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Hairspray - Do Stars Matter Anymore?
Ian Nisbet looks behind the scenes of Hairspray, the latest big musical to open in Melbourne.
Producer Paul Dainty raised some eyebrows at the cast launch for Hairspray in June.
"The big shows now don't have names in them [anymore]” he said.
“[Hairspray will be] the most elaborate and expensive musical to be staged this year” (Herald Sun) and “the production… will cost about $1m more than [Dainty’s] current hit Jersey Boys" (The Australian).
Dainty’s claims were especially topical, considering Mary Poppins recently opened around the corner from the Princess Theatre (where Hairspray will open) with one of the biggest budgets and ‘name’ casts the country has seen in years.
[Ed. In an interesting and ironic twist, since this article went to print in the September edition of Stage Whispers, it has been announced that Tevin Campbell, though hardly a big name
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