Act 1, Scene 1 Setting: Baltimore Street Props: Street Stuffs Sound Effects: Busy Street (Car Honking, Barking

Dogs and Purring Cats) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*Tracy Turnblad singing Good Morning Baltimore with the Street People* #Good Morning Baltimore# Act 1, Scene 2 Setting: Corny Collins Show Props: Corny Collins Show Background, TV, Ironing Stuffs Sound Effects: Buzzer -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Corny: Hey there, Teenage Baltimore! Don't change that channel! 'Cause it's time for the Corny Collins Show! Brought to you by Ultra Clutch Hairspray!

Corny: R-r-roll call. Council members: I'm Amber! Brad! Tammy! Fender! Brenda! Sketch! Shelley! IQ! Lou Ann! Joey! Mikey! Vikki! Becky! Bix! Jesse! Darla! Polly! Noreen! Doreen! And I'm... Link!
*Penny and Tracy screams* #The Nicest Kids in Town# *The dance ends. Both Tracy and Penny applaud*

*Corny sings and dances The Nicest Kids in Town with the Council Members* #The Nicest Kids in Town#

Tracy: Its not racket, ma. Its the Corny Collins Show. Edna: Well, its turning your brains into mud. Penny: Mrs. Turnblad, its a new dance. Tracy: The stricken chicken.
*Both dances*

*Council members will dance the Stricken chicken*

Edna: Well, I can't hear myself think. How am I supposed to negotiate pleats? Prudy: Edna? Edna: I'm in here, Prudy. Prudy: What's that racket? Oh, Tracy. Edna, is my laundry ready? Edna: Yep, that'll be $3.00, hon. Prudy: That's pretty pricey for a pair of petty pants. Edna: Well, I'm sorry, Prudy... but some of your personal stains... required pounding with a rock. Prudy: Well, I'm sure I don't know what you mean.
*Prudy counts the money to be paid to Edna.* *Mrs. Pingleton enters*

Prudy: You're letting her listen to that race music again? My daughter spends every afternoon at the Stamp and Coin Club. Edna: Oh, really? Well, your daughter hapTracy: Ohh, ohh. Edna: Oh, what is that? The Wavin' Raven? It's a little twitchy. Edna: Oh, you wanna play Charades now. All right! OK, go ahead. You. Penny.. No.. Ahh! Tracy Turnblad, are you tryin' to tell me... that-that Penny didn't get permission... from her mother to be here? Prudy: What? Penny! You are ban from this house. You will never watch that show again. Penny: Without that show, I have nothing. Prudy: Having nothing builds character. Toodle Edna!
*Done with Stricken Chicken* Act 1, Scene 3 Setting: The Corny Collins Show Props: Sound Effects: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*Ednas confused.*

*Prudy sees Tracy dancing the Stricken Chicken.*

Corny: Give 'em a hand, folks. All right, all right. And, once again, that's the Stricken Chicken. We will be right back for some more of that hot Detroit sound. Velma: And were off.
*Buzzer* *Velma goes to Corny*

Velma: Corny! Detroit sound? What's that, the cries of people being mugged? Corny: Ah Velma the kids digged the rhythm and blues. Velma: Yeah, they're kids, Corny. That's why we have to steer them in the white direction. Corny: Right direction? Velma: Didn't I say that? Amber (to one of the Council Members): You try that again and there'll be stumps where your feet should be. You got that? You little whor... Link: Amber. Amber: ...holy moly. Baby. Link: It's time. Amber: Ah! Link. Velma: Amber. Amber. Save your personal life for the cameras, sweetie. Oh! Shiny.
*Velma goes to the cameraman.* *Velma corrects the kids (foam and socks)*

Velma: Speaking of cameras, did you have a nice nap? If you do your job, my daughter wont have to fight to be visible. Cameraman: I gotta show some of the other kids once in a while. Velma: You know, this is a small city. There aren't that many stations. This time next year you could be wearing... an ill-fitting tux, snapping bar mitzvah photos. I don't know.
Act 1, Scene 4 Setting: The Corny Collins Show Props: Sound Effects: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*Link sings It Takes Two*

