This is probably the best production of Hairspray i've seen, everyone in it is so talented! i love how into it the audience was. props to everyone involved and i hope they're still doing theatre
Mindblown. This is the best Corny, Maybelle, Velma and Ladies trio I've seen, and I've seen at least 10 different productions of this musical. The high notes threw my wig to outer space. Also, this has the best choreographies for hairspray ever. I can hear the bells was hilarious, there's no other production that had such creative ideas. This show and its cast has left some Broadway people unemployed.
As someone who has pretty much watch almost all the Hairspray productions on RUclips out there (may be an exaggeration lmao), but trust me I've watched A LOT of Hairspray productions and this one was one of the best ones I saw. I wouldn't say this is the top one but it's one of the top. The singers, the acting, the outfits, everything was perfect. The only thing unique about this one was that the audience was actually engaged and happy throughout the show which was literally one of the best things LOL
I totally agree like there are some people in the ensemble who aren't really fat but would've been a better choice even though the actress was good... Also, it felt like some of the costumes were really well planned for the time period and really good choices (The dresses for Nicest Kid) where some looked thrown together with no idea about it (mourning dresses in Baltimore)...
I remember these auditions at AMDA. The students in Songbook ran those musicals. If you wernt in Singbook GOOD LUCK getting in the show. You might get ensemble or small part if any. It got better when they all graduated and started trying to make an "album" lol . More students got opportunities to be in productions.
I legit had a voice teacher at AMDA that said "Lets see where those SongBook kids end up in 5 years. I thought that was so rude to say about students but I was young and naive back then 😂 🤡🤡 They must have felt like Gods in the small pond of AMDA but when they got out in that ocean GoFundMes, retail failed bands. I get it though entertainment business is no joke but there were waaaaay more performing opportunities when Songbook went away and they add black box, understudy performance and a concert evey semester.
0:32 Good Morning Baltimore 4:24 The Nicest Kids In Town 14:38 Mama I’m A Big Girl Now 19:35 I Can Hear The Bells 24:18 Miss Baltimore Crabs 30:28 The Maddison 33:54 The Nicest Kids In Town Reprise 37:00 It Takes Two 41:30 Velma’s Revenge 45:11 Welcome To The 60’s 54:46 I Can Hear The Bells Reprise 56:10 Run And Tell 1:07:18 Big, Blonde And Beautiful 1:13:55 Big Doll House 1:20:28 Good Morning Baltimore Reprise 1:24:22 (You’re) Timeless To Me 1:30:50 Without Love 1:40:19 I Know Where I’ve Been 1:44:12 It’s Hairspray 1:48:00 Cooties 1:49:53 You Can’t Stop The Beat 1:56:56 You Can’t Stop The Beat II 2:01:57 Finale (You Can’t Stop The Beat III)
Man alive this was fantastic!! I'm so used to these youtube productions having awful sound quality so it's nice to see one where I can hear everything everyone is saying xD Excellent work everyone!
Listen, I agree about the fat suit and everything, but here's the thing. This was AMDA in 2014. AMDA, as I've heard from former students, has been known to be a little noninclusive, which is an issue in itself, but it was also in 2014, y'all! Times were different and have changed. Fat suits aren't necessarily a bad thing, either! I was in a production of Lord of the Flies my freshman year of high school as Piggy. Now, I'm not obese, but I'm pretty damn big. I'm a king size snickers bar, okay? I didn't need a fat suit. However, my understudy was not fat like me, so they had to personally make a fat suit for him, which was pretty realistic. This was back in 2019. Sometimes, people need to realize you can't be offended by everything, especially if it isn't targeted at you. I think they definitely should've casted a bigger person as Tracy, yes and I'm not going to defend them on that aspect, but still! I think this production was very charming and it's one of the better versions I've seen!
