while Tracy finds love and fame are at risk if she speaks up for the downtrodden.īut misdirection and miscasting have stopped the beat of the touring Hairspray, that is now stopping at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Tracy, her insecure mom, Edna (Andrew Levitt a.k.a. Hairspray captures the innocence of early 1960s American youth as the nation wakes up from the glaze of post-war prosperity, and takes a stand against racial and social injustice. Niki Metcalf plays Tracy Turnblad in the touring production of Hairspray.īased on the John Waters 1987 film, the musical Hairspray follows heavy-set but dynamic Tracy Turnblad (Niki Metcalf) as she becomes a local Baltimore celebrity and social-justice activist. ![]()
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