Overview
Synopsis
Based on the cult classic John Water’s film of the same name, Cry-Baby the Musical is a rebellious teen comedy musical that, as book writer Mark O’Donnell said, is “edgier than Grease, funnier than West Side Story” and full of rockabilly tunes that keep the audience dancing in their seats. The delinquent Drapes and the squeaky-clean Squares can’t see eye to eye on anything. But when Drapes leader Cry-Baby and Square member Allison meet at the Anti-Polio Picnic and discover that they are both orphans, their star-crossed love story begins to blossom. Allison longs to shake off her Square identity and join Cry-Baby’s rock n’ roll lifestyle. As Allison gets a bad girl makeover, king of the Squares Baldwin hatches a plan to get rid of the Drapes gang and win Allison back. When Cry-Baby whisks Allison away to Turkey Point and asks “Girl, Can I Kiss You With Tongue?”, Baldwin and the Squares frame Cry-Baby for arson and he is carted off to prison. Cry-Baby must fight to clear the Drapes’ name and get back to Allison before she gets trapped in a Square life forever. With raging hormones, rock rhythms, and dancing delinquents, Cry-Baby the Musical brings the 1950’s to life with a rockabilly good time.
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Character Portrayals
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Songs
ACT ONE
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*The Anti-Polio Picnic - Mrs. Vernon-Williams, Allison, Baldwin, Ensemble
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*Watch Your Ass - Pepper, Wanda, Hatchet-Face, Dupree, Cry-Baby, Ensemble
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I’m Infected - Allison, Cry-Baby, Ensemble
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*Squeaky Clean - Baldwin, Allison, The Whiffles
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Nobody Gets Me - Cry-Baby, Pepper, Wanda, Hatchet-Face, Ensemble
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*Nobody Gets Me (Reprise) - Allison
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*Jukebox Jamboree - Dupree
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*A Whole Lot Worse - Pepper, Wanda, Hatchet-Face
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Screw Loose - Lenora
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*Baby Baby Baby Baby Baby (Baby Baby) - Cry-Baby, Allison, Ensemble
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Girl, Can I Kiss You….? - Cry-Baby, Allison, Ensemble
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I'm Infected (Reprise) - Allison
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*You Can't Beat the System - Company
ACT TWO
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Misery, Agony, Helplessness, Hopelessness, Heartache and Woe - Allison, Cry-Baby, Dupree, Pepper, Wanda, Hatchet-Face, Ensemble
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*All in My Head - Baldwin, Lenora, Ensemble
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Jailyard Jubilee - Dupree, Ensemble
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*A Little Upset - Cry-Baby, Dupree, Ensemble
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I Did Something Wrong...Once - Mrs. Vernon-Williams
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*Thanks for the Nifty County - Baldwin, The Whiffles
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This Amazing Offer - Baldwin, The Whiffles
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Do That Again - Cry-Baby
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*Nothing Bad’s Ever Gonna Happen Again - Company
A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.
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Guide Written By:
Emma Houlahan
Canadian vocalist and actor now based in London.