Hairspray live! / [a Storyline Entertainment and Universal Television production] ; producer, Kenny Leon ; produced by Robert Norris Catto ; music by Marc Shaiman ; lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman ; teleplay by Harvey Fierstein ; directed by Kenny Leon.
Publisher:
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Based on the musical Hairspray ; book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan. Technicolor. Anamorphic wide screen (1.78:1). Maddie Baillio, Dove Cameron, Kristin Chenoweth, Garrett Clayton, Harvey Fierstein, Ariana Grande, Derek Hough, Jennifer Hudson, Martin Short, Ephraim Sykes, Paul Vogt, Shahadi Wright Joseph ; special appearances by Billy Eichner, Sean Hayes, Andrea Martin, Rosie O'Donnell. Originally aired live on NBC on December 7, 2016.
Summary:
Set in 1962, Tracy Turnblad becomes an overnight sensation after appearing on a Baltimore TV dance show. With her newfound popularity, she twists and shakes her hometown, teaching them a thing or two about racial equality, and of course, the power of big hair.
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