Hairspray The Musical

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

Recommended Resources

Plot Summary & Audition Notes

List of Characters in Hairspray

Hairspray Karaoke

Hairspray 2002 Original Broadway Cast Recording

Hairspray 1988 Film Version on DVD

Hairspray Sheet Music (Vocal Selections)

Hairspray : The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Hit Broadway Musical

Based on the 1988 movie - a new film version is currently in production.

1962, Baltimore. Tracy is on a crusade to allow "integrated dancing" between races.

A number of young dancers with a great deal of experience and training are required for the dance show scenes.

The music in Hairspray is very 60s pop in style.

This show features characters of a specific ethnicity.

Tracy Turnblad (teen)

dancing civil-rights rabble-rouser - overweight but pleasant looking

Edna Turnblad (male performer - comic role)

Tracy's portly mother - Harvey Fierstein type

Penny

Tracy's best friend

Link Larkin

a teen heartthrob "aspiring Elvis" and Tracy's eventual boyfriend

Corny Collins

host of a dance show on TV

Seaweed (african-american)

inspires Tracy's quest for integrated dancing

Velma Von Tussle

Amber's overbearing mother

Amber Von Tussle

spoiled brat currently dating Link

Wilbur

Tracy's father

Prudy

Penny's fanatically strict mother

Motormouth Maybelle

the Corny Collins Negro Day DJ

Hairspray Links - Related Websites

Audition Preparation Materials

List of Songs in Hairspray (Click the song title to download digital sheet music)

• Good Morning Baltimore (Tracy & Company)
• The Nicest Kids In Town (Corny Collins & Council Members)
• Mama, I'm A Big Girl Now (Edna & Tracy, Velma & Amber, Penny & Prudy)
• I Can Hear The Bells (Tracy)
• Miss Baltimore Crabs (Velma & Council Members)
• The Madison (Corny & Company)
• It Takes Two (Link & Tracy)
• Welcome To The 60's (Tracy, Edna, The Dynamites & Company)
• Run And Tell That! (Seaweed, Little Inez & Company)
• Big, Blonde And Beautiful (Motormouth, Little Inez, Tracy, Edna, Wilbur)
• The Big Dollhouse (Women)
• Timeless To Me (Wilbur & Edna)
• Without Love (Link, Tracy, Seaweed, Penny)
• I Know Where I've Been (Motormouth & Company)
• Hairspray (Corny & Council Members)
• Cooties (Amber & Council Members)
• You Can't Stop The Beat (Tracy, Link, Penny, Seaweed, Edna, Wilbur, Motormouth & Company)