Hairspray is a musical with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman and a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on the 1988 John Waters film Hairspray. The songs include 1960s-style dance music and "downtown" rhythm and blues.
In 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, plump teenager Tracy Turnblad's dream is to dance on The Corny Collins Show, a local TV dance program based on the real-life Buddy Deane Show.[1]
When Tracy wins a role on the show, she becomes a celebrity overnight,
and meets a colorful array of characters, such as Corny Collins (The
show's singing host who shares Tracy's liberal political views) and
Velma Von Tussle (The villainous producer of the show who does
everything in her power to further her daughter's career and destroy
Tracy's and Corny's). She then launches a campaign to integrate the
show.
Hairspray is a social commentary on the injustices of parts of American society in the 1960s.
The musical's original Broadway production opened on August 15th, 2002.
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