@@underwatercreap4123 no…. i’m a fucking chubby person who also acts so I think that we shouldn’t be wearing fat suits in theatre because there are plenty of plus sized actors and singers. Please don’t be fucking judging me when you don’t know me and don’t be assuming stuff especially under a non-named no profile account. Thank you.
@@FlyBoyMT Literally I’m not even gonna take the time to respond to the stupid comment. I went to high school for theatre and college for theatre I know a lot about theatre and I don’t really give a fuck about what you’re saying so I’m not even going to respond to this long stupid comment.
Not that I've ever been in detention, but if I ever did end up in detention, I'd wanna be in a detention group like Tracy was in, with a bunch of kids from different cultures who got rhythm. But ya gotta admit, "Dancing in Detention?!" has got a pretty good ring to it.
former AMDA student here! agreed with what parker says! plenty of fat people at AMDA, we're just either hidden or shamed into never taking up theatre again but it's "totally not a weight thing" (it is)
@@underwatercreap4123 actually yea this musical was really good plus size representation and they chose a skinny women when there are Lodes of better plus size women
@@myyou7335 That is no excuse. Many bigger people can perform fine, and move fine. You're using stigma as an excuse. And many fat actors and actresses like myself are talented enough for ANY show. Fatphobia is inexcusable. They added extra fat jokes too. This show is about getting rid of racism and other judgements, yet this theatre showed they don't understand the concept.
Soooo they not only used a fatsuit for Tracy, they also added a fatphobic and unneeded gag of Tracy breaking a table by half-sitting on it. That somehow makes it extra insulting.
and it’s all because most prestigious musical theatre programs are never inclusive with the type of students that they accept into their programs. Never size-inclusive, and rarely ever get racially inclusive as well, and of course that affects the demographic of performers on Broadway. All races and sizes deserve to be on the stage:(
Okay, can you stop complaining? and just enjoy it for the work of art it is. if you don't like the way this show is presented, then don't watch it. There's 100's of other versions of this show. watch one of those if you don't much like this one. The only gripe I have with this is, if it is done by a pro theatre school, why did they not mic the leads?
@@philspence3073 Never said it was a bad show, I just had a critique just like any other person would about anything. Last time I checked, I was allowed to do that, right?
@@philspence3073 Hey, if you can't stand reading criticisms of this show, then there are 1000s of other comments on RUclips you can read again. Stop complaining! :-p
I just wish that “ you can’t stop the beat “ was better !!!! I feel like after “ i know where I’ve been “ it could only go up !! But it went down !! The energy abs choreography!! A mess!! Otherwise good. Deff need to learn how to project !! I had my speakers all the way up’s but it was a great show
I'm watching this for a school paper on the technical theatre aspects, but GOD. The fatsuit and the added fatphobic jokes? That's a big issue already in theatre. Being somebody going into theatre as an actress who's plus-sized, I always get told I'd be a great Tracy. Never Veronica Sawyer or Eponine. And to see that that's all I'm seen as in theatre, and our current theatre workforce can't even hire women like me for that role? It's incredibly inappropriate and unfair. Plus they went even further in making Edna masculine. Gave the actor barely any makeup to make him even slightly feminine.
I understand the fat suit thing but If Edna was not a man this would not be a hairspray musical. As a hairspray fanboy it is a tradition for Edna to be a man. If your unhappy about sizeism then don’t start sexism. Men can play women and women can play men. There is no rule. Same with weight. So please if you going to complain stick to the fat suit because if you are starting or continuing theatre. One thing you need to know is there is no right or wrong with men playing women, women playing men, boys playing girls or girls playing boys. Thank you
I like the casting a lot but like everybody else said the fat suit is weird LOL I like the Tracy, but they really could've done a lot better. Only real gripe is Mrs. Baltimore Crabs. She's terrible. Good singer, terrible actress. Just doesn't fit the part.
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This is one of THE best productions I've ever seen so far on youtube!!
I agree! It’s AMAZING! Broadway did a good job!
