BrightSide Theatre Presents HAIRSPRAY

BrightSide Theatre, Naperville's only professional theatre performing in the historic downtown district, wraps up their 7th Season - Cinema on Stage - with the big, fat and Tony Award winning Broadway musical Hairspray the Broadway Musical. Performing at the Theatre at Meiley-Swallow Hall at North Central College, 31 S. Ellsworth Street in Naperville June 8-24, 2018. Tickets are on sale now at www.brightsidetheatre.com, or by phone at 630-447-TIXS (8497). The press performance is Friday, June 8 at 8pm.

A talented ensemble of actors make up the Cast of Hairspray the Broadway Musical:

Michelle Bolliger, Jeffrey Cass, Melissa Crabtree, Charlet Dupar, Joey Fatigante, Logan Friese, Sara Haverty, Kennedy Hayes, James Heatherly, Tony Lage, Rich Adrian Lazatin, Paige C. Matteson, Qiana C. McNary, Connor Murray, Jenna Payne, Ben Paynic, Deshaun Peters, Karla A. Rennhofer, John Salomone, Levi Skoog, Shaina Summerville, Cydney Washington, Emma Widloski, Andreece Williams, Sean Michael Williams, and Katie Zarletti

Our final production of our season of celebrating stories that have been adapted to the stage from the cinema has had a long journey starting out as a cult film, adapted to the stage as the Broadway Musical, then to a Major Motion Picture and then presented in its stage version live on NBC now finds itself on our stage. The 1950s are out, and change is in the air! Based on the 1988 John Waters film and then inspiring a return to the big screen in 2007 Hairspray, a winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical, is a family-friendly musical, piled bouffant-high with laughter, romance and deliriously tuneful songs. It's 1962 in Baltimore, and the lovable, pleasantly-plump teen, Tracy Turnblad, has only one desire - to dance on the popular "Corny Collins Show." When her dream comes true, Tracy is transformed from social outcast to sudden star. Can she use her newfound power to dethrone the reigning Teen Queen, win the affections of heartthrob, Link Larkin, and integrate a TV network... all without denting her hairdo?