Act 2 opens in a women's penitentiary with a high-energy satirical song called "Big Doll House." The chorus of locked-up women trade comedic insults and complaints about hunger while pleading to Lady Justice, mixing Hairspray references and mock-heroic pleas with playful rebellion against gendered expectations and institutional control.
At the beginning of Act 2, as the girls are locked up in a women's penitentiary, please enjoy the MDT Women plus Rob Bagley in Hairspray: Big Dog Nights. I got, I got, I got, I got, I got, I got, I got the slipper with the spooler with the tape! Dollhouse! Welcome to the big dollhouse! For those of you new to the female system, I'm letting you know that I don't stand for whooping, cussing, gambling, or any other sort of unladylike behavior. Think of me as your mother who eats her yogurt. Locked up with all these lowlife women. As far as auto stripes ain't exactly slimmin'. You're being friendly with both? It's the maid's day off in the Big Doll House. Lady Justice, where you gone? Oh, Wilwood Chef, I think I left the iron on. Did you see Courtney laughing? I could hear her that loud. Somebody has to get to life in the Big Doll House. Big House! We're stuck here in the Big House. No food! I hear a carnival music from outside. I need that frog soap in the big dollhouse. Exercise, lady! That is the craziest cue ever! Come on! Come on! You, my stomach's a little sour. I haven't had food in over an hour. You just had a pizza. So cool. There's no food left in the Big dollhouse! Big basement! I gotta flee! Don't let Mary come! What's the name? Oh my, I hear some splinters and straws! I gotta get sprung from the big dollhouse! Big house! Yeah! The hot big house! They had just beat my mother's freedom brain back! She must not let her son break out of this big dollhouse! Penny, I can't take all this waiting. I've lost my nap, plus my parents are late. Well, Tracy, I hate you. Grab all her grass mowers. It's your fault that we're in this state. Go back! Stay cool, Miss Letty. No need to shout. Don't you got no man to bang about? Dad is a loser, a pervert, a sap. Big House! Big House! Girl, so am I. Lady Justice, hear my plea. 'Cause the Big Doll House, the Big Doll House, the Big Doll House ain't big enough for me! For me! For me! For me!
