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The songs include 1960s-style dance music and "downtown" rhythm and blues. Set in 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, the production follows teenage Tracy Turnblad's dream to dance on The Corny Collins Show, a local TV dance program based on the real-life Buddy Deane Show. [1]
Hairspray's music is written and performed to conform to the story's 1962 setting, with influences spanning the genres of doo-wop, rock and roll, soul, and pop. Sony released the recording on August 13, 2002 (ASIN: B00006AALQ).
Edna Turnblad is a fictional character from the 1988 film Hairspray and its stage musical adaption of the same name, as well as its film and television adaptations. Edna is a laundress living in Baltimore with her husband Wilbur and mother of Tracy, the plot's protagonist.
Edna Turnblad is the agoraphobic laundress mother of Tracy Turnblad and a central character in Hairspray. Edna is an anxious, self-conscious, laundress who has isolated herself in her home for eleven years.
The bright, energetic story of Tracy Turnblad teaches us all to look past the color of one’s skin and fight for every human being’s equal rights. Lead Characters Edna Turnblad
"(You're) Timeless to Me" is the second song of Act II of Hairspray. In the movie where Wilbur convinces Edna that he wasn't cheating on her and that he loves Edna.
John has been awarded Hollywood Supporting Actor of the Year by the Hollywood Film Festival for his role as Edna Turnblad — Mother of teenager Tracy Turnblad. Hairspray’s “You Can’t Stop The Beat” has been nominated for the Peoples Choice Award for Best Song.
