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Dec 7, 2016 · Hairspray Live!: Directed by Kenny Leon, Alex Rudzinski. With Dove Cameron, Martin Short, Ariana Grande, Andrea Martin. A teenage girl living in Baltimore in the early 1960s dreams of appearing on a popular TV dance show.
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- Comedy, Drama, Musical
- Kenny Leon, Alex Rudzinski
- 2016-12-07
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is a production that aired on December 7, 2016. It is a live performance of the Broadway musical Hairspray and it premiered on NBC. Ariana Grande played the character Penny Pingleton.
Marc Shaiman composed the music and was co-lyricist with Scott Witman serving as the main lyricist.
In Hairspray Live!, teenager Tracy Turnblad’s dream is to dance on "The Corny Collins Show", a local TV program. 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...
The live production was first announced in January 2016. The cast was gradually announced later on with Ariana Grande's announcement on July 7, 2016. Grande was very excited for the role as she loves theater and the musical Hairspray.
A press conference with Hairspray Live! was held at the annual Television Critics Association summer press tour on August 2, 2016.
•Maddie Baillio as Tracy Turnblad
•Ariana Grande as Penny Pingleton
•Harvey Fierstein as Edna Turnblad
•Martin Short as Wilbur Turnblad
•Jennifer Hudson as Motormouth Maybelle
•Kristin Chenoweth as Velma Von Tussle
•On August 1, 2016, Ariana posted on Snapchat showing her script for Hairspray Live! dated July 27, 2016.
•Ariana was crying after Hairspray Live had finished and she even went back on set to say goodbye to Hairspray Live.
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