Poor biz deflates Toronto 'Hairspray'
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Variety - TORONTO (Variety)  --- For the second time in six months, a hit Broadway musical is folding its Toronto engagement prematurely, failing to fulfill the hopes of an open-ended run.
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Company gives itself an earnings forecast haircut.
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For some thinkers, Canada is in decline, or at the very least, has fallen short of their aspirations.
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The company's quarter was fairly ugly.
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From the first time she saw "Hairspray" on Broadway, Nikki Blonsky was dying to play its plump, sparkling teen heroine, Tracy Turnblad.
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Mr. Jasperseâs latest, âMisuse liable to prosecution,â has the skimpy, unrealized feel of a piece put together to fulfill a gig or the terms of a grant for new work.
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Featuring the unlikely trio of John Travolta as a woman, Michelle Pfeiffer as a racist and a chubby singer as its star, "Hairspray" debuts in movie theaters on Friday aiming to be a box office hit -- again.
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After all the buildup surrounding the protests by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Saturdayâs concert was pretty much a bust.
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The hair care company is looking past the impact of recent hurricanes.
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The DVD-renting pioneer obliterates quarterly targets.
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LOS ANGELES  &#151; The ladies of "Hairspray" are a rarity in fat-phobic Hollywood, whose obsession with willowy women is so strong the idea of a corpulent heroine is almost unheard of.
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A screening of Martin Short's film Jiminy Glick in Lalawood brings the 29th Toronto Film Festival to a close.
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An $800 tab raises eyebrows as New York's stylists wage a price war Â upward.
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Paparazzi are getting a lot of bad press these days, so it takes some chutzpah to launch a photography exhibit called "Paparazzi as an Art Form" in the heart of celebrityville.
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The Motley Fool - I have vivd memories of a certain consulting engagement where I resided at a one-star motel (having put off making my reservations until the last minute). While the staff was excellent, the motel was a bit lacking in terms of ironing boards and conditioner -- nothing the nearby CVS couldn't solve.
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Featuring the unlikely trio of John  Travolta as a woman, Michelle Pfeiffer as a racist and a chubby  singer as its star, &quot;Hairspray&quot; debuts in movie theaters on  Friday aiming to be a box office hit -- again.
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Business is abysmal at local moviehouses. Weekend attendance was off 27 percent from the 2004 low reached the previous weekend. The opening of the SouthSide Works Cinemas 10 on Friday should more than make