Hairspray (musical)

Hairspray is an American musical with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman and a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on John Waters’s 1988 film of the same name. 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. When Tracy wins a role on the show, she becomes a celebrity overnight, leading to social change as Tracy campaigns for the show's integration.
The musical is a focus of several episodes in Season Two after it is selected to highlight racial issues in the wake of last years diversity problem in Godspel. The episode Bloodshed focuses on its audition process, Rehearsals focus on the rehearsal process, with Hairspray depicting the run of the show.
==Creative Team==
*Direction by: Benjamin Tremaine
*Musical direction by: Daisy Naymark
*Choreography by: Lucy Lee
==Cast==
Character 	Actor
Tracy Turnblad 	Iris Baker
Edna Turnblad 	Seth Sullivan
Wilbur Turnblad 	Tsuyoshi Watanabe
Velma Von Tussle 	Meredith Hale
Corny Collins 	Talen Kepler
Motormouth Maybelle 	Monique Masterson
Penny Pingleton 	Kylie Elliott
Link Larkin 	Frank Gloss
Amber Von Tussle 	Cara Barnes
Seaweed J. Stubbs 	Julian Novak
Lil' Inez Stubbs 	Ellie Naymark
Prudy Pingleton 	Paige Layton
Harriman F. Spritzer / Mr. Pinky	Wally Daniels
The Dynamos 	Cleo Mixon (lead)Abi de la FuenteLucy Lee
Ensemble 	Amy CarrawaySamey CarrawayWally DanielsAbi de la FuenteYetta GurlGreg JohnsonSalem KnightsRaj KohliLucy LeeCleo MixonLuke QueensJack SparrowConnor WaltersMaren Xanthakis
==Songs==
==Production==
==Trivia==
*John Anders and Bridgette Carson chose not to audition to take time to care after their newborn son, Jack Anderson.
*Naomi Pettigrew auditioned by specified she would only accept the role of Tracy, and thus was not cast.