Hairspray (musical)
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Hairspray is a Tony- winning musical, based on the 1988 movie Hairspray. The story is of a girl named Tracy Turnblad (Marissa Jaret Winokur) whose dream is to dance on the Corny Collins Show, a local TV dance program. She gets a chance on the show and becomes a celebrity overnight.
The stage adaption was first presented at Seattle's Fifth Avenue Theatre before arriving in New York City in 2002. It is currently playing on Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre.
Late in 2003, 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 Turnblad, while actor Michael McKean replaced Harvey Fierstein in the role of Tracy's mother, Edna Turnblad. In June 2005, Marissa Jaret Winokur returned to the role of Tracy for one month while Jibson was out on medical leave.
Hairspray was nominated for Tony Awards in the following categories in 2003:
- Tony Award for Best Musical WINNER
- Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical WINNER
- Tony Award for Best Original Score (Music & Lyrics) Written for the Theatre WINNER
- Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (Harvey Fierstein) WINNER
- Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (Marissa Jaret Winokur) WINNER
- Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (Dick Latessa) WINNER
- Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (Corey Reynolds)
- Tony Award for Best Scenic Design
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design WINNER
- Tony Award for Best Lighting Design
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical WINNER
- Tony Award for Best Choreography
- Tony Award for Best Orchestrations
Scenes & Musical numbers
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
Scene 9: Motormouth Maybelle's Record Shop
- "Run and Tell That" – Seaweed, Little Inez & Company
- "Big, Blonde & 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