Winner of EIGHT 2003 Tony Awards® including Best Musical!
In Hairspray it's 1962 - the '50s are out and change is in the air. Baltimore's Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, has only one passion - to dance.
She wins a spot on the local TV dance program. "The Corny Collins Show" and, overnight, is transformed from outsider to irrepressible teen celebrity. But can a trendsetter in dance and fashion vanquish the program's reigning princess, win the heart of heartthrob Link Larkin, and integrate a television show without denting her 'do? Only in Hairspray! Welcome to the '60s!
Creators Book by Mark O'Donnell & Thomas Meehan
Music by Marc Shaiman [Martin
Short: Fame Becomes Me]
Lyrics by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman [Martin
Short: Fame Becomes Me]
Directed by Jack O'Brien [How
the Grinch Stole Christmas]
Choreography by Jerry Mitchell
Scenic Design by David Rockwell
Costume Design by William Ivey Long
Lighting Design by Kenneth Posner
Sound Design by Steve C. Kennedy
Starring
John Pinette, Edna Turnblad
Shannon Durig, Tracy Turnblad
Haylie Duff, Amber Von Tussle
Stephen DeRosa, Wilbur Turnblad
Caissie Levy, Penny Pingleton (Diana DeGarmo from
8 Sep)
Aaron Tveit, Link Larkin
Todd Michel Smith, IQ
Tevin Campbell, Seaweed J. Stubbs
Darlene Love, Motormouth Maybelle
Isabel Keating, Velma Von Tussle
Audience: Hairspray is fine for elementary through college age kids. Children under 4 years of age will not be admitted binto the Neil Simon Theater.
Run time: 2 hours 40 mins. (15 minute intermission)