Tracy: Oh Link; I can dance so much better than her. Why don't you notice me at school? Corny: Hey, that was our very own Link Larkin singing It Takes Two. Maybelle: And I'm Motormouth Maybelle reminding you all that the last Tuesday of this month's your rhythm and blues day. That's right! Negro Day will be coming your way. So, catch all the crooning when y'all set and tune in. Corny: Thank you, Motormouth. And now it's time to go to our very own fun loving Brenda. Come on up here, Brenda. Corny: Brenda will be taking a leave of absence from the show. How long are you gonna be gone, Brenda? Brenda: Just nine months. Corny: Seems like we'll have an opening here on the show for a girl just as fun-loving but maybe not quite as freewheeling. Link: Wanna be one of the nicest kids in town? Cut school tomorrow and come down to station WYZT to audition.
Act 1, Scene 5 Setting: Audition Props: Sound Effects: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*Tracy sees Link.* *Brenda goes up with Corny*

Tracy: Oh, my God, Penny, there's Link. Link! Penny, pinch me! Ow! Penny: You told me to. Tracy: I cant believe Im really here auditioning. Penny: I cant believe Im really here watching you audition. Velma: Oh Amber. Look at this motley crew. Oh! This town sure has gone downhill since I was crowned Miss Baltimore Crabs.
#(The Legend of) Miss Baltimore Crabs#

Velma: Ah! You may go. Tracy: Uh thank you?

Penny: I think they secretly liked you.

*Tracy goes to Penny*

Act 1, Scene 6 Setting: Props: Sound Effects: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*Tracy enters the classroom late.*

Mrs. Wimpsey: Cutting by class, Tracy Turnblad. I trust it was something really important. Tracy: Should have been.
*Hands Tracy a detention slip.* Act 1, Scene 7 Setting: Detention Room Props: Chairs and Tables Sound Effects: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*Tracy enters the detention room.* *Tracy stares at Seaweed and the Negros dancing*

Negro Boy 1: What are you lookin at? Tracy: Nothing! Not you.

Negro Boy 2: Can I help you? Tracy: That moves swish. Negro Boy 2: You got that right. Seaweed: The man can dine me on a diet of detention... so long as he don't starve me of my tunes, baby. Tracy: Does that dance have a name? Seaweed: Oh, this? Call it the "Peyton Place After Midnight. " I use it to attract, uh, the opposite sex. Tracy: Wow! That is so groovy. Tracy: Youre really good. Seaweed: Why, thank you? Tracy: So, would it be, kinda like this?
*Tracy imitates the dance.*

*Tracy stares as Seaweed dances.*

Negro Boy 2: You cant do that dance. Seaweed: How long now? Not bad for a white chick. Tracy: Hey I know where Ive seen you before. Seaweed: Where?

*Tracy dances with Seaweed.*

Tracy: On Corny Show on Negro Day. Negro Days the best. I wish everyday was a Negro Day. Seaweed: At our house, it is. Tracy: Hey, show me another one. Seaweed: You wanna see another one? Well-well, heres something signified to say. Hello Seaweed: My name is Seaweed J. Stubbs. Whats yours baby? Tracy: Im Tracy Turnblad. Negro Girl 1: Youre gonna get it, white girl. Seaweed: Well Tracy, you gotta go on girl. Youre one of us. Tracy: You're joinin' this program already in progress! Seaweed: Then, lets go. Seaweed: How are you liking detention now? Tracy: Im a bad bad girl who needs to be punished.
*Seaweed dances* *Everyone laughs.*

*Tracy starting to dance with everyone at detention.* *Link sees the Negros dancing.* *Tracy becomes aware that Link is watching her.* *Link bumps Tracy, accidentally.* #I Can Hear the Bells#

Link: Hey, you know, Corny's hosting the hop tomorrow. If he saw you dancin' like that... he'd put you on the show. See you? Link: Ah, whoa. Sorry, little darlin'. Hope I didn't dent your 'do.
Act 1, Scene 8 Setting: Detention Room Props: Chairs and Tables Sound Effects: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#Ladies Choice#

Penny: Go on. Get out there and show 'em. Tracy: It's packed pretty tight. OK. Penny: I'll go in front of you and I'll push.

