Tracy Turnblad, an overweight teenager with all the right moves, is obsessed with the Corny Collins Show. Every day after school, she and her best friend Penny run home to watch the show and drool over the hot Link Larkin, much to Tracy's mother Edna's dismay. After one of the stars of the show leaves, Corny Collins holds auditions to see who will be the next person on the Corny Collins show. With all of the help of her friend Seaweed, Tracy makes it on the show, angering the evil dance queen Amber Von Tussle and her mother Velma. Tracy then decides that it's not fair that the black kids can only dance on the Corny Collins Show once a month, and with the help of Seaweed, Link, Penny, Motormouth Maybelle, her father and Edna, she's going to integrate the show.

 

Act I

• "Good Morning Baltimore" – Tracy and Ensemble

• "The Nicest Kids in Town" – Corny and Council Members

• "Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now" – Edna, Tracy, Prudy, Penny, Velma, Amber, and Female Ensemble

• "I Can Hear the Bells" – Tracy and Council Members

• "The Legend of Miss Baltimore Crabs" – Velma and Council Members with Tracy, Penny, and Little Inez

• "The Madison"† – Council Members

• "The Nicest Kids in Town (Reprise)"† – Corny and Council Members

• "It Takes Two" – Link, Tracy, and Council Guys

• "Velma’s Revenge"† – Velma

• "Welcome to the 60's" – Tracy, Edna, The Dynamites, Mr. Pinky, and Ensemble

• "Run and Tell That!" – Seaweed, Little Inez, and Detention Kids

• "Big, Blonde and Beautiful" – Motormouth, Little Inez, Tracy, Edna, Wilbur, and Company

 

Act II

• "The Big Dollhouse" – Matron, Edna, Velma, Tracy, Amber, Penny, Motormouth, Little Inez, and Female Ensemble

• "Good Morning Baltimore (Reprise)" – Tracy

• "You’re Timeless to Me" – Edna and Wilbur

• "You're Timeless to Me (Reprise)"† - Edna and Wilbur

• "Without Love" – Tracy, Link, Penny, Seaweed, and Ensemble

• "I Know Where I've Been" – Motormouth and Ensemble

• "It’s Hairspray" – Corny and Council Members

• "Cooties" – Amber and Council Members

• "You Can't Stop the Beat" – Tracy, Link, Penny, Seaweed, Edna, Wilbur, Motormouth, Velma, Amber