What's the story? The setting is Baltimore in 1962. Now Ball is back, and it's going to be magical. It ran for more than a thousand performances and throughout the run the cast occasionally changed to include Brian Conley, Phil Jupitus and Sharon D Clarke. It won an Olivier for Best Musical, and another for Best Actor and Actress in a musical for Ball and Jones. It took to the stage at the Shaftesbury theatre during October 2007, a production so good it attracted a whopping 11 Olivier nominations, a record-breaker at the time. Directed by Jack O'Brien and starring Mel Smith, Tracie Bennett and Leanne Jones, it proved a record-breaker of a production. It hit the West End in 2007 at the Shaftesbury Theatre, where it starred Michael Ball as Edna Turnblad. There was a musical movie adaptation in 2007. It ran for 2,642 performances, enjoyed national tours, a West End production, and numerous foreign productions.

In 2003 it won eight Tony Awards out of 13 nominations, including one for Best Musical. Hairspray enjoyed its world premiere on Broadway in 2002. Tickets are on sale now, and the initial booking is for just 12 weeks, which means there are a limited number of tickets available. Head for the London Coliseum in spring 2020 to find the marvellous Michael Ball reprising his brilliant role as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray the musical.

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