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A musical version of John Waters's film about high school life in Baltimore circa 1954 will open April 24 on Broadway, producers Adam Epstein, Allan S. Gordon, and Elan V. McAllister, announced Sunday.
A musical version of John Waters's film about high school life in Baltimore circa 1954 will open April 24 on Broadway, producers Adam Epstein, Allan S. Gordon, and Elan V. McAllister, announced Sunday.
The show, which has a score by David Javerbaum and Adam Schlesinger, focuses on Wade ''Cry-Baby'' Walker, a bad boy who falls for a good girl. James Snyder stars as the title character, a role played in the 1990 movie by Johnny Depp.
Javerbaum is the executive producer and former head writer for The Daily Show, and Schlesinger is a member of the band Fountains of Wayne. The book for Cry-Baby was written by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, who also wrote the book for Hairspray. The director is Mark Brokaw.
Cry-Baby begins preview performances March 15 at the Marquis Theatre. For all previews tickets will be priced at $54, in honor of the show's mid-'50s setting.
The stage version of Hairspray, another Waters movie, has been running on Broadway since August 2002. (AP)
