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Photo Coverage: 'HAIRSPRAY' The Final Curtain-Goodbye To Baltimore!

By: Jan. 05, 2009
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On January 4th 2009, after over 2,641 performances, the curtain fell at the Neil Simon Theater on the final performance of Broadway's 2003 Tony Award® musical HAIRSPRAY starring original cast members Harvey Fierstein and Marissa Jaret Winokur. BroadwayWorld was there to shake and shimmey with the cast one last time! Look for more BWW Hairspray fun coming soon-stay tuned Hairhoppers!

In Hairspray it's 1962-the '50s are out and change is in the air. Baltimore's Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, has only one passion-to dance. She wins a spot on the local TV dance program, "The Corny Collins Show" and, overnight, is transformed from outsider to irrepressible teen celebrity. But can a plus-size trendsetter in dance and fashion vanquish the program's reigning princess, win the heart of heartthrob Link Larkin, and integrate a television show without denting her 'do? Only in Hairspray! Welcome to the '60s!

Hairspray, which celebrated its sixth anniversary on Broadway in August 2008, is the winner of eight 2003 Tony Awards, including best musical, best actor, best actress, best featured actor, best score, best book, best director, and best costume design. Hairspray also swept every one of the year's best musical awards, winning, in addition to the Tony, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, the Drama Desk Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, and the Drama League Award.

Photos by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.

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Steven Cutts, Todd Michel Smith, Dwayne Cooper and Kasey Marino

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Iris Burruss , Terita R. Redd, Judine Somerville and Nicole Powell

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Niki Scalera, Tevin Campbell and Kate Loprest

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Tevin Campbell and Kate Loprest

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Niki Scalera

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Niki Scalera

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Kevin Meany

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Kevin Meany, Kate Loprest, Karen Mason and Susan Mosher

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Karen Mason and Charlotte Crossley

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Charlotte Crossley

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Clarke Thorell

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Constantine Rousouli

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Ken Marks

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Ken Marks

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Harvey Fierstein

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Harvey Fierstein

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Harvey Fierstein

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Harvey Fierstein and Marissa Jaret Winokur

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Harvey Fierstein and Marissa Jaret Winokur

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Marissa Jaret Winokur

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Marissa Jaret Winokur

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Marissa Jaret Winokur

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Marissa Jaret Winokur and Constantine Rousouli

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Harvey Fierstein

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Harvey Fierstein

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Harvey Fierstein and Hairspray family

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Harvey Fierstein leads the collected Hairspray performers, past and present

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The Final Hairspray Curtain Call

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The Hairspray family

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The Hairspray family gives one last BEAT!

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The Hairspray gang in all here!

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Harvey Fierstein, Marissa Jaret Winokur 

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Ken Marks and Harvey Fierstein shake it!

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Linda Hart claps to the beat!

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Laura Bell Bundy

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Chester Gregory, Linda Hart and the Hairspray family!

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Marissa Jaret Winokur and Zev Isaac Miller

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Marissa Jaret Winokur and Zev Isaac Miller

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Marissa Jaret Winokur and Zev Isaac Miller

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Marissa Jaret Winokur and Zev Isaac Miller

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Marissa Jaret Winokur and Zev Isaac Miller

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Marissa Jaret Winokur and Zev Isaac Miller

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Harvey Fierstein, Paul Huntley, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Zev Isaac Miller, Katrina Rose Dideriksen and Jerry Mitchell

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Harvey Fierstein gives a final farewell

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Harvey Fierstein, Timeless to us!







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