Description

Good morning, Baltimore! It takes two to tackle a musical this big, blonde, and beautiful, so the Broadway Babies are teasing up their best beehives to chat about 2016's TV event, "Hairspray Live!" Wow! In this episode, Alex and Daisha are talking about music, if the musical has a message of "colorblindness" and if that is an effective way to end racism and prejudices, and about what defines good allyship. Now run and tell that!

Podcast cover art: David Taylor

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Video: Amazon Video | iTunes 

Cast recording: Spotify | iTunes | Amazon

Songs

• "Good Morning, Baltimore!" (performed by Maddie Baillio and ensemble)
• "Welcome to the Sixties" (by Maddie Baillio, Harvey Fierstein, Sean Hayes, the Dynamites, ensemble)
• "I Know Where I've Been" (by Jennifer Hudson)
• "Run and Tell That" (by Ephraim Sykes)
• "Mama I'm a Big Girl Now" (by Maddie Baillio, Ariana Grande, Dove Cameron, etc.)
• "You Can't Stop the Beat" (by Maddie Baillio, Harvey Fierstein, Jennifer Hudson, Ariana Grande, etc., ensemble)

Music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman

Show Notes

• A timely article about how "Hairspray's" black-and-white (no pun intended) portrayal of racism works...and doesn't.
• A great resource guide for learning how to better be an ally against oppression in America
• The Rotten Tomatoes ratings ranking of all the live televised musicals, up to December 2017's "A Christmas Story"
• Hey guys, it's me Nikki Blonsky from the movie HAIRSPRAY ...