Hairspray Live! (2016)
A teenage girl living in Baltimore in the early 1960s dreams of appearing on a popular TV dance show.
Top billed cast
Maddie BaillioTracy Turnblad
Dove CameronAmber Von Tussle
Kristin ChenowethVelma Von Tussle
Ariana GrandePenny Pingleton
Garrett ClaytonLink Larkin
Harvey FiersteinEdna Turnblad
Derek HoughCorny Collins
Jennifer HudsonMotormouth Maybelle
Martin ShortWilbur Turnblad
Ephraim SykesSeaweed J. Stubbs
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