There are three components to this special event:
- 1. Brunch at 10:30 AM in Westminster Hall (Law School)
- 2. Pre-Show Program at 11:15 AM in Westminster Hall (Law School)
- 3. Matinee Showing of “HAIRSPRAY” at 1:00 PM at the Mechanic Theatre
With the goal of putting John Waters' musical and play in context, Professor Taunya Lovell Banks will moderate the program. The Hon. Robert Bell, Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland, has been invited to give the audience a quick overview of the civil rights activity in Baltimore around the time in which the play is set (early 1960's).
An alumna of the Law School and the Buddy Deane Show (the focal point of the play), Marie Fischer Cooke, will discuss the segregated dance show and the pressure to integrate the show from an insider's perspective. Judge Bell may also provide insights about the NAACP protests about the segregated dance show and the efforts to integrate Gwynn Falls Amusement Park (depicted in the film but not in the play). Professor Banks will provide the overview and tie all these things together: how "race music", music played and sung by African Americans and popular within the African American community, provided a cultural bridge for black and white teens during the civil rights era. Ms. Cooke will then share her experiences from the Buddy Deane Show, with Judge Bell providing counterpoint and the outsider's perspective of race and relations in Baltimore in the early 1960's.These three components are being sold as a package. Of the individual ticket price, $70 is tax deductible in accordance with state and federal laws. Proceeds will benefit the University of Maryland School of Law Scholarship Program.
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