Hairspray Live! is an upcoming live musical adaptation of the 2002 Broadway musical Hairspray, which in turn is based on the 1988 film of the same name. It is scheduled to be broadcast on NBC television on December 7, 2016. Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are producers of the project.
Cast:
Maddie Baillio as Tracy Turnblad
Harvey Fierstein as Edna Turnblad, reprising his Broadway role
Kristin Chenoweth as Velma Von Tussle
Jennifer Hudson as Motormouth Maybelle
Ariana Grande as Penny Pingleton
Martin Short as Wilbur Turnblad
Derek Hough as Corny Collins
Garrett Clayton as Link Larkin
Dove Cameron as Amber Von Tussle
Ephraim Sykes as Seaweed J. Stubbs
Shahadi Wright Joseph as Little Inez
Andrea Martin as Prudy Pingleton
Rosie O'Donnell as The Gym Teacher[
Sean Hayes as Mr. Pinky
Paul Vogt as Mr. Harriman F. Spritzer
Billy Eichner as Rob Barker
PERCHED. The 2007 movie is in my all-time top 5 favorites, they better not disappoint!
I'm still not there for the Disney gorls (Garrett & Dove) being in the cast but I know they're at least relatively talented.
PERCHED. The 2007 movie is in my all-time top 5 favorites, they better not disappoint!
I'm still not there for the Disney gorls (Garrett & Dove) being in the cast but I know they're at least relatively talented.
I don't know much about Garrett but Dove is so talented
I'm extremely excited for this. I love Hairspray, I love these live tv musicals (even though most of them have been bad) and this is the perfect show for the live tv treatment. The cast looks really good too (though I'm not too excited about Ariana to be honest) and I can't wait to see Harvey, kristin and Jennifer do their things.