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Category : Pit & Balcony News

03 Feb 2025

“Hairspray” tears up the stage at Saginaw’s Pit and Balcony

By Janet I. Martineau  Perpetual, perpetual, perpetual MOTION. That word sums up the Pit and Balcony Community Theatre production of the musical “Hairspray,” opening tonight (Oct. 2). That word and a whole lot many more words which will follow in this review. We had to go home after its last dress rehearsal and take a nap… there was so much energy exuded. Recently we extolled the choreography in the Midland Center for the Arts production of “Mary Poppins.” Well, “Hairspray” […]

13 Nov 2024

Pit and Balcony brings the ‘60s back to Saginaw

By Josephine Norris, Photo Editor.  The hit Broadway musical “Hairspray” kicked off Pit and Balcony’s 84th season. Under the direction of Tommy Wedge, this is a larger than life musical has been dazzling and inspiring audience members to dance right out of their seats since it opened on the Great White Way in 2002. With music and lyrics by the award winning pair, Marc Shaiman and Scott Whittman, “Hairspray” is a joyful and talented performance not to be missed. The […]