And sometimes all 58 cameras seemed to be pointing in the wrong direction. (Grande played Penny as an actor, she sure can sing.) Garrett Clayton had the right look for Link Larkin - he and Alden Ehrenreich must’ve crawled out of the same Old Hollywood time capsule - but he couldn’t quite find the character’s anxious desperation. Ephraim Sykes, late of Hamilton, brought some real energy to the production as Seaweed - but so much of Seaweed’s arc depends on sparkly chemistry with Penny. As a dancer, Ariana Grande sure can sing. There was a sense that the performers weren’t quite all on the same page. With Hairspray Live !, more was never more enough.īut the first half of Hairspray dragged a bit.
Coincidentally, during one commercial break, there was a perfume ad with three Ariana Grandes. Technically, there were three Tracy Turnblads: Ricki Lake (from the original film) and Marissa Jaret Winokur (from the original Broadway show) swung by for a cameo. The cast featured Tony winners, plural, and Disney stars, plural. Several major numbers followed Maddie Baillio’s Tracy Turnblad through “Baltimore,” played by the Universal backlot and a small civilization of dancing extras. Hairspray brought the Wiz band back together - directed by Kenny Leon, adapted into teleplay from Harvey Fierstein - and it upped the ambition further. Peter Pan Live! had the garish production value. Credit them for magical thinking - and for their steady improvements. Meanwhile, Zadan and Meron have made the NBC musical an annual tradition. There’s too much good TV for the average human to love - and too much real hate for the average human to watch. Three years later, I’m not quite sure people hatewatch anymore.
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