Synopsis+of+Hairspray


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A Synopsis of__ //__Hairspray__//**

//Hairspray// opens in June 1962, as plus-sized teenager **Tracy Turnblad** wakes up ready for another day (“Good Morning, Baltimore”). After school, she and her best friend, **Penny** and **Penny** sigh over handsome **Link Larkin**, **Tracy’s** mother, **Edna**, slaves away at her ironing board. **Penny’s** mother, **Prudy Pingleton**, expresses her disapproval of teenagers dancing to “colored music.” **Edna** points out that it “ain’t colored. The TV’s black and white.” In the studio, show producer, **Velma Von Tussle**, instructs her teen-queen daughter and songs with “that Detroit sound.” She reminds him that they have to steer the kids “in the white direction.” On air, **Corny** announces auditions for an opening on the show, as well as the national broadcast of the forthcoming “Miss Teenage Hairspray 1962” contest.
 * Pingleton**, watch //The Corny Collins Show//, starring “The Nicest Kids in Town.” While **Tracy**
 * Link’s** girlfriend, **Ambe**r, to hog the camera, while berating **Corny**, the host, about including

rejection, but her father, **Wilbu**r (owner of the Har-de-Har Hut Joke Shop), tells **Tracy** to follow her dream.
 * Tracy** wants to audition for the show. **Edna** is skeptical, fearing **Tracy’s** size will lead to

While **Edna** tells **Tracy** to forget about going to the audition, **Velma** and **Prudy** argue with daughters, **Amber** and **Penny**. The girls stubbornly resist their mothers, declaring “Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now.”

Making their own decision, **Tracy** and **Penny** race into the WZZT studios just as the auditions are ending. **Tracy** sees Link and swoons “I Can Hear the Bells.” **Velma** rejects **Tracy**, sneering at her weight and lamenting that times certainly have changed since she was crowned “Miss Baltimore Crabs.”

At school, **Tracy’s** hairdo lands her in detention, where she befriends **Seaweed J. Stubbs**, the son of **Motormouth Maybelle** (the host of once-a-month “Negro Day” on //The Corny// //Collins Show//.) At a school dance, **Tracy** catches **Corny’s** eye while doing steps she learned from **Seaweed**.

The next day, an astonished **Edna** and **Wilbur** see **Tracy** on TV, the newest member of the Corny Collins Council. **Link** sings the latest hit, “It Takes Two,” dedicating it to **Tracy**, now an overnight sensation. After her mother forgives her, **Tracy** takes **Edna** out on the town for a fashion makeover (“Welcome to the ’60s”).

During a rough scatter dodgeball game, **Amber** knocks out her rival, **Tracy**. To cheer her up, mother’s record shop (“Run and Tell That”). **Motormouth Maybelle** welcomes them warmly; during “Mother-Daughter Day.” **Link** rejects the idea, fearing it will hurt his chance to be on national TV. He leaves a heartbroken **Tracy** to go back to **Amber**. **Edna** is dubious about joining the protest. She is self-conscious about her weight, but **Motormouth** persuades her to accept herself — after all, they’re both “Big, Blonde & Beautiful.” The demonstration turns into a riot; the police arrive and drag **Tracy** and all the women off to jail.
 * Seaweed** invites **Tracy**, **Link**, and **Penny** (who has an immediate crush on him) to his
 * Tracy** wonders why they can’t all dance together on the show and plans to lead a protest

Act Two opens in the women’s house of detention, “The Big Dollhouse.” Everyone is released on bail, except **Tracy**, who is moved to solitary confinement. **Wilbur** comforts a downcast jail (using a blowtorch improvised with a lighter and a can of hairspray), and **Seaweed** rescues **Penny** from her mother’s clutches (“Without Love”).
 * Edna** (“Timeless to Me”). Meanwhile, **Link** realizes his love for **Tracy** and breaks her out of

The four flee to **Motormouth’s** record shop. She reminds them that the fight against injustice is never ending (“I Know Where I’ve Been”).The next day, **Corny’s** prime-time show is in full swing and ready to announce the winner of “Miss Teenage Hairspray 1962” (“Hairspray”). performs a dance she dedicates to the absent **Tracy** (“Cooties”). Just as it looks like **Amber** has won the crown, **Tracy** bursts in from the audience to claim victory and perform a dance that’s dedicated to everyone. They all dance together; black and white, fat and thin, young and old, as **Tracy** leads the company in declaring “You Can’t Stop the Beat.”
 * Amber** and **Tracy** are finalists for the title of “Miss Teenage Hairspray 1962.” **Amber**

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