Hairspray (musical)

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Hairspray!
Original Broadway production

Window card for the production
Music Marc Shaiman
Lyrics Scott Wittman
Marc Shaiman
Book Mark O'Donnell
Theatre Neil Simon Theatre
Opened August 15, 2002
Producer(s) Margo Lion, et al.
Director Jack O'Brien
Choreographer Jerry Mitchell
Scenic designer David Rockwell
Costume designer William Ivey Long
Lighting designer Kenneth Posner
Originally starring Marissa Jaret Winokur
Harvey Fierstein
Official website
Playbill listing
IBDB profile

Hairspray is a Tony-winning musical, based on the 1988 movie Hairspray. The story is of a girl named Tracy Turnblad whose dream is to dance on the Corny Collins Show, a local TV dance program based on the real-life Buddy Dean Show in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She gets a chance on the show and becomes a celebrity overnight. She then launches a campaign to racially integrate the Corny Collins Show.

The stage adaptation was first presented at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre before arriving in New York City in 2002. It is currently playing on Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre, and has also toured the country.

Late in 2003, Marissa Jaret Winokur was replaced with One Life to Live actress Kathy Brier in the role of Tracy Turnblad. In 2004, 19-year-old actress Carly Jibson replaced Brier in the role of Tracy, while actor Michael McKean replaced Harvey Fierstein in the role of Tracy's mother, Edna Turnblad. McKean was later followed by Bruce Vilanch and John Pinette. In June 2005, Marissa Jaret Winokur returned to the role of Tracy for one month before Shannon Durig took over.

Kelly Osbourne claimed on British TV in early 2005 that she had been offered the lead on Broadway, but this was never confirmed.

Diana DeGarmo is currently playing the role of Penny Pingleton.

A Las Vegas production of the show ran at the Luxor Hotel from February to June 2006. During the first half of the run, original star Harvey Fierstein reprised his role as Edna Turnblad. The lead role Tracy was played by Katrina Rose Dideriksen for the entire Vegas run. Before originating Tracy in Vegas, Dideriksen understudied Tracy on the Broadway Tour.

The Broadway musical will be re-adapted as a musical film in 2007. It will star Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad, Zac Efron as Link Larkin, Amanda Bynes as Penny Pingelton, and John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, and Brittany Snow as Edna Turnblad, Motormouth Maybelle, Velma Von Tussle, Wilbur Turnblad, and Amber Von Tussle, respectively. The Wiki article can be found at Hairspray (2007 film).

Hairspray was nominated for Tony Awards in the following categories in 2003:

[edit] Original Broadway Cast

(in order of appearance)

  • Marissa Jaret Winokur as Tracy Turnblad
  • Clarke Thorell as Corny Collins
  • Laura Bell Bundy as Amber Von Tussle
  • Peter Matthew Smith as Brad
  • Hollie Howard as Tammy
  • John Hill as Fender
  • Jennifer Gambatese as Brenda
  • Adam Fleming as Sketch
  • Shoshana Bean as Shelley
  • Todd Michael Smith as IQ
  • Katharine Leonard as Lou Ann
  • Matthew Morrison as Link Larkin
  • Jackie Hoffman as Prudy Pingleton, the Gym Teacher and the Matron
  • Harvey Fierstein as Edna Turnblad
  • Kerry Butler as Penny Pingleton
  • Linda Hart as Velma Von Tussle
  • Joel Vig as Harriman F. Spritzer, the Principal, Mr. Pinky, and the Guard
  • Dick Latessa as Wilbur Turnblad
  • Corey Reynolds as Seaweed J. Stubbs
  • Eric Anthony as Duane
  • Eric Dysart as Gilbert
  • Danielle Lee Greaves as Lorraine
  • Rashad Naylor as Thad
  • Kamilah Martin as One of the Dynamites
  • Judine Richárd as One of the Dynamites
  • Shayna Steele as One of the Dynamites
  • Danelle Eugenia Wilson as Lil' Inez
  • Mary Bond Davis as Motormouth Maybelle

Swings: Joshua Bergasse, Greg Graham, Brooke Tansley

Understudies: For Tracy Turnblad – Shoshana Bean, Katy Grenfell. For Edna Turnblad – David Greenspan, Joel Vig. For Wilbur Turnblad – David Greenspan, Joel Vig. For Velma Von Tussle – Shoshana Bean, Jackie Hoffman. For Amber Von Tussle – Hollie Howard, Katharine Leonard. For Motormouth Maybelle – Danielle Lee Greaves, Kamilah Martin. For Seaweed – Eric Anthony, Eric Dysart. For Link Larkin – Adam Fleming, John Hill. For Corny Collins – John Hill, Peter Matthew Smith. For Penny Pingleton – Jennifer Gambatese, Hollie Howard. For Little Inez – Judine Richárd, Shayna Steele.

Notable Replacements

[edit] Scenes & Musical numbers

(From the Official PLAYBILL of Hairspray)

Baltimore, 1962

Act I

Prologue

  • "Good Morning Baltimore" – Tracy & Company

Scene 1: TV Station WZZT & Turnblad Home

  • "The Nicest Kids in Town" – Corny Collins & Council Members

Scene 2: At the Vanities

  • "Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now" – Edna & Tracy, Velma & Amber, Penny & Prudy

Scene 3: TV Station WZZT

  • "I Can Hear the Bells" – Tracy
  • "(The Legend of) Miss Baltimore Crabs" – Velma & Council Members

Scene 4: Detention

Scene 5: Patterson Park High School Gymnasium

  • "The Madison" – Corny & Company

Scene 6: WZZT & Turnblad Home

  • "The Nicest Kids in Town" (Reprise) – Corny & Council Members
  • "It Takes Two" – Link & Tracy

Scene 7: Turnblad Home and Streets of Baltimore

  • "Welcome to the '60s" – Tracy, Edna, The Dynamites & Company

Scene 8: Patterson Park Playground

  • "Run and Tell That" – Seaweed (segue)

Scene 9: Motormouth Maybelle's Record Shop

  • "Run and Tell That" – Seaweed, Little Inez & Company (continued from Scene 8)
  • "Bi Beautiful" – Motormouth, Little Inez, Tracy, Edna, Wilbur

Act II

Scene 1: Baltimore Women's House of Detention

  • "The Big Dollhouse" – Women
  • "Good Morning Baltmore" (Reprise) – Tracy

Scene 2: The Har-De-Har Hut

  • "Timeless to Me" – Wilbur & Edna

Scene 3: Tracy's Jail Cell & Penny's Bedroom

  • "Without Love" – Link, Tracy, Seaweed, Penny

Scene 4: Motormouth Maybelle's Record Shop

  • "I Know Where I've Been" – Motormouth & Company

Scene 5: The Baltimore Eventorium

  • "Hairspray" – Corny & Council Members
  • "Cooties" – Amber & Council Members
  • "You Can't Stop the Beat" – Tracy, Link, Penny, Seaweed, Edna, Wilbur, Motormouth & Company

[edit] External links

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