Hairspray (2002 album)
| Hairspray: Original Broadway Cast Recording | ||||
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| Cast recording by Cast of Hairspray | ||||
| Released | August 13, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | June 29, 2002-July 1, 2002 | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop | |||
| Length | 59:45 | |||
| Label | Sony Records | |||
| Producer |
Marc Shaiman Thomas Meehan |
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Hairspray: Original Broadway Cast Recording is the cast album for the 2002 musical Hairspray. The show is an adaptation of the 1988 film of the same name. It features performances from the show's cast, which includes Harvey Fierstein, Linda Hart, Dick Latessa, Kerry Butler, Clarke Thorell, Mary Bond Davis, Laura Bell Bundy, Matthew Morrison, Corey Reynolds, and Marissa Jaret Winokur as the lead character of Tracy Turnblad. The cast recording earned the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.
The cast recording contains seventeen songs from the musical, with music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Scott Wittman. The book for the musical is by Thomas Meehan and Mark O'Donnell. Hairspray's music is written and performed to conform to the story's 1962 setting, with influences spanning the genres of doo-wop, rock and roll, soul, and pop.
Sony released the recording on August 13, 2002 (ASIN: B00006AALQ).
All songs written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.
*Cut song, but it is included as a hidden song, playing after "You Can't Stop the Beat''
During the recording process and development of the show, many lyrics were switched around, parts added and/or cut, as the play was finalized after this soundtrack was recorded. Some songs in the stage show now differ from their respective recordings on the cast recording, including "(The Legend of) Miss Baltimore Crabs" and "Cooties".
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