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Theatre Cedar Rapids teases at serious themes with ‘Hairspray’
Gazette Staff/SourceMedia
Jul. 5, 2012 9:00 am
Welcome to the ‘60s, where the nicest kids in town are about to boogie to a changing beat.
“Hairspray,” the musical theater version of John Waters' cult classic film, is bouncing to the Theatre Cedar Rapids main stage July 6 to 28. This tale of discrimination and integration is wrapped around the changing face of popular music in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement, when rhythm & blues rolled into rock.
http://hooplanow.com/2012/07/05/theatre-cedar-rapids-teases-at-serious-themes-with-hairspray/

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