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1988 Hairspray's Patterson Park Highphoto © movie-locations.com Used under Fair Use for educational purposes.

Patterson Park High School is the name of a high school in Hairspray's fictionalized version of Baltimore.[1] It is based off of a real high school in Baltimore now called Patterson High School, but formerly known as Patterson Park High School.[2] [3]

In Hairspray, Patterson Park High School is attended by most of the characters.

Students[]

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2007 Hairspray's Patterson Park High photo © movie-locations.com Used under Fair Use for educational purposes.

Known students at Hairspray's Patterson Park High School, listed in alphabetical order.

Teachers and Staff[]

Teachers and staff at Hairspray's Patterson Park High include:

Songs[]

Patterson Park High is the setting for part or all of the following songs.

The detention room in Patterson Park High is also seen as part of a montage during The New Girl In Town in the 2007 version of the film.

Filming[]

While the musical and both films are set in Baltimore, Maryland, none of the school scenes were filmed in the real Patterson Park High School.

The 1988 film used Merganthaler Vocational Technical School, another school in Baltimore, for exterior shots, including the dodgeball scenes.[4] The interior shots were filmed at Perry Hall High School, a school to the northeast of Baltimore, in suburban Perry Hall.[4]

In the 2007 version, the movie was shot in Toronto, Canada. Patterson Park High's interior and exterior shots both took place at Lord Lansdowne High School.[5][1]

References[]

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