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This is probably the best production of Hairspray i've seen, everyone in it is so talented! i love how into it the audience was. props to everyone involved and i hope they're still doing theatre
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Yes
Mindblown.
This is the best Corny, Maybelle, Velma and Ladies trio I've seen, and I've seen at least 10 different productions of this musical.
The high notes threw my wig to outer space.
Also, this has the best choreographies for hairspray ever. I can hear the bells was hilarious, there's no other production that had such creative ideas.
This show and its cast has left some Broadway people unemployed.
Maybelle, the dynamites and seaweed have incredible voices wow
As someone who has pretty much watch almost all the Hairspray productions on RUclips out there (may be an exaggeration lmao), but trust me I've watched A LOT of Hairspray productions and this one was one of the best ones I saw. I wouldn't say this is the top one but it's one of the top. The singers, the acting, the outfits, everything was perfect. The only thing unique about this one was that the audience was actually engaged and happy throughout the show which was literally one of the best things LOL
What's the best ? I want to watch it I have come back to this so many times
holy crap, the range that this maybelle has is astounding. stunning performance!
I love this production so much but some of the costuming and Tracy's fat suit makes me so uncomfy-
Lol same 😂😂
Same
I totally agree like there are some people in the ensemble who aren't really fat but would've been a better choice even though the actress was good... Also, it felt like some of the costumes were really well planned for the time period and really good choices (The dresses for Nicest Kid) where some looked thrown together with no idea about it (mourning dresses in Baltimore)...
@@randoperson5190 Do you happen to be a starkid fan? I feel like I remember seeing your name and profile somewhere on their channel?
The features in this that other productions don’t have really make it better!
Brilliant production, I can hear the bells was hilarious!
Wow. Extremely well done. Whoever directed this did an excellent job. Every aspect was first rate. It was joyous!!
I remember these auditions at AMDA. The students in Songbook ran those musicals. If you wernt in Singbook GOOD LUCK getting in the show. You might get ensemble or small part if any. It got better when they all graduated and started trying to make an "album" lol . More students got opportunities to be in productions.
The people who played Corny, Edna, Little Inez, Wilbur, Link, Prudy, and Mr. Pinky were all not in Songbook but ok! :)
I legit had a voice teacher at AMDA that said "Lets see where those SongBook kids end up in 5 years. I thought that was so rude to say about students but I was young and naive back then 😂 🤡🤡 They must have felt like Gods in the small pond of AMDA but when they got out in that ocean GoFundMes, retail failed bands. I get it though entertainment business is no joke but there were waaaaay more performing opportunities when Songbook went away and they add black box, understudy performance and a concert evey semester.
Tracy's mom is so funny. The sweet voice, to that really deep one makes me laugh every time. "WILBUR!" "Sweetie, be a dear.... HOLD MOMMY'S WAFFLES!👹"
0:32 Good Morning Baltimore
4:24 The Nicest Kids In Town
14:38 Mama I’m A Big Girl Now
19:35 I Can Hear The Bells
24:18 Miss Baltimore Crabs
30:28 The Maddison
33:54 The Nicest Kids In Town Reprise
37:00 It Takes Two
41:30 Velma’s Revenge
45:11 Welcome To The 60’s
54:46 I Can Hear The Bells Reprise
56:10 Run And Tell
1:07:18 Big, Blonde And Beautiful
1:13:55 Big Doll House
1:20:28 Good Morning Baltimore Reprise
1:24:22 (You’re) Timeless To Me
1:30:50 Without Love
1:40:19 I Know Where I’ve Been
1:44:12 It’s Hairspray
1:48:00 Cooties
1:49:53 You Can’t Stop The Beat
1:56:56 You Can’t Stop The Beat II
2:01:57 Finale (You Can’t Stop The Beat III)
Thank you! I needed the timestamps.
@@jdksskw No problem!
Thank you for this! :)
@@munalisaaa8560 No problem!
