Colorful ‘60s Fun in Music Makers’ ‘Hairspray’ Production
The Western Springs-based music school has gone bigger than ever in its third summer teen musical production at Lyons Township High School.
In Music Makers of Western Springs’ third consecutive year of presenting a summer musical, the cast, sets and music are bigger than ever—appropriate for Hairspray, a show that revels in bright, bouncy excess. “Every year you do the program, you just add a little element, and this year it was a bigger band, bigger set,” said director Micki Doherty. “I think it’s a show that you can’t stop smiling at the whole time.” Following up on 2010’s Bye, Bye Birdie and 2011’s The Wiz, the Hairspray production features a cast of 46 and a nine-piece band. It also piggybacks off of a popular run at Drury Lane (they even borrowed a key end-of-play prop from the folks at Drury.) For the uninitiated, the show is based off of the 1988 John Waters film with …
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