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Hairspray

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Hairspray

Summary

Hairspray is a dramatico-musical work[1]. Hairspray ranks in the top 2% of dramatico_musical_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,515 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hairspray received the Laurence Olivier Awards[3].
  • Hairspray's instance of is recorded as dramatico-musical work[4].
  • Hairspray's composer is recorded as Marc Shaiman[5].
  • Hairspray's librettist is recorded as Mark O'Donnell[6].
  • Hairspray's librettist is recorded as Thomas Meehan[7].
  • Hairspray's based on is recorded as Hairspray[8].
  • Hairspray's Commons category is recorded as Hairspray (musical)[9].
  • Hairspray's soundtrack release is recorded as Hairspray – Original Broadway Cast Recording[10].
  • Hairspray's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Hairspray's characters is recorded as Tracy Turnblad[12].
  • Hairspray's characters is recorded as Edna Turnblad[13].
  • Hairspray's characters is recorded as Wilbur Turnblad[14].
  • Hairspray's characters is recorded as Motormouth Maybelle[15].
  • Hairspray's characters is recorded as Velma Von Tussle[16].
  • Hairspray's characters is recorded as Corny Collins[17].
  • Hairspray's characters is recorded as Link Larkin[18].
  • Hairspray's characters is recorded as Penny Pingleton[19].
  • Hairspray's characters is recorded as Seaweed J. Stubbs[20].
  • Hairspray's characters is recorded as Amber Von Tussle[21].
  • Hairspray's characters is recorded as Prudy Pingleton / Gym Teacher / Matron[22].
  • Hairspray's characters is recorded as Harriman F. Spritzer / Principal / Mr. Pinky[23].
  • Hairspray's characters is recorded as Little Inez[24].
  • Hairspray's lyricist is recorded as Scott Wittman[25].
  • Hairspray's lyricist is recorded as Marc Shaiman[26].
  • Hairspray's date of first performance is recorded as 2003[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Musical[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 0b4ef31e-2c59-4f9e-b29d-307ff9c35b6b[29]

Body

Recognition

Hairspray received the Laurence Olivier Awards[3].

Why It Matters

Hairspray ranks in the top 2% of dramatico_musical_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,515 views/month).[2] Hairspray has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30]

FAQs

What awards did Hairspray receive?

Honors received include Laurence Olivier Awards[3].

Related Entities

Hairspray

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · ~2026-28192-60 · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Characters → Tracy Turnblad, Edna Turnblad, Wilbur Turnblad +10
    Composer → Marc Shaiman
    Soundtrack release → Hairspray – Original Broadway Cast Recording
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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