4/23/2023 0 Comments Hairspray live online laterThere was little in the way of solace for the afflicted here. But there was little to grab onto for anyone flipping through channels - or, really, anyone thinking that a musical might, in this moment, provide one of the genre’s traditional roles. Sure, theater-hungry kids and their parents will always tune in (and, indeed, next year’s production, Bye Bye Birdie starring Jennifer Lopez, has already been announced). Wednesday night’s broadcast of Hairspray Live! pushed up against the limits of that trust. Coming at the very tail end of curiosity about the genre, the special made a case for itself for serious adult viewers (at least those serious enough to spend three hours with what’s explicitly billed as family programming) with outright exuberance and skill. It’s hard to imagine that a certain segment of the audience for NBC’s annual December live musical - not the balance that’s made the proposition financially viable, perhaps, but at least a portion-would have much interest in the genre had it not been for last year’s production of The Wiz.
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