. . . as well as four other Olivier Award thingees .
Who knew it would make for anything but a ludicrous musical ? They must put on one heck of a pyrotechnical miracle over at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
Go figure . . .
Although, almost as staggering, Hairspray has broken an Olivier Award nomination record, with 11 across 10 categories .
If only J.R.R. Tolkien had lived long enough to team up with John Waters. What a musical that would have made! And then . . . the Eschaton . . .
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