Mr. Aguilar looks more like John Cusack than Gene Kelly, who created the role of Joey on Broadway, but he makes for a properly charming heel, while Ms. McGonagle never solicits your sympathy: She knows what she wants and why she wants it, and so do you.
Revamped and rescored via the Great White Way, "Hairspray" 2007 replaces Gene Pitney, The Five Du-Tones, the Roach and the Madison with Marc Shaiman's inflated Broadway version of bubblegum pop.