Hairspray July 9-18

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

Director - Joel Schlader
Choreographer - Bong Dizon
Musical Director - Richard Vetterli
Choral Director - Kim Vetterli

Hairspray is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International. MTI's description of the show:

HAIRSPRAY delighted audiences by sweeping them away to 1960's Baltimore, where the 50's 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?

Tracy Turnblad, link to photos

Woodminster Summer Musicals is delighted to open the 2010 season with the Broadway hit Hairspray. Our audiences have been asking for this show for years, and we're pleased to have secured rights for this early production.

Read the reviews -- Hairspray is a hit!

“ … wildly funny and well-performed. The Woodminster cast is jammed with great voices, innovative comic acting and some stunning dancing, put to optimum use by director Joel Schlader, who infuses the show with more energy than a box of brand new batteries.” – Pat Craig, Bay Area News Group
Click for full review by Pat Craig

“This production of Hairspray is so exhilarating -- and filled with such ebullience … -- that one would be an absolute fool to miss it.” – George Heymont “My Cultural Landscape”
Click for full review by George Heymont

“The cast is huge, with over 30 different actors, dancers and singers that will leave you laughing and clapping and wishing the evening would last much longer.” – Charles Jarrett, Rossmoor News
Click for full review by Charles Jarrett

“Woodminster's Hairspray succeeds in pleasing the audience with a dynamic and diverse cast … -- Percival Arcibal, Examiner.com “Oakland’s City Secrets”
Click for full review by Percival Arcibal

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