| If you haven’t seen it already, go out today | | | | Parker Angel plays Tracy’s love interest Link |
| and get Hairspray tickets to the multiple Tony | | | | Larken. Angel was part of the hit pop group |
| Award-winning musical. Why? Whether it is the | | | | O-Town. Tevin Campbell plays Tracy’s friend |
| catchy songs, the incredible staging or the great | | | | Seaweed, and Ashley Spencer plays Tracy’s |
| script, this production has shown audiences why it | | | | evil nemesis, Amber. |
| has the power to bring audience members back | | | | Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan wrote |
| for their second, third or countless time at the | | | | the book for the production, based off of a 1988 |
| upbeat musical. | | | | John Waters movie of the same name. |
| The story centers around teenager Tracy | | | | O’Donnell’s other plays include That’s |
| Turnblad and is set in the 1960s. Big describes | | | | It ,Folks, The Nice and the Nasty and Vertigo |
| Tracy well whether it is a big waistline, big hair or | | | | Park. Meehan’s writing credits include |
| big dreams. Dancing is Tracy’s passion. She | | | | co-writing the Tony Award-winning Producers |
| lives in Baltimore with her blue-collar family but | | | | among with others like I Remember Mama and |
| dreams of someday dancing on the Corny Collins | | | | Annie Warbucks. Mark Shaiman wrote the music |
| Show in TV. She finally gets a chance and | | | | and some lyrics and arrangements for the show |
| becomes a dancer on the show and shines. She | | | | and won a Tony and Grammy for his efforts. He |
| disagrees, however, with the show’s | | | | has worked on many films including Sleepless in |
| reluctance to integrate every show and eventually | | | | Seattle, The American President and A Few Good |
| causes racial riots around the show. Tracy finds | | | | Men. Scott Wittman also worked on the Lyrics. He |
| herself in jail the night of the big “Miss | | | | has worked with stars like Nathan Lane, Rufus |
| Hairspray” competition, but her friends make | | | | Wainwright, Raquel Welch, Martin Short and Bette |
| sure she gets a chance on stage. See the musical | | | | Midler. |
| action and get your Hairspray tickets now! | | | | Hairspray stands out as part of the short list of |
| Marissa Perry makes her Broadway debut as | | | | must-see shows in Broadway. What makes it |
| Tracy, but she has played the role before at | | | | stand out so much from other ‘60s era |
| regional shows. She has also been in other regional | | | | musicals is its confrontation of prejudices during |
| shows like Wild Mushroom and Princesses. Cheers | | | | that time and now. It somehow takes this heavy |
| funnyman George Wendt drags it up for his role | | | | topic and turns it into a toe-tapping good time. |
| as Tracy’s mother, Edna. The Emmy | | | | Don’t miss the show and get your Hairspray |
| Award-winning actor has been on stage in | | | | tickets today! |
| productions like 12 Angry Men and Art. Ashley | | | | |