Mama
Always come back to this!!! 49:50!!! Are u kiddddding?!??? So much Talent!!
Hands down one of the best productions of Hairspray I've seen!
in my opinion, the actor who played Link was one of the charming Links I’ve seen so far with regards to high school productions,,,
this is a performing arts college in LA
Best. Performance. Ever. Periodt.
this is the best "i can hear the bells" concept ive seen wow
Can we appreciate the amber in this
This has got to be one of the best high school productions I’ve ever seen!
I do don’t think this is a high school
I played amber in hairspray musical at my house today I loved playing the part
THE AUDIENCENCES ENERGY IS EVERYTHING
Enchanting! Thank you for posting on RUclips.
Awesome production and outstanding cast! Loved it so much!
I love how the crowd was so into it! It was great! But was there two shelly's in nicest kids in town.
They're probably all Theater Students, so they definitely appreciate the show differently in ways a "normal" audience wouldn't. ;)
@@luisflores2096 Yeah, but why is that? Why are there two Shelley’s in this version?
Man alive this was fantastic!! I'm so used to these youtube productions having awful sound quality so it's nice to see one where I can hear everything everyone is saying xD Excellent work everyone!
This was so good I cried..🥺😭🤍🤍👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Amazing cast, Edna, Penny, Amber all killing it. Usually Tracey gets 70% of the talent in the show, but everyone is amazing in this cast.
Listen, I agree about the fat suit and everything, but here's the thing. This was AMDA in 2014. AMDA, as I've heard from former students, has been known to be a little noninclusive, which is an issue in itself, but it was also in 2014, y'all! Times were different and have changed. Fat suits aren't necessarily a bad thing, either! I was in a production of Lord of the Flies my freshman year of high school as Piggy. Now, I'm not obese, but I'm pretty damn big. I'm a king size snickers bar, okay? I didn't need a fat suit. However, my understudy was not fat like me, so they had to personally make a fat suit for him, which was pretty realistic. This was back in 2019. Sometimes, people need to realize you can't be offended by everything, especially if it isn't targeted at you. I think they definitely should've casted a bigger person as Tracy, yes and I'm not going to defend them on that aspect, but still! I think this production was very charming and it's one of the better versions I've seen!
Can we please normalize hiring big/thick actors for characters who are supposed to be big/thick please. Thanks
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yup
Let me guess, You're offended on behalf of us?
@@underwatercreap4123 no…. i’m a fucking chubby person who also acts so I think that we shouldn’t be wearing fat suits in theatre because there are plenty of plus sized actors and singers. Please don’t be fucking judging me when you don’t know me and don’t be assuming stuff especially under a non-named no profile account. Thank you.
@@FlyBoyMT Literally I’m not even gonna take the time to respond to the stupid comment. I went to high school for theatre and college for theatre I know a lot about theatre and I don’t really give a fuck about what you’re saying so I’m not even going to respond to this long stupid comment.
I wonder where these kids are now
“Hey mom I’m in a big production “
“Oh cool what part?”
“I’m a lamp” 🤣🤣🤣
Thank you so much! Enjoyed myself. Really good production with a soul 🤍🤍🤍
Thx for watching y'all. I'm the choreo (Andrew Palermo) and Nick DeGruccio was the Director. Fyi :)
I love penny in this
Not that I've ever been in detention, but if I ever did end up in detention, I'd wanna be in a detention group like Tracy was in, with a bunch of kids from different cultures who got rhythm. But ya gotta admit, "Dancing in Detention?!" has got a pretty good ring to it.
amber simply stole the show!
I loved it! Great job :) ❤️
Thanks for this wonderfully executed production of Hairspray. I enjoyed it very much.👍👍
Love this production
It's giving sitcom. Love the vibe
I can’t tell - is there a live pit band in this production? It doesn’t sound like it, but I don’t know.
