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Review: HAIRSPRAY at Actors Theatre Of Little Rock
by Theresa Bertram - Dec 23, 2025

To wrap up Season 3 for Actors Theatre of Little Rock, they ended with Hairspray—a show I’ve been wanting to see live for a long time. From December 3–20, this cast brought the beat to the Quapaw United Methodist Church basement, transforming the space into an immersive, joy-filled playground bursting with big hair, bold voices, and infectious energy.

GOING TO EXTREMES: A John Waters 80th Birthday Celebration is Coming to Adler Hall
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 23, 2025

Film director John Waters will bring Going to Extremes: A John Waters 80th Birthday Celebration to Adler Hall at New York Society for Ethical Culture.

NEWSIES, HAIRSPRAY, and More Set For Mac-Haydn Theatre's 2026 Season
by Stephi Wild - Dec 16, 2025

The Mac-Haydn Theatre has announced its 2026 season, kicking off next summer. Tickets are now on sale. The lineup will feature The Addams Family, 9 to 5, and more.

Review: THE 1968 CHERRY COLA PITTS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL at Vincent Victoria Presents
by Brett Cullum - Dec 15, 2025

It’s a fantasy idea that a black gay man could have a Christmas special in 1968 that would revel in his own identity so unapologetically. It sure wasn’t the world of that time, and it sure isn’t the world of today. But in some strange way, you will leave wishing it were the world we live in.

HAIRSPRAY, SHREK, NEWSIES and More Set for The Muny 2026 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 1, 2025

The Muny will feature five beloved musicals and two debuts in its 108th season. The lineup for the summer for the Muny 2026 includes Hairspray, Shrek The Musical, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific, Disney’s Newsies, and more.

Interview: Two Seans: Marlow & Brown of DEATH OF A DRAG QUEEN at Portland's THE ECHO THEATER CO.
by Gavin Glynn - Nov 30, 2025

DEATH OF A DRAG QUEEN is a hilarious glitter-streaked Southern gothic about love, loss, and the personas we build to survive. Set in a small Louisiana apartment doubling as a backstage dressing room, the play follows Cram Brulée—a fading drag legend—as she prepares for what might be her final performance. Haunted by memories and betrayals, Cram struts, spirals, and sews her soul back together in a one-drag queen showdown soaked in sequins and secrets. Equal parts camp and confession, it’s a lipstick-stained elegy for those of us who love too much, give too much, and believe in everyone but ourselves. Breaking new ground as a one actor/one drag queen live performance. 'Tuck after tuck, somethin's gotta give!'

Campy Cult Holiday Show CHLOE SAVES CHRISTMAS to Return to The Tank
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 24, 2025

The raucous and hilarious Chloe Saves Christmas will return to The Tank for 7 performances this holiday season.

Westport Country Playhouse To Present Sunday Symposium On THE IMPORTANCE OF OSCAR WILDE
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 28, 2025

Westport Country Playhouse will present a Sunday Symposium on “The Importance of Oscar Wilde” on Sunday, November 2, following the 3 p.m. performance of Wilde’s classic comedy The Importance of Being Earnest.

Review: HAIRSPRAY at Scherr Forum Theatre
by Cary Ginell - Oct 13, 2025

What did our critic think of HAIRSPRAY at Scherr Forum Theatre? 5-Star Theatricals' production of Hairspray, which opened October 10 at the Scherr Forum Theatre in Thousand Oaks, is the bubbly, effervescent morality tale about civil rights in Baltimore in the early ’60s that won Tony awards for best musical, book, and score.

Rona Siddiqui Receives Mark O’Donnell Prize From The Entertainment Community Fund and Playwrights Horizons
by Stephi Wild - Oct 7, 2025

The Entertainment Community Fund and Playwrights Horizons announced that Grammy-nominated artist Rona Siddiqui is the 2025 recipient of The Mark O’Donnell Prize,.

Interview: Marissa Winokur And Garrett Clayton of HAIRSPRAY at Bank Of America Performing Arts Center
by Melissa Heckscher - Oct 3, 2025

BroadwayWorld talks with Tony Award-winning Marissa Winokur and former Disney heartthrob Garrett Clayton, the director and co-star of the 5-Star Theatricals production of Hairspray in Thousand Oaks.

IT'S DOROTHY Doc Among Titles at 2025 Edition of Micheaux Film Festival
by Josh Sharpe - Sep 19, 2025

The Micheaux Film Festival has revealed initial programming for its seventh edition, which includes the Los Angeles premiere of “It’s Dorothy,” a new documentary exploring 125 years of Dorothy Gale’s cultural legacy.

HAIR THE MUSICAL Comes to the Athenaeum Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Sep 11, 2025

More than two decades since Melbourne last experienced the tribal love-rock musical phenomenon HAIR, a brand-new production of the Grammy and Tony Award-winning hit is coming to the Athenaeum Theatre.

HAIRSPRAY Comes to Theatre Tulsa
by Stephi Wild - Sep 9, 2025

Theatre Tulsa is ready to tease up the hair and turn up the volume with the high-energy Broadway musical Hairspray, running September 12–21 at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center's Williams Theatre.

Ryan O’Connor, Lexie Martin, Garrett Clayton and More to Lead HAIRSPRAY at 5-Star Theatricals
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 4, 2025

5-STAR THEATRICALS has reveald the cast of its upcoming production of Hairspray! The cast will feature Ryan O’Connor as “Edna Turnblad' and more. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

HAIRSPRAY to be Presented at New London Barn House
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 7, 2025

The New London Barn Playhouse will continue its 93rd Summer Season with the high-energy musical hit, Hairspray. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!

HAIRSPRAY Comes to Middletown Arts Center
by Stephi Wild - Jun 23, 2025

The MAC Players at the Middletown Arts Center will present Hairspray, over two weekends in July. The musical is directed by Victoria Keiser, with musical direction by Lauryn Boyle and choreography by Samantha Amaral.

The Academy Museum Reveals Details of JAWS: THE EXHIBITION
by Josh Sharpe - Jun 20, 2025

Celebrating the 50th anniversary year of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1975), the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will present Jaws: The Exhibition, the museum’s first large-scale exhibition dedicated to a single film