Starring Brenda Edwards as Motormouth Maybelle, Norman Pace as Wilbur Turnblad and Alex Bourne as Edna Turnblad. The cast is INCREDIBLY talented across the board where the songs just stick in your head. It will be available on The Shows Must Go On’s YouTube channel for 48 hours.
I loved watching it LIVE on TV and got it for a Xmas gift this past December. In 2016, Hairspray was aired live as a television special by NBCand you can watch it for free on YouTube on May 29 at 2 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, or May 30 at 2 a.m., Philippine Standard Time. But can she win equality – and Link’s heart – without denting her ’do? Hands down this is the best musical version of Hairspray. When Tracy becomes a local star, she is able to use her newfound fame to fight for liberation, tolerance, and interracial unity in Baltimore. Hairspray Live (1,165) 7.0 1 h NBC assembles a star-studded team of award-winning talent for the live production of the beloved Tony Award-winning Broadway show, 'Hairspray. Welcome to the 60s, where everyone’s grooving to a brand-new sound! Enter our vivacious heroine Tracy Turnblad, who has big hair, a big heart, and big dreams to dance her way onto national TV, and into the heart of teen idol Link Larkin. The international musical phenomenon Hairspray returns to a venue near you this year! After breaking box office records and delighting audiences in the West-End, on Broadway and on the big screen since 1988, this smash hit musical-comedy has quite the legacy, and now we’re heading back out on tour around the UK and Ireland. You can’t stop OUR beat- HAIRSPRAY is BACK ON TOUR – so run and tell that!