West End - Hairspray 2009-07-25m

West End
Hairspray "Muck up matinee"
Covers	Front	Back
		These covers are available from my: cover archive
Date	matinee 25th July 2009
Location	Shaftesbury Theatre, London, UK
Source	Audience
Taper	Mijucha
Remaster / Split	edbangor
Lineage	Wav Masters > Cool Edit Pro (remaster) > CD Wave (track split)
Rating	10/10
Comments	Traded to me in the tapers original .wav file. Great sounding show, which just needed the slightest de-clipping, here and there but nothing drastic. This was the penultimate show for the original three leading parts, so following tradition they mess around slightly, in what is known as a "muck up matinee". Some of that is missed in audio - such as all the Michael Ball 'product placement' - but there are references to Mr. Ball's replacement, and some other things that are fun to spot. Still nothing to distract from the show itself, and this wonderful cast.
Cast	Michael Ball as Edna [final show] Nigel Planer as Wilber Leanne Jones as Tracy [final show] Ben James-Ellis as Link [final show] Verity Rushworth as Penny Adrian Hansel as Seaweed Sandra Marvin as Motormouth Maybelle Liz Robertson as Velma Zoe Rainey as Amber Raquel Jones as Inez Paul Manuel as Corney Collins Wendy Somerville as Female Authority Figure Dermot Canavan as Male Authority Figure Corrie Mac as Shelly Zara Warren as Tammy Keisha Atwell as Pearl (Dynamite) Scarlette Douglas as Peaches (Dynamite) Nadine Higgin as Cindy (Dynamite) James Bennett as IQ Michael Vinsen as Brad Tim Frater as Gilbert Catherine Greeney as Lou-Ann Emma Dodd as Brenda ? Stevie Hutchinson as Fender Michael Peters as Thad Curtis Lee Scott as Duane Michael Steedon as Sketch
Track Listing	Act 1 (72mins) 101 Theatre Announcements 102 Good Morning Baltimore 103 The Nicest Kids in Town 104 Scene Station WZZT 105 Scene Turnblad House 106 Mama I'm a Big Girl Now 107 Scene Station WZZT Auditions 108 I Can Hear The Bells 109 (The Legend of) Miss Baltimore Crabs 110 Scene Detention 111 The Madison 112 The Nicest Kids in Town (reprise) 113 Scene Tracy on Cornie Collins Show 114 It Takes Two 115 Scene Station WZZT Power Struggle 116 Miss Baltimore Crabs (reprise) 117 Scene Turnblad House Telephone Offers 118 Welcome to the '60s 119 Scene Patterson Park Playground 120 Run and Tell That 121 Scene Motormouth's Record Store 122 Big, Blonde and Beautiful	Act 2 (58mins) 201 Announcements / Entr'acte 202 The Big Dollhouse 203 Scene Baltimore Women's House of Detention 204 Good Morning Baltimore (Reprise) 205 Scene The Har-De-Har Hut 206 Timeless to Me 207 Scene Tracy in Jail 208 Without Love 209 Scene Motormouth's Record Store 210 I Know Where I've Been 211 Hairspray 212 Scene The Baltimore Eventorium 213 Cooties 214 You Can't Stop the Beat 215 Scene Miss Teenage Hairspray 216 You Can't Stop the Beat (reprise) 217 Curtain Calls