Sixteen years after the release of the original film, New Line Cinema is bringing a feature film adaptation of the Tony award-winning Broadway production "Hairspray" to life. Featuring new and ...

“Hairspray” was the big winner on the Nielsen SoundScan chart this week. Soundtrack to the New Line pic sold 101,000 copies, pushing it from No. 4 to No. 2. Collection of tracks from the musical ...

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There were a few noticeable differences from the film starring Zac Efron and John Travolta. By Taylor Weatherby, Billboard HairsprayLive2_publicity - H 2016 Hairspray Live! was quite the exciting TV ...

The latest musical to come to our small screens is NBC's Hairspray Live!, which airs on Dec. 7. Fans of the Broadway musical should get ready to belt out their favorite tunes (apologies in advance to ...

The history of Broadway musicals on film is often unhappy. (John Huston’s “Annie,” anyone?) Even when the creative teams responsible have been involved in their adaptation — the Rodgers and ...

Attention, theater geeks: If you can find it in your heart to pause The Hamilton Mixtape for a minute, there’s another album we should probably discuss. Below are just a few of my personal ...

The nicest kids in town are back when Hairspray Live! airs on NBC on Wednesday, Dec. 7. Along with newcomer Maddie Baillio in the role of Tracy Turnblad, the musical stars Ariana Grande, Kristin ...

If you’ve been counting the days until Hairspray Live! airs on December 7, you’re in luck. The soundtrack to the live television event is now available online, so you can tide yourself over by belting ...

For those that don’t know, I am a huge fan of musicals and I have been for many years. Ever since I was a kid, you could spot me singing along to some of the best modern musicals, or some of the older ...

In the beginning (1988) was John Waters' low-budget, provocateurish cult movie Hairspray. This was partly defused, but also grandly gussied-up, by the Broadway musical version, opening in August 2002 ...