
The cast will be shuttled around in golf carts and passenger vans to get to their next scenes, according to our sister site Variety.
Hairspray Live! is going to be a musical production unlike anything you’ve ever seen. “We’re jumping in between interior spaces and exteriors on a scale that no other live musical has done before,” director Alex Rudzinski told our sister site Gold Derby.Īlmost half of the show will take place outside on the faux Baltimore streets. They’ll be performing the hits we know so well from the Broadway musical and 2007 movie. The show is live, so to get the full impact of the musical event, you need to watch it live! Watch as Maddie Baillio, 20, Ariana Grande, 23, Jennifer Hudson, 35, Dove Cameron, 20, and more stars hit the Hairspray Live! stage to perform what they’ve been rehearsing for months. Search Hollywood Life Search Trending Navigation Trending
She also showed off her pigtail for the play on that day.Latest Hollywood Celebrity & Entertainment News Primary Menu Menu Close Menu Ariana posted a snippet of her singing an original song from Hairspray, "Run and Tell That".
On August 9, 2016, Ariana posted on Snapchat that she went on a Hairspray Live!-related work. Ariana was crying after Hairspray Live had finished and she even went back on set to say goodbye to Hairspray Live. On August 1, 2016, Ariana posted on Snapchat showing her script for Hairspray Live! dated July 27, 2016. Rosie O'Donnell as The Gym Teacher/Matron. Ī 30-second promo for Hairspray Live! was released on NBC's YouTube channel on August 19, 2016. Grande was very excited for the role as she loves theater and the musical Hairspray.Ī press conference with Hairspray Live! was held at the annual Television Critics Association summer press tour on August 2, 2016. The cast was gradually announced later on with Ariana Grande's announcement on July 7, 2016. The live production was first announced in January 2016. Tracy’s mother is the indomitable Edna, and she eventually encourages Tracy on her campaign to integrate the all-white "Corny Collins Show". When against all odds Tracy wins a role on the show, she becomes a celebrity overnight and meets a colorful array of characters, including the resident dreamboat, Link the ambitious mean girl, Amber an African-American boy she meets in detention, Seaweed and his mother, Motormouth Maybelle, the owner of a local record store. In Hairspray Live!, teenager Tracy Turnblad’s dream is to dance on "The Corny Collins Show", a local TV program.