Welcome to Episode 110 of Adapt or Perish, and this one is completely divine. We're looking at John Waters' camp classic Hairspray, and the musical juggernaut it inspired!
In this episode, we discuss:
- The original 1988 movie, written and directed by John Waters, and starring Ricki Lake, Divine, Jerry Stiller, Debbie Harry, and Sonny Bono
- The 2002 musical, with music and lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, and starring (in the original Broadway cast) Marissa Jaret Winokur, Harvey Fierstein, Dick Latessa, Kerry Butler, Laura Bell Bundy, and Matthew Morrison
- The 2007 movie musical, directed by Adam Shankman, written by Leslie Dixon, and starring Nikki Blonsky, John Travolta, Christopher Walken, Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah, James Marsden, and Zac Efron
- Hairspray Live!, the 2016 TV special, directed by Kenny Leon and Alex Rudzinski, written by Harvey Fierstein, and starring Maddie Baillio, Fierstein, Martin Short, Jennifer Hudson, Ariana Grande, and Kristin Chenoweth
Footnotes:
- But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
- "Smile" by Vitamin C
- Sarah Smallwood Parsons in "The Song In Every Musical That No One Likes"
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