You can't stop the beat!

Brooklynn Pulver (above center) is Tracy Turnblad in the touring production of Hairspray. Photo by Phil MartinLast summer, it was yet another musical breathing new life into the revival of movie musicals.This summer, it's an actual, three-dimensional live musical happening before your very eyes.Hairspray, one of the happiest musicals around, is returning to the Bay Area. The show -- described as "Broadway's big fat musical comedy hit" -- will play San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre June 10 through 22.This tour -- the same one that was in Cupertino in February -- is based on Jack O'Brien's original direction and Jerry Mitchell's original choreography, recreated, respectively, by Matt Lenz and Danny James Austin.Sorry to report that John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah and Zac Efron are unavailable for the tour and will, for the moment, confine their performances to the silver screen. But wouldn't it be fun to see if they could do it as well LIVE?For information visit www.shnsf.com or www.hairsprayontour.com.