Hairspray (musical)

Hairspray is a Tony-winning musical, based on the 1988 movie Hairspray. The story is of a girl named Tracy Turnblad whose dream is to dance on the Corny Collins Show, a local TV dance program based on the real-life Buddy Dean Show in Baltimore. She gets a chance on the show and becomes a celebrity overnight. She then launches a campaign to racially integrate the Corny Collins Show.

Scenes & Musical numbers

Baltimore, 1962

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Act I

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Prologue

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• "Good Morning Baltimore" – Tracy & Company

Scene 1: TV Station WZZT & Turnblad Home

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• "The Nicest Kids in Town" – Corny Collins & Council Members

Scene 2: At the Vanities

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• "Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now" – Edna & Tracy, Velma & Amber, Penny & Prudy

Scene 3: TV Station WZZT

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• "I Can Hear the Bells" – Tracy
• "(The Legend of) Miss Baltimore Crabs" – Velma & Council Members

Scene 4: Detention

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Scene 5: Patterson Park High School Gymnasium

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• "The Madison" – Corny & Company

Scene 6: WZZT & Turnblad Home

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• "The Nicest Kids in Town" (Reprise) – Corny & Council Members
• "It Takes Two" – Link & Tracy

Scene 7: Turnblad Home and Streets of Baltimore

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• "Welcome to the '60s" – Tracy, Edna, The Dynamites & Company

Scene 8: Patterson Park Playground

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• "Run and Tell That" – Seaweed

Scene 9: Motormouth Maybelle's Record Shop

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• "Run and Tell That" – Seaweed, Little Inez & Company
• "Big, Blonde & Beautiful" – Motormouth, Little Inez, Tracy, Edna, Wilbur

Act II

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Scene 1: Baltimore Women's House of Detention

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• "The Big Dollhouse" – Women
• "Good Morning Baltmore" (Reprise) – Tracy

Scene 2: The Har-De-Har Hut

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• "Timeless to Me" – Wilbur & Edna

Scene 3: Tracy's Jail Cell & Penny's Bedroom

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• "Without Love" – Link, Tracy, Seaweed, Penny

Scene 4: Motormouth Maybelle's Record Shop

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• "I Know Where I've Been" – Motormouth & Company

Scene 5: The Baltimore Eventorium

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• "Hairspray" – Corny & Council Members
• "Cooties" – Amber & Council Members
• "You Can't Stop the Beat" – Tracy, Link, Penny, Seaweed, Edna, Wilbur, Motormouth & Company