"Hairspray" producer Adam Epstein has signed David Javerbaum of "The Daily Show" and Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne to write the songs for the musical stage version of John Waters' 1990 ...

Cry-Baby, John Waters’ 11th movie, ... Cry-Baby features lots of bouncy songs with titles like “Doin’ Time for Bein’ Young,” “High School Hellcats” and “King Cry Baby.” ...

A jukebox musical, Cry-Baby features a host of lesser-known 1950s gems such as the heartbreak ballad "Teardrops Are Falling," which the movie weaves seamlessly into the plot. And yes, Depp dances.

But Cry-Baby and its older sister Hairspray (1988, also notably turned into a musical) marked a shift from the confrontational to the affectionate in his oeuvre.