Theater News

Hairspray to Make Cruise Ship Debut on Oasis of the Seas

A slimmed down 90-minute version of the Tony Award-winning musical Hairspray will be presented on Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis of the Seas, a cruise ship which will set sail from Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in December 2009.

Based on the hit film by John Waters, Hairspray has music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Whitman, and a book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan.

The show will be one of two productions to take place in the ship’s Grand Opal Theater, and is exclusively licensed to Royal Caribbean International for three years aboard Oasis of the Seas with an option for a fourth year. The show will be offered three or four times on each seven-night cruise itinerary.

For more information, visit www.oasisoftheseas.com.