Hairspray has to be one of my favorite Broadway musicals, but… not one of my favorite NBC Live! musicals. Tracy turned everything around in Baltimore, getting rid of “Negro Day” and changing “The Corny Collins Show” into a fully integrated dance show. She auditions for the show and amazingly makes it. Tracy Turnblad is a teenage girl who spends her time after school watching “The Corny Collins Show,” dreaming of becoming a famous dancer on the show. The live musical is set in the 1960s in Baltimore, Maryland. In the past they’ve performed The Sound of Music, Peter Pan, and The Wiz. Kenny Leon directs alongside Alex Rudzinski as live television director.Īs previously reported, cast members Grande and Hudson will duet on the show’s finale, “Come So Far (Got So Far To Go).” Read MUSICAL NUMBERS FOR HAIRSPRAY LIVE! REVEALEDĪ half-hour before the December 7 live broadcast of, cast members (and Promises, Promises co-stars) Kristin Chenoweth and Sean Hayes will host a half-hour pre-show.Ĭlick here to read more about Hairspray’s live audience-how it will function and how to get in.Every year, NBC puts on a live rendition of a Broadway musical with an original cast. Spritzer, Derek Hough as Corny Collins, Garrett Clayton as Link Larkin, Martin Short as Wilbur Turnblad, and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson as Motormouth Maybelle.įierstein has written the teleplay for the new adaptation, and original choreographer Jerry Mitchell serves as choreographer for the live production with music and lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. Pinky, Rosie O’Donnell as the gym teacher, Paul Vogt as Mr. Stubbs, Shahadi Wright Joseph as Little Inez, Sean Hayes as Mr. The cast also features Kristin Chenoweth as Velma Von Tussle, Andrea Martin as Prudy Pingleton, Ariana Grande as Penny Pingleton, Ephraim Sykes as Seaweed J.
The musical event will be filmed live at the Universal Studios lots in Los Angeles, CA. Hairspray Live!, the NBC musical event that will air live December 7, has released its first trailer, featuring newcomer Maddie Baillio and original Tony Award-winning star Harvey Fierstein.
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