Contest: Win Tickets for Hairspray in Baltimore

THE CONTEST IS OVER!  ANSWERS APPEAR BELOW!  WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED VIA EMAIL ON 10/10/2007.

Corny Collins and the Nicest Kids in Town come home (Again!) to Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre for one week in Hairspray, beginning Tuesday, October 16th.   

The Prize:

One of five pairs of tickets to the Opening Night of Hairspray on Tuesday, October 16th at the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore.  Curtain is at 8PM.

The Rules:

• Answer the 10 questions below and send your answers via email to jameshoward@broadwayworld.com.  Please put HAIRSPRAY CONTEST in the subject heading.  Also, include your full name, age and city and state.
• Entries must be received no later than noon on Wednesday, October 10th.
• One entry per person.
• Employees and their families of BroadwayWorld.com, LiveNation or the producing company of Hairspray are ineligible. 
• BroadwayWorld.com, James Howard and Hairspray Company are not responsible for lost or unreceived emails.
• You must attempt to answer all questions.
• Include the letter and word answers for each question.
• Winners will be selected from a pool of entries that has the most correct answers, and will be notified via email.
  

The Contest: 

In all three versions of John Waters' Hairspray, Edna Turnblad has been played by a man.  This gender-bending phenomenon actually dates back to ancient times when only men were allowed to be actors.  Several Broadway shows feature boys playing girls and girls playing boys.  Match each description below with the title of the show that features this device.

Remember, you must try all of them, and you must put the letter AND answer for each question on your entry.  (Each answer is used only once.)

The entries with the most correct answers will win opening night tickets!  Good luck!

1. John Travolta and Harvey Fierstein  had a go at this Baltimore housewife in this musical version of the cult classic film.  In that version, Devine wore the housedress.  d. Hairspray
2. This play (the only one on the list) won "Law and Order: SVU"B.D. Wong a Tony.  In it, he played a female Chinese opera singer who was actually a male spy.   e. M. Butterfly
3. In this Roman farce musical, Hysterium, dressed as a woman, felt "Lovely, absolutely lovely."  c. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
4. Mary Sunshine, court reporter in this Windy City musical is later revealed to be a man in ladies' clothing.  b. Chicago
5. Angel, the tragic heroine of this classic musical played pickle drums in Alphabet City to make money, singing "Today 4 U, Tomorrow 4 Me!"  g. Rent
6. The Emcee is revealed to be one of the Kit Kat Girls during one of the big dance numbers in this Kander and Ebb classic.  a. Cabaret
7. In order to escape the asylum where she has been unjustly imprisoned, Johanna must dress like a sailor boy and run away in this musical thriller.  h. Sweeney Todd
8. Julie Andrews played this woman playing a man playing a woman, crooning "Le Jazz Hot" both on the Broadway stage and on the silver screen.  i. Victor/Victoria
9. Betty Buckley played Alice Nutting who played the title character in this musical whodunit – winner of the 1986 Tony for Best Musical.  Later in that same show, she dressed as yet another man, Dick Datchery, a detective in disguise!  f. The Mystery of Edwin Drood
10. Curtis Holbrook and Andre Ward play Thalia and Terpsicore, two of the nine sister muses in this unlikely smash hit musical.  j. Xanadu 
    

Good luck!  Remember BOTH the Letter AND the Answer must be included!!