I really like this Edna a lot !!! She’s great 🤣
The Dynamites🔥🔥🔥
Velma🔥🔥🔥
Maybelle🔥🔥🔥
The Audiences Energy🔥🔥🔥
1:44:30 isn’t that use in hairspray live? And 1:50:53 that dress penny wore in hairspray 2007
what a shock, AMDA doesn't have fat people.
No they do, shes just playing the bit part when she can clearly sing as well as tracy
As a fat person at AMDA, they just don’t like to put us in the shows and stuff. We do exist. We’re just hidden.
@@jenniferstead2200 And this Tracy sings with the wrong voice.
@@parkerraphelt9657 that’s feels bad :(
former AMDA student here! agreed with what parker says! plenty of fat people at AMDA, we're just either hidden or shamed into never taking up theatre again but it's "totally not a weight thing" (it is)
But why were there two shellys’ in nicest kids in town
내가본 헤어스프레이 뮤지컬중 이게 제일이다..👍
GO OFF JANAY!
Who should play Tracy??? Oh, I know! A skinny alto! 🤡
Wrong voice?
Ugh
You're literally watching a free recorded performance and you still have the nerve to complain about the performers. God people these days...
@@underwatercreap4123 actually yea this musical was really good plus size representation and they chose a skinny women when there are Lodes of better plus size women
Loads
MY THREE FAVORITE 🤩😍lines of all time:;!
This was a very great production. Kinda sad they didn’t include “The New Girl in Town” tho but overall they’re very good. Would watch it again!
it plays at 10:38
And people be hating on AMDA. This was great. 💀❤️
Collegiate theatre is inherently classist, fatphobic and racist. To better adapt to the arts, AMDA must accept this and DO BETTER. Xoxoxo
@@ztramsey93 there is this way the big people move that makes them project poorly onstage. This is one reason they might be fatphobic.
@@myyou7335 That is no excuse. Many bigger people can perform fine, and move fine. You're using stigma as an excuse. And many fat actors and actresses like myself are talented enough for ANY show. Fatphobia is inexcusable. They added extra fat jokes too. This show is about getting rid of racism and other judgements, yet this theatre showed they don't understand the concept.
Is this AMDA ny or la? When i was at AMDA we did not do productions
18:22 amazing choice!!!!! So funny and original
Goooood job Edna!!!!
U made my day!
I enjoyed this more than the Broadway production. Absolute perfection.
Little Inez was AMAZING
This is definitely one of the top 5 best productions of Hairspray here on RUclips, and I am including professional productions (I hated the movie)
Love it ❤️
Soooo they not only used a fatsuit for Tracy, they also added a fatphobic and unneeded gag of Tracy breaking a table by half-sitting on it. That somehow makes it extra insulting.
and it’s all because most prestigious musical theatre programs are never inclusive with the type of students that they accept into their programs. Never size-inclusive, and rarely ever get racially inclusive as well, and of course that affects the demographic of performers on Broadway. All races and sizes deserve to be on the stage:(
Okay, can you stop complaining? and just enjoy it for the work of art it is. if you don't like the way this show is presented, then don't watch it. There's 100's of other versions of this show. watch one of those if you don't much like this one. The only gripe I have with this is, if it is done by a pro theatre school, why did they not mic the leads?
@@philspence3073 Never said it was a bad show, I just had a critique just like any other person would about anything. Last time I checked, I was allowed to do that, right?
@@philspence3073 Hey, if you can't stand reading criticisms of this show, then there are 1000s of other comments on RUclips you can read again. Stop complaining! :-p
@@philspence3073 yea. They are a bit hard to hear.
1:49:19 If it's 2014, because one of the dancers is dressed in Hairspray live!
Eu adorei!!! 🇧🇷🧡
I loved Tracy & Link's kiss at 1:56:11!!! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVED IT!!!
WOW! So GOOOOOOD!!
is tracy wearin a fat suit?
