6 Months Ago, MLive.com says (in ODDS AND ENDS: Children's art festival May 31 at Saginaw Art ... - The Saginaw News) The Saginaw News - MLive.com, MI
Among the offerings are the musicals "Annie," "Beauty and the Beast," "Hairspray" and "Avenue Q." Other concerts and performances include the Kevin Locke Native Dance Ensemble, Sinbad, The Country Rat Pack (Tracy Byrd, Tracy Lawrence and Richie ...

And New York Daily News says (in The Wayans Brothers' latest spoof 'Dance Flick' lacks rhythm)  NY
Hairspray," Zac Efron and "Step Up" are jabbed at, mostly with uninspired sight gags. Some of those, like Amy Sedaris' crotchety teacher, feel like pale echoes from the great "In Living Color." But Grier's fat suit is an all right sight gag, ...

And New York Times says (in On the London Stage Trans-Atlantic Takeoffs and Crashes)  United States
the actor has a field day sporting an array of wigs, and the posturing to go with them, that suggest across the evening Barbara Cartland, Norma Desmond, and a grown-up version of the feisty, chubby Tracy Turnblad, heroine of the musical “Hairspray. ...