HAIRSPRAY and HAIRSPRAY JR. Start a Summer Tradition in Des Moines

By EllaRose Chary on July 02, 2012
in Show/Author Spotlight, Education and Arts Advocacy | Tags: Des Moines Community Playhouse, diversity, Jr., Kathy Pingel, Marc Shaiman, mark o'donnell, Scott Wittman, thomas meehan, MTI Broadway Junior Collection, Show Spotlight
Last summer, Des Moines Community Playhouse, a community theater in Des Moines, Iowa, did something they had never done before – a main stage production of a musical running in repertory with a full-blown kids’ musical. The shows? HAIRSPRAY and a ...

Meet the Wonder Women of LEGALLY BLONDE, 9 TO 5 and HAIRSPRAY

By EllaRose Chary on March 15, 2012
in Show/Author Spotlight, Announcements | Tags: Dolly Parton, heather hach, laurence o'keefe, Marc Shaiman, mark o'donnell, nell benjamin, Patricia Resnick, Scott Wittman, thomas meehan, In the News, Show Spotlight
The leading ladies with Dolly Parton. The crowning achievement of the art of musical theater is the ability to use song, dance and comedy to entertain, while conveying a moving and important message. Women's History Month is the perfect time to ...

The Marquee Q & A Series: Hayley Podschun

By Tyler Paul on September 20, 2010
in Show/Author Spotlight, Announcements, Making Theater | Tags: Hayley Podschun, james lapine, Jason Robert Brown, Marc Shaiman, Rob Ashford, Stephen Sondheim, New Shows, Q & A, Show Spotlight
In the fifth installment of our Marquee Q & A, actress Hayley Podschun catches up with MTI's Tyler Paul to discuss HAIRSPRAY, PARADE, and more... Hayley Podschun, who can currently be seen at New World Stages as the title character in the brand-new ...