"Hairspray" back at 5th Ave, on film of John Travolta plays Edna Turnblad in "Hairspray." The movie version of the musical "Hairspray" starring John Travolta will have a special 7 p.m.
July 16 benefit premiere at the place where the stage production was born: the 5th Avenue Theatre. A Broadway hit based on the John Waters film comedy, "Hairspray" had a pre-New York preview run at 5th Avenue in 2002. The benefit screening of the new "Hairspray" (before the movie's official Seattle opening July 20) benefits the landmark 5th Avenue and two other groups: the low-income housing organization Enterprise Community Partners and the Cascade Land Conservancy.
The event includes a pre-movie reception, a big-hair contest and door prizes. Tickets: $25 (or $100 for prime seating), available at 206-625-1900 or www.5thavenue.
org. Richard Hugo House has chosen groups for two-year residencies in its theater space: SiS Productions (producer of the long-running, Asian American "Sex in Seattle" serial) and The Next Stage, a new company. The Hugo House's theater will no longer be available on an open-rental basis to such past users as Strawberry Theatre Workshop and ReAct , a fact causing concern in a drama community with a rapidly shrinking supply of rental venues.
Under the Hugo House's new policy, over two years SiS will present "Sex in the City" as well as other works, and Next Stage will mount six plays, at least three by Seattle writers. Each resident company will pay a $10,000 user's fee per year to Hugo House.
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