Productions3 on Broadway
| 2002 | Neil Simon Theatre Original. August 15, 2002 · Jack O’Brien | 2,642 performances · 1 Tony wins |
| 2008 | Transfer Theatre not recorded. | |
| 2010 | Transfer Theatre not recorded. April 7, 2010 |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Music Theatre International Hairspray matched on title alone — a lead, not a confirmed licensor |
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In the literature52 passages
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. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p397
We’ve got The Producers, Hairspray, and Avenue Q bringing lighthearted laughter back to the Great White Way. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p99
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. book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p23
Hairspray is one of the longest-running shows, currently ranked at number 16 in the Top Forty Greatest Hit Musicals from 1920 to 2008. book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-uni#p23
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. book:the-complete-book-of-1990s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-paxton-mcnallie-2016-rowm#p55
The organization was founded in 1935 at the Algonquin Hotel by a group including Brooks Atkinson and Walter Winchell. It honored as best musical Carousel in 1946, Fiorello! in 1960, and Hairspray in 2003. book:the-golden-age-of-american-musical-theatre-1943-1965-naden-corinne-j-rowman-litt#p214
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