Hairspray: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Hit Broadway Musical (Applause Books)

OMG! I'm so excited. How did I miss this? I'm a huge fan of Hairspray (proud to say that I saw the musical 3 times to my sister's chagrin) and was devastated when they bowed out of Broadway. As much as I liked the movie versions, they weren't just the same. I always wished that they filmed the musical and put it on DVD. However, this book is a close second best. The book has the lyrics and script for the musical ONLY. It is set up in play format. There are no arrangements for the music or anything else. You have to get a separate book for that -  Hairspray: Piano/Vocal Selections . In the center, there are 2 pages of images of the OBC. The quality of the book and pages are pretty sturdy. The font is a decent, readable size.For fans of the musical, this is a must have. It's like owning a piece of my favorite show in paper format. And I will be definitely pretending to act this out on a rainy day.

Hairspray can only be described as a big HUGE bubble of joy that pops off of the stage and into your lap. It is so fun, bright, colorful, and exciting that I can't help but giggle with delight when I think about it. To answer the previous poster's question, this is the complete libretto; that means it has the book (script) and song lyrics. It also includes cute and colorful pictures of the Original Broadway Cast.Hairspray is love. If you love Hairspray, you'll love to own and re-enact it every day with your very own script. If you haven't seen Hairspray (you poor thing!) you can read the script and enjoy it just as much as I do! It's super duper funny, hip, and has a lot of heart.I also highly recommend the OBC recording. Not as good unless you've seen it live with all it's super high-energy goodness, but amazing none-the-less!

I purchased this playbook for an Intro to Theatre assignment on Hairspray. The contents seem to be complete and thoroughly detailed.

I always love reading scripts and try to get my hands on as many as I can! This is a great addition, complete with photos from the original cast! Highly recommend!

This was so helpful since im doing hairspray in my school and i cant take it home. This saved my butt so much

It's fine, but actors preparing roles from this edition should be aware that there are numerous line changes from the authorized stage book.

This show is so awesome!!! It is super funny, but yet is also deals with difficult issues like racism and and the idea of beauty. You should see the movie, buy the script, get the soundtrack and make a date night of seeing this show done live! If you don't, then you are missing out on a fabulous piece!!!!!

Perfect for the show. Great buy.

Lively music, good quality recording as expected. Would recommend to anyone who likes the film with John Travolta but this is slightly different being from the stage show.

Very good for my show

Listing called this a songbook but it’s just a lyric book...completely unusable for the reason I ordered it!

If you have seen the Broadway show, or the touring version you already love Hairspray.This book has all the dialogue and the lyrics to the songs. If you have only seen the movie, the stage version is even funnier. A great buy for musical theatre fans.

Amazing product super fast reliable and just what it says :) very happy!