When against all odds Tracy wins a role on the show, she becomes a celebrity overnight and meets a colourful 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. Plump teenager Tracy Turnblad’s dream is to dance on “The Corny Collins Show,” a local TV program. Starring Maddie Baillio, Billy Eichner, Jennifer Hudson, Martin Short, Dove Cameron, Harvey Fierstein and Ariana Grande.īased on the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, “Hairspray Live!” takes place in 1962 Baltimore. The show features an all-star cast that includes Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson and Billy Eichner. HAIRSPRAY will launch this Friday (29th May) at 7.00pm and be available to UK audiences for 48 hours.

To date, millions of musical theatre fans around the globe have tuned in and donated hundreds of thousands of pounds to charity, whilst watching and singing-a-long at home.

Last week, Universal confirmed that beloved musical productions would continue to run via the channel, with The Sound of Musical streaming last weekend following the initial Andrew Lloyd Webber series of shows.

HAIRSPRAY LIVE! - Season: 2016 Maddie Baillio as Tracy Turnblad, Harvey Fierstein as Edna Turnblad – (Photo by Brian Bowen Smith/NBC)

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