Book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan
Music and Lyrics by Marc Shaiman
Lyrics by Scott Wittman

Hairspray delights audiences by sweeping them away to 1960s Baltimore, where the 50s are out and change is in the air. Loveable plus-size heroine, Tracy Turnblad, has a passion for dancing, and wins a spot on the local TV dance program, "The Corny Collins Show." Overnight she finds herself transformed from outsider to teen celebrity. Can a larger-than-life adolescent manage to vanquish the program's reigning princess, integrate the television show, and find true love (singing and dancing all the while, of course!) without mussing her hair?

Hairspray first opened on Broadway on 18th July 2002, and played for a fabulous 6 1/2 years, until January 2009. Hairspray is now a global phenomenon, with productions all round the world. A Canadian production opened at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto, Ontario in May 2004 and ran for over 250 performances.

Winner of 8 Tony Awards and 1 Grammy Award!

“Marc Shaiman's urgent score, with clever, often witty lyrics written with Scott Whitman, keeps Hairspray pulsating with musical excitement.” – Evening Standard, October 2007

“Hairspray is a smash hit. You will laugh, you will scream, you might even shed a sentimental tear or two.”  - Telegraph.co.uk

“Hairspray is the musical with everything.” – The Observer

Plays at the Homburg Theatre
2:00/ 7:30 p.m.
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