Guide to the London stage musical "Hairspray"

Sections:

Hairspray poster

Shaftesbury Theatre

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Tracy

Edna (left) is Tracy's mother

Corny Collins (centre) is the host of a TV dance show

Good morning Baltimore (extract)

[original London stage version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzWZrM5lqoQ]

Oh oh oh, woke up today
Feeling the way I always do
Oh oh oh, hungry for something
That I can't eat, then I hear that beat
That rhythm of town starts calling me down
It's like a message from high above
Oh oh oh, Pulling me out
To the smiles and the streets that I love

Good morning Baltimore
Every day's like an open door
Every night is a fantasy
Every sound's like a symphony

Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now (extract)

[original Broadway cast recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFjxcUVUNlQ]

Stop! Don't! No! Please!
Stop! Don't! No! Please!
Stop! Don't! No! Please!
Mama, I'm a big girl now
(Hey mama, say mama)
Once upon a time, I was a shy young thing
Could barely walk and talk, so much as dance and sing
But let me take that stage, I want to take my bow
'Cause Mama, I'm a big girl now

Miss Baltimore Crabs (extract)

[2007 film version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCW-iFgUbKY]

You're too wide from the back
Honey, look at her front!
Wait, are we on "Candid Camera"?
OK, where is Allen Funt?

I Can Hear the Bells (extract)

[2007 film version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2MJTYxAakI]

I can hear the bells
My ears are ringing
I can hear the bells
The bridesmaids are singing
Everybody says
That a guy who's such a gem
Won't look my way
Well, the laugh's on them
'Cause I can hear the bells

It Takes Two (extract)

[original Broadway cast recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-JVRH2pQho]

Lancelot had Guinevere
Mrs Claus has old St Nick
Romeo had Juliet
And Liz, well, she has her Dick

They say it takes two to tango
Well, that tango's child's play
So take me to the dancefloor
And we'll twist the night away

Just like Frankie Avalon
Had his favourite Mouseketeer
I dream of a lover, babe,
To say the things I long to hear
So come closer baby
Oh, and whisper in my ear

Welcome to the 60's (extract)

[original London stage version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmKQAljaack]

Hey Tracy, hey baby, look at me!
I'm the cutest chickie that you ever did see
Hey Tracy, hey baby, look at us!
Where is there a team that's half as fabulous?

I let go, go, go of the past now
Said hello to this red carpet ride
Yes I know that the world's spinning fast now
Tell Lollobrigida to step aside!
Your mama's welcoming the 60's
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
Oh your mama's welcoming the 60's
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
Go mama, go go go!
Welcome to the 60's

(You're) Timeless To Me (extract)

[Broadway stage version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg9y823YJIk]

Fads keep a-fadin'
Castro's invading
But, Wilbur, you're timeless to me
Hairdos are higher
Mine feels like barbed wire
But you say I'm chic as can be

You're like a rare vintage ripple
A vintage they'll never forget
So pour me a teeny weenie triple
And we can toast the fact
We ain't dead yet!

I can't stop eating
Your hairline's receding
And soon you'll have nothing at all
So you'll wear a wig
While I roast a pig

Hey, pass the Geritol
Glenn Miller had brass
That Chubby Checker's a gas
But they all pass eventually
You'll never be passé
Hip hooray!
You're timeless to me

Without Love (extract)

[2007 film version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNZ0gAvgHL0]

Without love
Life is like my dad without his bromo
Without love
Life's just making out to Perry Como
...
Without love
Life is like a beat that you can't follow
Without love
Life is Doris Day at the Apollo
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Without love
Life's a 45 when you can't buy it
Without love
Life is like my mother on a diet

Cooties (extract)

[original Broadway cast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANgO8DXIpwo]

She's got cooties
They've found a place to nest
She's got cooties
If I were her I'd be depressed
Long tailed, sharp nailed
Fuzzy legs, laying eggs

You Can't Stop the Beat (extract)

[original London stage version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJjQCmBgJ1U]

You can't stop an avalanche as it races down the hill
You can try to stop the seasons, girl, but you know you never will
And you can try to stop my dancing feet, but I just cannot stand still
'Cause the world keeps spinning around and around
And my heart's keeping time to the speed of sound
I was lost 'til I heard the drums, then I found my way

'Cause you can't stop the beat, ever since this old world began
A woman found that if she shook it she could shake up a man
And so I'm gonna shake and shimmy it the best that I can ... today
'Cause you can't stop the motion of the ocean or the sun in the sky
You can wonder if you want to, but I never ask why
And if you try to hold me down I'm gonna spit in your eye and say
That you can't stop the beat!