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April 10-26, 2026
This event goes on sale to Members on Tuesday, January 27th at 10AM, and to the general public on Tuesday, February 3rd at 10AM.
For assistance with tickets or memberships by phone, call the box office at 518-434-0776. The box office is open Tuesday-Friday from 10:00AM-4:00PM. Box office opens 90 minutes before all shows.
Polio shots. Prom queens. And a rebel with a rockabilly heart.
Good girls want him. Bad girls want to be him. And Baltimore’s about to blow its square little lid. In this razor-sharp, rockabilly musical satire, Wade “Cry-Baby” Walker leads a gang of tattooed outcasts, orphan punks, and delinquent weirdos in a war against clean-cut 1950’s conformity. The crime? Loving too loud. Dancing too dirty. And standing up to the man. From the twisted minds of John Waters and the creators of Hairspray, CRY-BABY: THE MUSICAL is a trashy, tuneful takedown of 1950s repression—with rockabilly guitars, chain-link fences, and girls with switchblades. Don’t bring your parents. Or do. Whatever makes ‘em squirm.
“Campy, cynical, totally insincere and fabulously well-crafted. And funny. Madly, outrageously funny.” – Wall Street Journal
“Pleasantly demented… true to the cheerful subversion of a John Waters movie.” – Newsday
Book by Thomas Meehan & Mark O’Donnell
Music & Lyrics by Adam Schlesinger & David Javerbaum
Based on the Universal Pictures film written and directed by John Waters
PLAYHOUSE STAGE CO | PLAYHOUSE STAGE ACADEMY
Cohoes Music Hall (managed by Playhouse Stage Company)
58 Remsen St., Cohoes NY 12047
Phone: 518-434-0776
Email: info@playhousestage.org