By Jennifer R Jones | Posted on July 20, 2007 12:50 AM
After Many Musicals Flopped On Film, The Broadway Community Is Anxious To Find Out If The Hit Musical Hairspray Will Prove To Be A Hit On The Big Screen
Will "Hairspray" Be The Next Broadway-To-Hollywood Hit?
It's always exciting when a Broadway musical is made into a film, especially since the age of the movie musical has long since passed. The Broadway community always holds its collective breath, waiting to find out whether or not the film will be well-received. Unfortunately, the track record has been a little hit-or-miss lately.
When Chicago won the Academy Award a few years ago, everybody was proclaiming that Hollywood musicals had made a comeback. However, The Producers and Rent movies didn't do very well, and even Dreamgirls was considered a little disappointing. So will the new film version of the musical Hairspray be the next Broadway-to-Hollywood smash? For that matter, will it be a creative success? Head to the movie theater this weekend and find out!
