Broadway Hair-and-Makeup Tips
The 1 Thing You Never Noticed About the Hair in Every Broadway Show
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You've probably heard all about costume changes on Broadway, but wig changes are just as common. Take Samantha Barks, who plays Vivian Ward in Pretty Woman: The Musical, for example. She switches between seven (!) in total throughout the show.
"Once the show starts, it's very much so a well-choreographed dance backstage," Tinsman said. "Everybody has to be in the exact right place at the exact moment with the right wig in hand — otherwise it will all go wrong."