"Hairspray" has become the ultimate crowd-pleaser. The 1988 cult-classic film about hair hoppers and segregation in '60s Baltimore has spawned a Broadway musical, a big-budget movie musical and a live ...
An adaptation of the 1988 film, “Hairspray” had a nearly six-year run on Broadway, 13 Tony Award nominations in 2003 and eight wins. The show takes place in 1960s Baltimore and follows the story of 16 ...
"Hairspray" made Ricki Lake a star and spawned multiple adaptations, including Broadway and movie musicals. But that 1988 original is still the best by far, as sweet as it is subversive. The legendary ...
’Hairspray’ the movie takes the Broadway show to the silver screen. Capsule reviews of continuing films follow. (Reviews of new movies appear first in expanded format, then as capsules until the movie ...
2003 Tony Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical Dick Latessa 2003 Tony Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical Corey Reynolds 2003 Tony Awards ...
Ricki Lake is thinking about one of her most iconic roles, as Hairspray’s Tracy Turnblad. In a TikTok video posted April 28, Lake, 56, shed some light on what she thinks Tracy — the plus-size, ...