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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