Those in the UK can catch Hairspray Live! on ITV2 on December 9, and fans in Australia can tune into SBS on December 10. Be sure to follow on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and Tumblr for live updates, fun GIFs and more!Ĭan I watch Hairspray Live! if I'm not in the US? Tune into NBC from 8/7c to see the big, beautiful broadcast. Plus, watch the cast’s Thanksgiving Day Parade performance on repeat below. In the meantime, check out ’s piece on why Kenny Leon thinks Hairspray Live! is necessary following the 2016 presidential election, a history lesson of the Baltimore streets and a feature on what makes this event the Super Bowl of theater. Fellow Audience Choice Award winner Darren Criss will also appear on the pre-show. The special will give viewers a glimpse into the last-minute backstage preparations before the telecast, as well as a look at the casting process, rehearsals and design of the production.

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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