Turnblad begins dancing with her detention-mate Seaweed, played by Josiah Rogers, the son of Deidre Lang’s character Motormouth Maybelle who is a record producer and host of “Negro Day.” Seaweed is ...

"Hairspray," based on the John Waters’ cult classic film, takes place in 1962 in racially-segregated Baltimore.

Corny sees Tracy as he emcees the Sophomore Hop at the school and gives her a place on his show. After Tracy’s TV appearance, the show’s sponsor, a HAIRSPRAY manufacturer, realizes that Tracy ...

Motormouth Maybelle (Nova Payton) leading the ensemble with “I Know Where I’ve Been” in Signature Theatre’s “Hairspray.” ... s Baltimore, as immortalized in his 1988 movie, Hairspray (starring a young ...

NBC's HAIRSPRAY LIVE will air Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT and will originate from Los Angeles. The all-star cast includes Harvey Fierstein as Edna Turnblad, Jennifer Hudson as Motormouth ...

The South Arkansas Arts Center in El Dorado will present its summer production of “Hairspray, the Broadway Musical,” running ...

HAIRSPRAY Big Hair Girls Tracy (Meaghan McDonald) and Penny (Arin Lee Dandes) are in love with the Corny Collins Show – photo credit Gene Witkowski ...

In 1988 writer/director John Waters gave the world the story about Tracy Turnblad, a “pleasantly plump” teenager who just wanted to appear as a background dance ...

The centerpiece of the camp classic “Hairspray” is the fictional “Corny Collins Show.” In Baltimore 1962, it’s the local version of a sock hop TV program, where “The Nicest Kids in ...

The Skylight’s production of "Hairspray," running through Dec. 30 in the Cabot Theatre of the Broadway Theater Center, 158 N. Broadway, is simply a riot.