"Hairspray" has become the ultimate crowd-pleaser. The 1988 cult-classic film about hair hoppers and segregation in '60s Baltimore has spawned a Broadway musical, a big-budget movie musical and a live ...
Blonsky's starring role as Tracy in Hairspray marked her first-ever movie. Since then, she's appeared in both TV and film, including Queen Sized, Ugly Betty, Waiting for Forever, Smash, Huge, ...
Hey, Travolta! You dance like a girl! John Travolta appreciates the compliment. As a woman. A very large woman. In the film version of the award-winning stage musical ...
“Hairspray” is back, and its roots are gloriously showing. Before it was a Hollywood movie or a Broadway sensation, before it was a musical at all, “Hairspray” was a slap-happy down-and-dirty indie ...
Adam Shankman said there was a "long line of people to play Penny" in the movie musical. Amanda Bynes and Zac Efron nearly weren't welcomed to the '60s. Hairspray director Adam Shankman broke down the ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The costumes, designed by Takis, were vibrant and perfectly captured the fun and ...