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Sixteen years after the release of the original film, New Line Cinema is bringing a feature film adaptation of the Tony award-winning Broadway production "Hairspray" to life. Featuring new and original material based on John Waters 1988 cult classic about star-struck teenagers on a local Baltimore dance show, the comedy and soundtrack include a collection of such talent as John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Queen Latifah, Allison Janney, Amanda Bynes, Brittany Snow, Zac Efron, and Elijah Kelley.What fun! This soundtrack of the film adaptation of the Broadway musical overflows with glossy, ol fashioned 60s-style pep. It won t win any awards for innovation, but it may well be one of the most feel-good releases of the year. While not quite as super-energetic as the original Broadway cast, the new crew ain t too shabby: Nikki Blonsky delivers as Tracy Turnblad and Zac Efron (
High School Musical) makes for a devoted boyfriend, and the supporting cast gleefully embraces the show s silly-but-generous spirit. John Travolta (who gets to utter the particularly ironic line "it s been years since someone asked me to dance") goes drag as Tracy’s mom, Edna, while Michelle Pfeiffer s slight stiffness is appropriate for her uptight character, especially on the cha-cha "(The Legend of) Miss Baltimore Crabs." After Mama Morton in
Chicago, Queen Latifah puts in another brassy turn as Motormouth Maybelle ("Big, Blonde and Beautiful," which is then reprised by Travolta and Pfeiffer). The show s authors, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, have written three new numbers for the movie: the rollicking (and first single) "Ladies Choice," "New Girl in Town" and "Come So Far." In addition, the CD also includes two tracks that aren t in the film but were in the show: "Cooties," sung by Aimee Allen, and "Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now," sung by all three Tracy Turnblads: Blonsky, Ricki Lake (from the source movie) and Marissa Jaret Winokur (from the original Broadway cast).
--Elisabeth Vincentelli
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