Following the La Jolla Playhouse world premiere in November 2007, the new musical based on the John Waters film about "the baddest boy in town" who falls for a good girl in 1954's Baltimore heads to Broadway.
James Snyder will star in the title role opposite Tony Award winner Harriet Harris at the Marquis Theatre starting March 15.
Mark Brokaw stages and Rob Ashford choreographs the work featuring a libretto by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan with music by David Javerbaum and Adam Schlesinger. Waters himself receives a creative consultant credit.
Here's a look at the Cry-Baby rehearsal:
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| James Snyder and Elizabeth Stanley |
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| Harriet Harris (center) among cast members |
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| John Waters | Alli Mauzey |
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| Chester Gregory II (center) |
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| Lacey Kohl, Courtney Balan and Carly Jibson |
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| Alli Mauzey and Elizabeth Stanley | Mark Brokaw |
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| The cast of Cry-Baby |
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| The full cast of Cry-Baby |
All photos by Aubrey Reuben.









