Hairspray At The Keller Auditorium
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Hairspray is now playing at the Keller Auditorium, and it’s perfectly nostalgic and relevant at the same time! This incredibly talented cast truly takes you back to the ’60s with hits like “You Can’t Stop The Beat,” “The Nicest Kids In Town,” “I Can Hear The Bells,” and so many more classics from the hit musical!
With even more musical numbers and scenes than the movie we all know and love, you’ll have even more of ‘Hairspray’ to fall in love with after the show. Hurry and get your tickets now, they are going fast with SOLD OUT shows!
Ticket & Show Info:
Purchase tickets HERE!
Tuesday, March 28th @ 7:30pm
Wednesday, March 29th @ 7:30pm
Thursday, March 30th @ 7:30pm
Friday, March 31st @ 7:30pm
Saturday, April 1st @ 2:00pm & 7:30pm
Sunday, April 2nd @ 1:00pm & 6:30pm
Broadway’s Tony Award®-winning musical comedy phenomenon, HAIRSPRAY, returns to Portland! This new North American tour, helmed by original director Jack O’Brien and original choreographer Jerry Mitchell, will play March 28 through April 2 at Portland’s Keller Auditorium.
Tickets are available now at www.BroadwayinPortland.com.
The HAIRSPRAY tour is garnering rave reviews across the country. “Brand new, perfect and more timely now than ever” says The San Diego Union-Tribune and The Oakland Press says HAIRSPRAY “keeps a smile on your face that a shot of Ultra Clutch can’t blast away.”
“It’s a brand-new world we find ourselves in today, and HAIRSPRAY is even more relevant than twenty years ago when it first burst onto the scene. With a whole new generation of wildly talented kids, we cannot wait to raise the various roofs once more with dance, joy, music, and that glorious, famous, energy-packed score!” shared Director Jack O’Brien.
Choreographer Jerry Mitchell added, “HAIRSPRAY has always been about all of us dancing together! I am thrilled to welcome this NEW company of amazing #FULLOUT talents to lead the way as we dance across America with a message of inclusion and hope because ‘You really Can’t Stop the Beat!’”
HAIRSPRAY is the story of 16-year-old Tracy Turnblad in 1960s Baltimore as she sets out to dance her way onto TV’s most popular show. Can a girl with big dreams (and even bigger hair) change the world? Featuring the beloved score of hit songs including “Welcome to the ’60s,” “Good Morning Baltimore,” and “You Can’t Stop the Beat,” HAIRSPRAYis “fresh, winning, and deliriously tuneful!” (The New York Times).
This new touring production reunites Broadway’s award-winning creative team, led by Director Jack O’Brien and Choreographer Jerry Mitchell, to bring HAIRSPRAY to a new generation of theater audiences. HAIRSPRAY is based on the New Line Cinema film written and directed by John Waters, who served as a creative consultant on the musical comedy. It features a book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan. HAIRSPRAY features an original score by Academy Award-nominated Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. The tour is produced by NETworks Presentations.
Additional creative team for HAIRSPRAY includes Tour Director Matt Lenz, Tour Choreographer Robbie Roby, Set Designer David Rockwell, Lighting Designer Kenneth Posner, Tour Lighting Designer Paul Miller, Costume Designer William Ivey Long, Hair and Wig Designer Paul Huntley, Richard Mawbey and Bernie Ardia, Sound Designer Shannon Slaton, Music Supervisor Keith Thompson and Casting by Stewart/Whitley.
HAIRSPRAY premiered at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theater in June 2002. The show was a smash hit when it transferred to Broadway, winning eight 2003 Tony Awards including Best Musical, and became the longest-running musical to play the Neil Simon Theater, running 2,642 performances from July 18, 2002, until January 4, 2009. It is the 22nd longest running show in Broadway history.
Learn more about the new touring production at www.hairspraytour.com.
COVID-19 Health and Safety Update:
Broadway in Portland’s top priority continues to be the safety of our audiences, artists, volunteers, staff, and the community. Beginning September 13, 2022, Broadway in Portland will no longer require proof of vaccination OR a negative PCR test.
Broadway in Portland strongly encourages and recommends when attending a performance, that all audience members wear a mask over their nose and mouth. We ask that all audience members be respectful of each other’s choices.
Broadway in Portland management is continually assessing the changing guidelines, artist contracts, and local government updates. We reserve the right to require health and safety protocols for all performances. We will proactively communicate any change in health protocols with advance notice.
Additional safety protocols in place at Keller Auditorium include digital ticketing, rigorous cleaning and disinfection practices, hand sanitation stations and the use of MERV 13 filters for increased air filtration.
Broadway in Portland is a partnership between Portland Opera and Broadway Across America.
