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Who Played Guard in Hairspray

Guard is a role in Hairspray, a musical that opened Broadway in 2002.

Winner of eight Tony(R) Awards including Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Direction and Best Male and Female Lead to name a few, it's "Hairspray!" The year's '62 and Baltimore's Tracy Turnblad is going to do whatever it takes to dance her way onto TV's most popular show. Can a big girl with big dreams--and even bigger hair--turn the whole town around and still have time to win the boy she loves? Don't miss this dancing, romancing musical-comedy treat based on John Waters' 1988 film classic, with a book by Mark O'Donnell and two-time Tony Award-winner Thomas Meehan and a brand-new score by five-time Oscar-nominee Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.

11 actors have played Guard in Hairspray.

View full cast of Hairspray

Performer Production Opened
Blake Hammond Broadway Hairspray 2002
ED ROMANOFF Broadway Hairspray 2002
J.P. Dougherty Broadway Hairspray 2002
Jim J. Bullock Broadway Hairspray 2002
Joel Vig Broadway Hairspray 2002
Kevin Meaney Broadway Hairspray 2002
Michael Cunio Broadway Hairspray 2002
Peter Matthew Smith Broadway Hairspray 2002
Robbie Roby Broadway Hairspray 2002
Scott Davidson Broadway Hairspray 2002
Tyler Hanes Broadway Hairspray 2002
Blake Hammond US Tour Hairspray 2003

Other Roles in Hairspray

Role Production Opened
Amber Von Tussle Broadway Hairspray 2002
Brad Broadway Hairspray 2002
Brenda Broadway Hairspray 2002
Corny Collins Broadway Hairspray 2002
Denizen of Baltimore Broadway Hairspray 2002
Duane Broadway Hairspray 2002
Edna Turnblad Broadway Hairspray 2002
Fender Broadway Hairspray 2002
Gilbert Broadway Hairspray 2002
Guard Broadway Hairspray 2002
Gym Teacher Broadway Hairspray 2002
Harriman F. Spritzer Broadway Hairspray 2002
IQ Broadway Hairspray 2002
Link Larkin Broadway Hairspray 2002
Little Inez Broadway Hairspray 2002
Lorraine Broadway Hairspray 2002
Lou Ann Broadway Hairspray 2002
Matron Broadway Hairspray 2002
Motormouth Maybelle Broadway Hairspray 2002
Mr. Pinky Broadway Hairspray 2002
One Of The Dynamite Broadway Hairspray 2002
One Of The Dynamites Broadway Hairspray 2002
Penny Pingleton Broadway Hairspray 2002
Performer Broadway Hairspray 2002
Principal Broadway Hairspray 2002
Prudy Pingleton Broadway Hairspray 2002
Seaweed J. Stubbs Broadway Hairspray 2002
Shelley Broadway Hairspray 2002
Sketch Broadway Hairspray 2002
Tammy Broadway Hairspray 2002
Thad Broadway Hairspray 2002
Tracy Turnblad Broadway Hairspray 2002
Tracy Turnblad  Broadway Hairspray 2002
TV Announcer Broadway Hairspray 2002
Velma Von Tussle Broadway Hairspray 2002
Wilbur Turnblad Broadway Hairspray 2002

“Guard” Also Appears In

Production Type Year
The Stowaway Off-Broadway 2017
The Color Purple Broadway 2015
Richard III Broadway 2013
The Book of Mormon Broadway 2011
Legally Blonde Broadway 2007
Parade West End 2007
Twelve Angry Men Broadway 2004
Jesus Christ Superstar Broadway 2000
Not About Nightingales Broadway 1999
Epic Proportions Broadway 1999
The King and I Broadway 1996
Miss Saigon Broadway 1991
Fortune and Men's Eyes Off-Broadway 1987
The Bacchae Broadway 1980
Bent Broadway 1979
Hamlet Off-Broadway 1972
Antigone Broadway 1971
Exit the King Broadway 1968
The Apple Tree Broadway 1966
Man of La Mancha Broadway 1965
The Deputy Broadway 1964
Kean Broadway 1961
Mister Johnson Broadway 1956
Silk Stockings Broadway 1955
The Liar Broadway 1950
Catherine Was Great Broadway 1944
The Duke in Darkness Broadway 1944
Dream With Music Broadway 1944
The Hot Mikado Broadway 1939
Romeo and Juliet Broadway 1934
Howdy, King Broadway 1926
Tumble In Broadway 1919

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