Hairspray Live! stars Kristin Chenoweth and Sean Hayes will host a live half-hour pre-show, Countdown to Hairspray Live!, airing at 7:30PM on NBC on December 7. Caught up? Cool! Get hyped up with the promo below! The Wiz Live! director Kenny Leon is back at the Peacock network to helm the live television version both Jerry Mitchell and Harvey Fierstein of the original Broadway production are also on the creative team as choreographer and book adapter, respectively. Hairspray also took home the 2002 Tony Award for Best Musical, and the story returned to the silver screen in a 2007 film starring John Travolta. The 1988 film version was written and directed by John Waters, and the original Broadway version garnered Tony Awards for composer and lyricist Marc Shaiman, lyricist Scott Wittman and scribes Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan Kenny. Tracy soon finds herself leading a civil rights campaign to integrate the show. Hairspray follows plus-sized teenager Tracy Turnblad in 1960s Baltimore as she attempts to become a cast member of The Corny Collins Show, a popular local dance TV series. We’ve pulled together some frequently asked questions about the big, beautiful broadcast so you can find all of the answers in one place. This musical is timeless to theater fans, and the starry live event is Editor-in-Chief Paul Wontorek’s Save the Date pick for the month of December.
We can hear the bells! Following The Wiz, Peter Pan and The Sound of Music, NBC’s latest musical broadcast is almost here: Hairspray Live!.
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