. . . 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 . . .