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Hairspray Review: “You Can’t Stop The Beat” in the ERHS Rendition

The ERHS Drama department put together a musical performance of Hairspray that was performed on November 14, 15, 21, and 22.

Hairspray is an iconic Broadway musical that showcases racial injustice during the 1960s in Baltimore, following the story of a pleasantly plump and upbeat girl named Tracy Turnblad as she sets to integrate a local television dance show called the Corny Collins Show.

 As someone who has watched the 2007 movie version in comparison to the live musical performance, I can say that the ERHS production version remained true to the story, while the cast added their own flair to it.

The only notable differences that I spotted were that the role of Edna Turnblad, usually a drag role, was played by a girl, and that Amber von Tussle actually won Ms. Hairspray in the musical, while she did not in the movie. Overall, the cast did an amazing job in their performance, and I congratulate them.

I would like to give ERHS senior Annisse Murillo, who played Motormouth Maybelle, a special recognition for her outstanding vocals, which stood out especially when she sang “I Know Where I’ve Been.”  The outcome of this musical rendition,encourages me to watch the next ERHS drama production. “You Can’t Stop the Beat” will definitely be stuck in my head for a while.

MAIN-CHARACTER
Main character, Tracy Turnblad

 

HAIRSPRAY
The cast of “Hairspray” performing

 

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Jethro Punzalan
Jethro Punzalan, Advice Columnist
Jethro Punzalan is a senior at Eleanor Roosevelt High School and is currently a staff writer and the resident Advice Columnist of the Raider Review. He pioneered the advice column “Ask Jethro”. Various ERHS students send him questions about their dilemmas and problems and he answers them. Jethro has been writing articles for The Raider Review for about two years. He started in his sophomore year when Journalism was just a club, and not a class yet. He has always enjoyed writing, and when he heard about the Journalism club, he thought it would be the perfect opportunity to hone his writing skills and meet other people with similar interests. In his junior year, Journalism became an official class and Jethro was happy to be taking it with the new friends he made from the club. He is currently taking Journalism II. Jethro is originally from the San Fernando Valley in Southern California, and he plans to return there after high school. His top pick is the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, and while he plans to become a Biology major, he plans to write for USC’s campus newspaper, The Daily Trojan, as an extracurricular. Other colleges he plans to apply to are Pacific Union College, the University of California - San Diego, the University of California - Santa Barbara, and the University of Maryland - College Park.
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