@@trec1080 it’s not a Broadway revival. Cruise ships have full scale musicals playing during voyages now. Kinky Boots, Chicago, SIX and many others have played on cruise ships.
@@trec1080They most definitely were NOT. This is the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines’ directional choices and comes with a lot of historical errors. Examples would be: 1. In the beginning, the black and white cast were dancing together during Good Morning Baltimore. In the Broadway production, they’re clearly separated as different groups/sides appearing on the stage and are kept separate for the duration of the song. Here, they weave and intertwine each other. The separation is supposed to be a statement about segregation at the beginning of the show vs the end when Tracy integrates them on the TV show. 2. The Dynamites are wearing “mod” type clothes here. The early 60’s wasn’t “mod” yet until the British Invasion that happened in the latter part of the 60’s (i.e. when the Beatles came, etc.) The early 60’s were still very much its own American style and the Broadway production reflected that. I understand that these nuances and details wouldn’t matter to the average younger audience member who has no connection or life experience in the 60’s, and who couldn’t care less but to be entertained…but if it was Broadway, they’d pay attention to that detail, as they have for all 7 years it was on Broadway and the subsequent tours.
I did the original cast for Royal back in 2007, as I’m happy to see A version of hairspray but who and what on earth is this choreography and why not just do the original choreo or bring Harrison back this felt like watching hairspray the concert instead of hairspray the musical
There’s a lot to like here, but this looks more like a late 1990s’ show choir version of the Austin Powers 1960s than the actual early 1960s. Also what is with the Disney On Ice choreography and making Tracy hoof it all the way over the bridge in under 8 bars in Good Morning Baltimore??
