It has been over 20 years since Hairspray premiered on Broadway. However time has solely strengthened the bond between three of its authentic stars: Marissa Jaret Winokur, Kerry Butler and Laura Bell Bundy.
The three actresses — who performed Tracy Turnblad, Penny Pingleton and Amber Von Tussle, respectively, within the stage musical adaptation of John Waters’ 1988 cult comedy — had been Broadway infants once they first graced the stage within the Tony Award-winning greatest musical. However twenty years later, they’re returning to the boards collectively as mamas in a brand new Off-Broadway present they created collectively.
Fittingly referred to as Mama, I’m A Big Girl Now! after the Hairspray tune they delivered to life eight instances every week, the musical occasion finds the trio revisiting the present that helped launch their careers and lifelong friendships whereas additionally reflecting on the journeys they have been on since.
This present will debut at New World Levels in New York Metropolis on Saturday, Nov. 2, PEOPLE can completely reveal, forward of an official opening night time on Wednesday, Nov. 13. The limited-run manufacturing is presently scheduled by way of Sunday, Dec. 8.
“I like performing with such sturdy lady,” Winokur tells PEOPLE. “Our lives have modified a lot during the last 22 years, however after we are again on stage collectively, it’s like time stood nonetheless.”
‘Now we have one another’s again on stage in addition to off,” says Bundy. “It’s so fantastic to work with two girls I not solely love as buddies and confidents, however who I like for his or her expertise and comedic timing.”
Between them, Winokur, 51, Butler, 53, and Bundy, 43, have appeared in 16 Broadway reveals and quite a few on-screen tasks — from Beetlejuice to Huge Brother, Imply Women to Legally Blonde, Depraved to Magnificence and the Beast, the Nation Music Awards and all the things between them.
“They’ve carried out all of it — and now they’re again to do it once more, only for you!” a launch states.
Attendees can anticipate an evening of nostalgia with behind-the-scenes tales, musings on motherhood and loads of examples of the fierce and humorous friendship that is shaped between these stage legends.
“We opened Hairspray collectively as younger girls, sharing this really extraordinary second in Broadway historical past,’ Bundy says. “We got here up collectively, cheered one another on as we had subsequent successes, and have been part of one another’s lives by way of so lots of life’s transitions — even into motherhood. Our present will take you on that journey.”
After all, there can be music, too, with musical director Andrew Byrne driving a group of inventive mashups, authentic medleys and hilarious parodies. Iconic Hairspray hits like “You Can’t Cease the Beat” and “I Can Hear the Bells” may also be featured, a launch states (although one would assume “Mama, I am a Huge Women Now!” may also have a slot on the setlist).
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Hairspray opened as much as rave critiques on Aug. 15, 2002, and would go on to win eight Tony Awards together with greatest musical, greatest authentic rating (Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman), greatest e-book (Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan), greatest director (Jack O’Brien), greatest actor (Harvey Fierstein) and a greatest actress trophy for Winokur.
The musical — a couple of teen who, in Sixties Baltimore, turns into an in a single day sensation when she earns a spot on a preferred dance present, which she later helps combine — performed 2,642 common performances and 31 previews earlier than closing on Jan. 4, 2009. Different stage variations in London and on tour adopted.
In 2007, a film musical adaptation was launched directed and choreographed by Adam Shankman. It starred John Travolta, Christopher Walken, Queen Latifah, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Marsden, Zac Efron, Amanda Bynes, Brittany Snow, Elijah Kelley, Allison Janney and Nikki Blonsky as Tracy.
NBC’s Hairspray Stay!, directed by Kenny Leon and Alex Rudzinski, aired in December 2016 with one other famous person solid together with Harvey Fierstein (reprising his Tony-nominated function as Edna Turnblad), Jennifer Hudson, Ariana Grande, Kristin Chenoweth, Martin Short, Dove Cameron, Ephraim Sykes, Andrea Martin and Maddie Baillio as Tracy.
Tickets for Mama, I’m A Big Girl Now! are on sale.