HAIRSPRAY ~ Scene Breakdown ~ (Scenes, Songs & Set) ACT I Prologue: Tracy’s Bedroom & Streets of Baltimore (1962; A Monday morning , 7:00 AM) ​ “Good Morning Baltimore” (Dirham)) - Traci, Company B Bedroom Drop CYC (with cloud gobos?) 2 Baltimore House drops 2 Triangle units (Baltimore house side) Mr. Pinky Store Drop --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scene 1: TV Station WZZT & Turnblad Home (Monday afternoon) ​ “Nicest Kids in Town” (Meese) - Corny Collins, Council CYC Corny Collins Booth Shape drop (center)...? 2 Triangle units (Corny Collins side) 60’s TV Camera Turnblad home/living room piece --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scene 2: Bedrooms of Tracy, Penny & Amber “Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now” (Dirham or Clark) - Tracy, Penny, Amber...Edna, Prudy & Velma - Selected Company C Ladies (teens and moms) CYC, Scaffold Possible 3 Vanities --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scene 3: TV Station WZZT (The Audition) ​ “I Can Hear the Bells” (Meese & Blaydes) - Tracy - Council - 6th Grade Dancers - HS solo dancer “Miss Baltimore Crabs” (Dirham) - Velma, Council, Little Inez (at end transition only) CYC Corny Collins Booth Shape drop (center)...? 2 Triangle units (Corny Collins side) Scene 3.1: Transition to Detention “Transition to Detention” (Dirham) ​ - Tracy & Little Inez CYC Passerelle --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scene 4: Detention Dance Dialog Underscore music (Dirham) - Traci, Seaweed - Gilbert, Duane,Lorraine, Stooie and others Classroom Desks, chair, rolling blackboard, Teacher desk on casters (Globe, radio) *Plain Local storage ​ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scene 5: The “Madison” Gymnasium (Patterson Park HS) “The Madison” (Meese) - Corny Collins, Traci, Seaweed, Little Inez, Amber, Link - Council, Company A & C Streamer/Decor drop --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scene 6: Success “Nicest Kids in Town” reprise (Meese) - Corny, Traci, Amber, Link, Penny, Edna, Wilbur - Council “It Takes Two” (Blaydes) ​ - Link, Tracy - Council Guys - Company B Ladies (staged in...not choreographed) “Velma’s Revenge” (Dirham) ​ - Velma Station WZZT ​ Turnblad House piece --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scene 7: Welcome to the Sixties “Welcome to the Sixties” (Meese) - Tracy, Edna, Dyamites - Pinkies ● Rachel Gilmore, Natalie James, Josie Wright, Chloe Jones, Nicole Marran, Jenna Ritchey - Various passer-by’s (chosen from Company B) ● Blind man, photographer, hot dog stand worker, couple, old lady, etc. - Company C - Level II Dancers CYC Turnblad Home piece Baltimore Street drops, Mr. Pinky’s Store Triangle Pieces (house side) Hot-dog stand/cart Scene 8: Dodgeball (Gymnasium?...Park?) ​ “I Can Hear the Bells” reprise (Dirham) - Link “Run and Tell That” (Meese) - Seaweed, Little Inez, Penny, Link, Tracy - Company A Chainlink fencing pieces...CYC (cloud gobos) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scene 9: Record Shop “Run and Tell That” Continued (Meese) - Same as above “Big, Blond and Beautiful” (Meese) - Part 1...Motormouth, Tracy, Edna, Wilbur (short entrance), Company A throughout - Part 2...Velma, Link, Council & Moms (Company C Ladies) - Police Officers at the end (2-3 company guys...TBD) Record Drop with record stands/bins/tables, etc. Triangle pieces (Baltimore building) Transition back to WZZT (Record drop out...WZZT in) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACT II Scene 1: Women’s House of Detention “The Big Doll House” (Meese & Blaydes) - Matron, Velma, Edna, Amber, Little Inez, Motormouth, Tracy, Penny - Women (TBD)...Company B ladies - Level IV HS Dancers “Baltimore Reprise” (Dirham) ​ - Tracy Scaffolding (10-12 Prison bar pieces) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scene 2: Turnblad Home “You’re Timeless To Me” (Dirham) - Edna, Wilbur Turnblad house piece...Hairspray can on side In front of the Main Curtain --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scene 3: Tracy’ Jail Cell & Penny’s Bedroom “Without Love” (Blaydes) - Tracy, Link, Penny, Seaweed - Company B - HS Level III Dancers (Paired with Company B guys) Triangle Pieces (Tracy Cell...Penny Bedroom) Scaffolding Scene 4: Motormouth’s Inspiration (Record Shop) ​ “I Know Where I’ve Been” (Dirham) - Motormouth - Company A Record Shop Drop Record Bin Carts Scaffolding? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scene 5: Miss Teenage Hairspray (Eventorium) ​ “It’s Hairspray” (Blaydes) - Corny Collins, Council...no Link or Amber “Cooties” (Blaydes) - Amber, Council] - 5th Grade dancers “You Can’t Stop the Beat” PART 1 (Meese) - Tracy, Penny, Link, Seaweed, Amber, Velma, Corny Collins - Council - Chorus A - Dynamites “You Can’t Stop the Beat” PART 2 (Meese) - Full Company Shimmer/Rain Drop Shapes drop used in WZZT Hairspray Can (Roll in) Miss Teenage Hairspray 1962 Scoreboard Scaffolding --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Floor...painted black with rounded rectangular shapes stenciled (color pallette)...OR cirlcles Passerelle...matches floor...LIGHTS around front of passerelle Confetti for end? .