It really looks like it...I hope not tho 😐
I think she is, tho its a bit common for Tracys to wear Fat suits, sometimes they lose some weight rehearsing the show
@@dylanpursley1678 she is :(
I just wish that “ you can’t stop the beat “ was better !!!! I feel like after “ i know where I’ve been “ it could only go up !! But it went down !! The energy abs choreography!! A mess!! Otherwise good. Deff need to learn how to project !! I had my speakers all the way up’s but it was a great show
Why did they leave out 'Ladies Choice'? thats my favourite scene and song :(
That song isn’t in the Broadway or west end show or the junior one, it’s in hairspray live though if your looking for a production
Love your dodgeball scene lol!😀😇😅🤣😂
what a serve
Who played Corny? I think I'm in love with him already. 😂😂😂
IDK WHO HE IS BUT I FUCKING LOVE HIM! HE'S CARRYING THE COMEDY HERE
He now fronts a band called The Late Great Charlie Borski.
Love it!!!!!
Why are they rushing through great lines as if they are in a race?
I'm watching this for a school paper on the technical theatre aspects, but GOD. The fatsuit and the added fatphobic jokes? That's a big issue already in theatre. Being somebody going into theatre as an actress who's plus-sized, I always get told I'd be a great Tracy. Never Veronica Sawyer or Eponine. And to see that that's all I'm seen as in theatre, and our current theatre workforce can't even hire women like me for that role? It's incredibly inappropriate and unfair. Plus they went even further in making Edna masculine. Gave the actor barely any makeup to make him even slightly feminine.
Also, at 1:15:00 we clearly see a plus-sized actress who has Tracy's range, as an ensemble member....
and again at 1:46:00, though she is more midsize
@@joester_toaster I completely agree with your point, but there is no plus-sized woman during 1:46:00
@@apple3948t hence why i said midsize
I understand the fat suit thing but If Edna was not a man this would not be a hairspray musical. As a hairspray fanboy it is a tradition for Edna to be a man. If your unhappy about sizeism then don’t start sexism. Men can play women and women can play men. There is no rule. Same with weight. So please if you going to complain stick to the fat suit because if you are starting or continuing theatre. One thing you need to know is there is no right or wrong with men playing women, women playing men, boys playing girls or girls playing boys.
Thank you
Haha I like that Corny Collins a lot
You can tell the tears in "I know Where I've been" are real. SING IT HONEY! SING YOUR TRUTH!
did they cast this show by lottery? excruciating
I thought the cast did good
Okay, minus the hair, I'd wear the best friend's look.
The only Dance Lil Inez is going to in that dress... is a Square Dance.
💀✋🏽
I don’t wanna see them on tour now I booked it. Why are the chubby people skinny and the skinny people chubby?
If you had to pad your Tracy, then you shouldn't do the show.
You gotta work with what you got man.
No, you don’t. If you don’t have a heavy actor to play the role, you don’t do the show. Padding a thin actor to play a fat one is so offensive.
@@ManiacalBlueberry So you're saying that they should have sprayed people brown too?
I think she's miss baltimore
Yeass 💗
Not the bad fat suit
Love the dollhouse music scene!😀😃😇🥰😍😍
Looks just like a sitcom lol
23:58 Was that scripted?
i think it was, bc if it wasn't they couldn't have catch her from below the table.
yeah right before that, you can see one of the girls at the end of the table “unclip” something so that it falls
I like the casting a lot but like everybody else said the fat suit is weird LOL I like the Tracy, but they really could've done a lot better. Only real gripe is Mrs. Baltimore Crabs. She's terrible. Good singer, terrible actress. Just doesn't fit the part.
Corny Collins scares me
This is better than Hairspray the show must go on, i loved it
2020 could neva
1:48:01 fave
51:57 oof… I would think at AMDA they would be way more empathetic
49:53 Dynamites AMAZING Playoff
Epic!!!
But probably the prop’s people are funny 😂
musical
Is that fat suit?
Tracy looks like Ruth Buzzi... Goggle it.