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Best of Broadway presents "Hairspray"
"In talking to an actor while your putting on their wig ... you realize that the transformation is happening right there and then."
-- Joy Marcelle
-- Joy Marcelle
View Spark segment on Hairspray. Original air date: June 2004. (Running Time: 2:27)
With a name like "Hairspray," it's easy to guess what an important part costuming, hair and make-up must play in the success of this Tony Award-winning musical. Spark gets a look at the woman behind the big hair with Best of Broadway's "Hairspray" wig master Joy Marcelle.
