The run closed January 4, 2009
- Opened
- August 15, 2002
- Closed
- January 4, 2009
- Performances
- 2,642
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Neil Simon Theatre
Of the 395 productions we hold that opened in the 2000s and record a performance count, this is the 4th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of Hairspray 2 more that season
| 2008 | Transfer Transfer | |
| 2010 | Transfer Transfer |
Who was in it106 named
Eric Anthony
Eric Dysart
Adam Fleming
Jennifer Gambatese
Danielle Lee Greaves
John Hill
Hollie Howard
Katharine Leonard
Kamilah Martin
Rashad Naylor
Judine Richard
Peter Matthew Smith
Todd Michel Smith
Shayna Steele
Kathy Brier
Shannon Durig
Carly Jibson
Marissa Perry
Charlotte Crossley
Jenifer Lewis
Aubrey O Day
Cameron Adams
Jordan Ballard
Lance Bass
Tracee Beazer
Gretchen Bieber
Richard H. Blake
Kirsten Bracken
Jim J Bullock
Jere Burns
Iris Burruss
Tevin Campbell
Lindsay Nicole Chambers
Eric L Christian
Dwayne Cooper
Steven Cutts
Amanda Defreitas
Stephen DeRosa
Diana Degarmo
Jonathan Dokuchitz
Haylie Duff
Carla Duren
Leslie Goddard
Becky Gulsvig
Kevin Hale
Julie Halston
Blake Hammond
Tyler Hanes
Curt Hansen
Carla J Hargrove
Joey Haro
Van Hughes
Aja Maria Johnson
Lisa Jolley
Tyrick Wiltez Jones
Serge Kushnier
Caissie Levy
Kate Loprest
Tara Macri
Lori Eve Marinacci
Kasey Marino
Ken Marks
John Jeffrey Martin
Leslie Mcdonel
Michael McKean
Tracy Miller
Susan Mosher
Naturi Naughton
Brynn O'Malley
John Pinette
Hayley Podschun
Terita R Redd
Sabrina Reitman
Travis Robertson
Arbender J Robinson
Jackie Seiden
Chloe Smith
Judine Somerville
Ashley Spencer
Aaron Tveit
Alexa Vega
Bruce Vilanch
Donna Vivino
Paul Vogt
Anne Warren
George Wendt
Bryan West
Tommar Wilson
31 of these 106 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 75 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Characters13 roles recorded
Marissa Jaret Winokur Tracy Turnblad
Harvey Fierstein Edna Turnblad
Dick Latessa Wilbur Turnblad
Mary Bond Davis Motormouth Maybelle
Linda Hart Velma Von Tussle
Clarke Thorell Corny Collins
Matthew Morrison Link Larkin
Kerry Butler Penny Pingleton
Corey Reynolds Seaweed J. Stubbs
Laura Bell Bundy Amber Von Tussle
Jackie Hoffman Prudy Pingleton / Gym Teacher / Matron
Joel Vig Harriman F. Spritzer / Principal / Mr. Pinky
Danielle Eugenia Wilson Little Inez
Only 512 of 13,459 productions carry role names, and these came out of a wiki table — the names arrived with the table's own cell markup on them and have been stripped back. They are not linked to person records because the identifiers in that table do not resolve to ours.
Creative team
- Director
- Jack O'Brien
- Choreographer
- Jerry Mitchell
- Producer
- Margo Lion, Adam Epstein, The Baruch-Viertel-Routh-Frankel Group, James D. Stern/ Douglas L. Meyer, Rick Steiner/ Frederic H. Mayerson, SEL & GFO, New Line Cinema in association with Clear Channel Entertainment, A. Gordon/ E. McAllister, D. Harris/ M. Swinsky, J&B Osher
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Tony Awards 1 from 1 nomination
| Best Musical | Won |
Around this production
- The new musical version of the John Waters film Hairspray opened at the Neil Simon on August 15, 2002, and should occupy the theater for years to come. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 397
- We’ve got The Producers, Hairspray, and Avenue Q bringing lighthearted laughter back to the Great White Way. Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 99
- Hairspray is listed as one of the longest-running shows, currently at number 16 in the Top Forty Greatest Hit Musicals from 1920 to 2008. Enchanted Evenings the Broadway Musical From Show Boat Block Geoffrey Oxford New, p. 23
- Hairspray is one of the longest-running shows, currently ranked at number 16 in the Top Forty Greatest Hit Musicals from 1920 to 2008. Enchanted Evenings the Broadway Musical From Show Boat Block Geoffrey Oxford Uni, p. 23
- Marc Shaiman of course later enjoyed a huge Broadway hit as the composer and co-lyricist of Hairspray (2002), which played for 2,642 performances; he performed the same duties for the 2011 musical Catch Me If You Can, which lasted for 166 showings. The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Paxton Mcnallie 2016 Rowm, p. 55
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No recording is held for Hairspray at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.