Get out your hankies. Tickets for Cry-Baby, the new John Waters-inspired musical, go on sale to the general public on Sunday.

Previews at the Marquis Theatre, 1535 Broadway, begin March 15. Ticket prices for all previews will top out at $54, to coincide with 1954, the year in which the show is set, according to Playbill, with some seats in the rear mezzanine costing $35.

But once Cry-Baby officially opens on April 24, prices for the best seats will skyrocket to $120.

Much of the cast assembled for the world premiere last November in La Jolla, California, seems to be intact, with newcomer James Snyder playing the title role of Wade Cry-Baby Walker, the Drape from the wrong side of the tracks who falls for the society girl Allison Vernon-Williams, portrayed by Elizabeth Stanley.

The big name in the cast is Harriet Harris, a Tony Award-winner who plays the character of Allison's uptight grandmother -- a role much expanded from Waters' original film.

The La Jolla premiere received mixed reviews. It will be interesting to see if the creative team has found a way to make the two leads a bit less saintly and more complex.  

Los Angeles Times Photo of James Snyder from Cry-Baby