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
John Waters
John Waters

Hairspray is a Tony-winning musical, based on the 1988 John Waters 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 Deane 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.

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 the role of Tracy on the Broadway Tour. There has always been talk of bringing the show to the UK, and on the 9th March 2006, the Daily Mail Newspaper announced that the show would open at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, in late 2007. No casting has yet been confirmed. The Broadway musical will be re-adapted as a musical film in 2007. It will star Nicole Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad, Zac Efron as Link Larkin, Amanda Bynes as Penny Pingleton, 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).

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[edit] Awards

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

[edit] Original Broadway Cast

[edit] Main Cast

[edit] Swings

  • Joshua Bergasse
  • Greg Graham
  • Brooke Tansley.

[edit] Understudies

  • Shoshana Bean / Katy Grenfell as Tracy Turnblad
  • David Greenspan / Joel Vig as Edna Turnblad
  • David Greenspan / Joel Vig as Wilbur Turnblad
  • Shoshana Bean / Jackie Hoffman as Velma Von Tussle
  • Hollie Howard / Katharine Leonard as Amber Von Tussle
  • Danielle Lee Greaves / Kamilah Martin as Motormouth Maybelle
  • Eric Anthony / Eric Dysart as Seaweed J. Stubbs
  • Adam Fleming / John Hill as Link Larkin
  • John Hill / Peter Matthew Smith as Corny Collins
  • Jennifer Gambatese / Hollie Howard as Penny Pingleton
  • Judine Richard / Shayna Steele as L'il Inez

[edit] Celebrity Replacements

[edit] Scenes & Musical Numbers

(From the official Playbill of Hairspray)

Baltimore, 1962

Act I

Prologue

  • "Good Morning Baltimore" performed by Tracy & Company

Scene 1: TV Station WZZT & Turnblad Home

  • "The Nicest Kids in Town" performed by Corny & Council Members

Scene 2: Turnblad Home; Von Tussle Home; Pingleton Home

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

Scene 3: TV Station WZZT

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

Scene 4: Detention

Scene 5: Patterson Park High School Gymnasium

  • "The Madison" performed by Corny & Company

Scene 6: WZZT & Turnblad Home

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

Scene 7: Turnblad Home and Streets of Baltimore

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

Scene 8: Patterson Park Playground

  • "Run and Tell That" performed by Seaweed & Little Inez

Scene 9: Motormouth Maybelle's Record Shop

  • "Run and Tell That" performed by Seaweed, Little Inez & Company (continued from Scene 8)
  • "Big, Blonde, and Beautiful" performed by Motormouth, Little Inez, Tracy, Edna, Wilbur & Company

Act II

Scene 1: Baltimore Women's House of Detention

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

Scene 2: The Har-De-Har Hut

  • "Timeless to Me" performed by Wilbur & Edna

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

  • "Without Love" performed by Link, Tracy, Seaweed, Penny

Scene 4: Motormouth Maybelle's Record Shop

  • "I Know Where I've Been" performed by Motormouth & Company

Scene 5: The Baltimore Eventorium

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

[edit] External links

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