Tracy: Hey Seaweed wanna do Peyton Place for Corny? Seaweed: Tracy, you gotta dance with your clan, I gotta dance with mine. Tracy: Why? Seaweed: Its just the way it is Tracy. Tracy: But its your dance. Seaweed: How about you go party a little second? Tracy: Really? Seaweed: Go get it girl.

*Tracy sees Seaweed.* *Tracy joins the dancers and goes to Seaweed.*

Amber: Link!!

*Tracy hugs Seaweed.* *Tracy dances. * *Amber gets angry.*

Act 1, Scene 9 Setting: Turnblads residence Props: TV Sound Effects: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Penny: Mr. and Mrs. Turnblad, you gotta see this.

Edna, Wilbur and Penny: Go Tracy! Go!!

*Penny opens the TV.* *Roll call including Tracy. Edna gets shocked.* #The Nicest Kids in Town# *Song ends*

Corny: Yeah! That was the dance of the week. Let us welcome our new Council member, Ms. Tracy Turnblad. So, Tracy, come on, cozy up to old Corny and tell us about yourself. Tracy: Well, I watch The Corny Collins Show... and I do absolutely nothing else! Edna: Oh Wilbur, to think that I almost stopped her from reaching for the stars. Wilbur: I know, here she is on local daytime on TV. Penny: Shes gonna be a regular. Edna: Imagine, my little girl, regular at last. Tracy: I also hope to be the first woman president or a Rockette. Corny: And if you were president, Tracy... what would your first official act be? Tracy: Hmm. I'd make every day Negro Day. Corny: I read you like tomorrow's headlines, Tracy. What do you think kids? I think we might have a new hot candidate for Ms. Teenage Hairspray? Tracy: That's only the dream of my life. Amber: But Miss Hairspray is mine. Link: Uh, we're on the air. Corny: And your dream will be comin' to you, sweetheart... Saturday, June 2nd, right here on WYZT. Amber: You have to vote for a person, Corny, not one of the Himalayas. Tracy: *whisper* Hi Penny! Corny: Always the charmer Amber!
Act 1, Scene 10 *Back to Corny Collins Show* *Edna and Wilbur will have a conversation*

Setting: Backstage Props: Sound Effects: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mr. Spritzer: I want that chubby communist girl off the show. Velma: Now let me be the first to toss the harpoon. Mr. Spritzer: Shes a corrupting influence. Velma: I agree. We dont want our dancers thrusting like salvages. Corny: Hey, speak for yourself. Velma: Dont get flipped with me. Corny: Im not. Look, Ive got some new ideas for the show. First, we get rid of Negro Day. Velma: Finally, some sense out of you. Corny: Then, we mix those kids in with the rest of the Council. Mr. Spritzer: Mix? Those kids? Corny: Thats right, I said it. Velma: This is not a black and tan cocktail. Corny: Well, why couldnt it be? Velma, isn't this where it's all headin' anyway? Now, you can fight it or you can rock out to it. Velma: Maybe it is time for some fresh new ideas. Like, a nice new fresh host! Corny: Gee, Velma, how do you fire Corny Collins... from The Corny Collins Show? Velma: They do it all the time on Lassie! Mr. Spitzer: Velma, you have let this go to far. Velma: Me? Mr. Spitzer: Fix it! Velma: What? Mr. Spitzer: Fix it! Fix it!
*Velma gets mad.* Act 1, Scene 11 Setting: Props: Sound Effects: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#The New Girl in Town (White then Black)# *Show that Tracy is getting famous.*

Maybelle: And thats the way you do it. And I'm your fabled Miss Motormouth Maybelle your DJ du jour, pitchin' rhythm your way. So, hey, better stay and shimmy and sway. Well be back for more Negro Day. Brought to you by Napa-Way, for stubborn hair. Every kink will be gone in a blink. Velma: And were off.
*Off* *Velma confronts Maybelle about a song she picked to sing.*

Velma: How dare you pick the same song? Maybelle: They wrote it. Velma: You watch yourself. You are one inch from being canceled. You know what your demographic is? Cleaning ladies and lawn jockeys. Maybelle: A foot in the door, that's all it is.