Renaissance Theatre Presents Hairspray the Musical

Hairspray comes to the Renaissance Theatre!

You can’t stop the beat, as Renaissance Theatre presents Hairspray: The Broadway Musical. Winner of eight Tony Awards, Hairspray tells the story of plus-sized teen, Tracy Turnblad. She dreams of finding acceptance and love as a performer on a local teen TV dance show. However, there are several things that stand in her way. But, that doesn’t stop her from trying.

Set in the early 1960s and filled with unforgettable characters and musical numbers, Hairspray is a big show with a big heart. Hairspray is a musical with local professional actors, self produced by the Renaissance creative team. Don’t miss this hilarious and heartfelt singing/dancing extravaganza.

How do I get tickets?

Get ready for jam-packed family fun, as Hairspray the musical is coming to the Ren in Mansfield, Ohio. Get tickets as low as $15! For tickets to Hairspray, visit rentickets.org

The Ren is proud to be supported by Destination Mansfield, visit their attractions page at https://destinationmansfield.com/do/

Above all, the Ren would like to thank their Broadway Series Presenter, Park National Bank, for making this event possible.

The Renaissance Theatre is a performing arts theater located at 138 Park Avenue West, Mansfield, Ohio. Looking for Things to Do in Mansfield? Visit rentickets.org to check out their other great events or contact renaissance@mansfieldtickets.com for events, tours, arts, culture and more. For behind-the-scenes videos and more visit the Ren’s YouTube Channel.

What’s Hairspray about?

Hairspray is an American musical with music and lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman and a book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on John Waters’s 1988 film of the same name. The songs include 1960s-style dance music and “downtown” rhythm and blues. In 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, teenager Tracy Turnblad’s dream is to dance on The Corny Collins Show, a local TV dance program based on the real-life Buddy Deane Show.[1] When Tracy wins a role on the show, she becomes a celebrity overnight, leading to social change as Tracy campaigns for the show’s integration.

The musical opened in Seattle in 2002 and moved to Broadway later that year. In 2003 Hairspray won eight Tony Awards, including one for Best Musical, out of 13 nominations. It ran for 2,642 performances, and closed on January 4, 2009.[2] Hairspray has also had national tours, a West End production, and numerous foreign productions and was adapted as a 2007 musical film. The London production was nominated for a record-setting eleven Laurence Olivier Awards, winning four, including Best New Musical.