Based on the New Line Cinema film written and directed by JOHN WATERS
Directed by JACK O'BRIEN
Choreography by JERRY MITCHELL
Starring
KATHY BRIER HARVEY FIERSTEIN
Also Starring
MARY BOND DAVIS TRACY JAI EDWARDS JENNIFER GAMBATESE
CHESTER GREGORY II JACKIE HOFFMAN AJA MARIA MATTHEW MORRISON
CLARKE THORELL JOEL VIG BARBARA WALSH and DICK LATESSA
With
Eric Anthony Shoshana Bean Tracee Beazer J.P. Dougherty
Shannon Durig Adam Fleming Danielle Lee Greaves Hollie Howard
Michelle Kittrell Katharine Leonard Michael Longoria
John Jeffrey Martin Rusty Mowery Rashad Naylor Nichole Powell
Judine Richard Peter Matthew Smith Todd Michel Smith
Shayna Steele Brooke Tansley
Scenery Designed by DAVID ROCKWELL
Costumes Designed by WILLIAM IVEY LONG
Lighting Designed by KENNETH POSNER
Sound Designed by STEVEN C. KENNEDY
Orchestration by HAROLD WHEELER
Music Direction by LON HOYT
Arrangements by MARC SHAIMAN
Music Coordinator: JOHN MILLER
NEIL SIMON THEATRE
250 West 52nd Street (between Broadway & Eighth Avenue)
(212) 757-8646 or www.ticketmaster.com
With eight 2003 Tony Awards under its ample belt, HAIRSPRAY
is still one of the hottest tickets on Broadway. Based on the film by
John Waters, the setting is Baltimore in 1962. Tracy Turnblad
(Kathy Brier, an indefatigable ball of energy with limbs that move
in so many directions simultaneously they appear to be made of
rubber) is an optimistic, unstoppable teenager with a dream to be on
the Corny Collins' TV Dance Show. As she struggles to turn her
dreams into reality, she manages to integrate the television show and
fall in love along the way. The characters, developed by the always-
ahead-of-his-time Waters, are wacky and wonderful with just a tinge
of trashy to keep it interesting. The indomitable Harvey Fierstein
as Tracy's 300+ pound mom is a scene stealer from beginning to end.
Dick Latessa as Tracy's dad is the perfect complement, and their
duet of "Timeless To Me" is the musical delight of the evening. Add
to that a high-energy performance by Matthew Morrison as Tracy's
love obsession and a coming-of-age awakening by her best friend
Penny, hilariously portrayed by Jennifer Gambatese, and you're on
your way to theatrical bliss. Original songs, big-production dance
numbers, costumes true to the 1960's, and hairstyles as high as a
Baltimore high-rise guarantee an evening of pure joy.
