Waters to Wine: Cry Baby (1990)

He's a bad boy with a broken heart—and a high note that could melt steel.

Come swoon, shimmy, and sneer with us on Wednesday, August 13th as our Waters to Wine summer series continues at The Wine Collective with one of the most outrageous teen musicals ever committed to film: Cry-Baby (1990)!

Before Johnny Depp was a pirate, he was Wade “Cry-Baby” Walker—a leather-clad, tear-shedding heartthrob leading a gang of juvenile delinquents against uptight squares in Waters’ deliciously warped take on 1950s teen romance films.

🎬 Here’s what you’ll get:

• 6PM Preshow: A raucous collection of Baltimore-centric weirdness, vintage news clippings, mid-century flair, and pure Waters attitude to get your engine revving.
• 7PM Feature Presentation: Cry-Baby—a Technicolor rebellion of greasers, squares, and songs you didn’t know you needed in your life. Johnny Depp. Traci Lords. Iggy Pop in a bathtub. What more could you ask for?
• Plus: curated commercial breaks of retro Baltimore TV ads and throwback local gems that’ll have you snapping your fingers and spilling your malt.

🍷 Pair your teen tears with all-night happy hour specials from The Wine Collective. There’s no better way to toast to tattooed hearts and suburban chaos.

💃 Costumes encouraged—Rockabilly? Rebel? Star-crossed square? We love it all.

🎟️ Don’t miss your chance to fall in love (or fall apart) with Waters’ most unexpectedly romantic creation.

Let your freak flag fly and your tears roll free—Cry-Baby rides at 7.

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Info: A raucous collection of Baltimore-centric weirdness, vintage news clippings, mid-century flair, and pure Waters attitude to get your engine revving.

Info: a Technicolor rebellion of greasers, squares, and songs you didn’t know you needed in your life. Johnny Depp. Traci Lords. Iggy Pop in a bathtub. What more could you ask for?

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