What did our critic think of HAIRSPRAY at Scherr Forum Theatre? 5-Star Theatricals' production of Hairspray, which opened ...

Plus-sized teen Tracy, with bouffant hair and big dreams, goes from social outcast to star in the stage musical, “Hairspray” ...

Twenty years after its Broadway debut, Mosaic Arts Collective stages the musical in a once-segregated theater with a large cast and a community-driven mission.

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. More than two decades after originating the role of Tracy Turnblad on ...

Marissa Jaret Winokur said she sang Hairspray songs in her head while undergoing treatment for cervical cancer during pre-production of the Broadway show Winokur told the And That’s What You Really ...

Amanda Bynes and Zac Efron nearly weren't welcomed to the '60s. Hairspray director Adam Shankman broke down the casting process for the movie musical on a recent episode of the And That's What You ...

Play now! But, she shares, the cancer diagnosis prompted a change in her motivation to do the musical: “It went from, like, ’Yay. I wanna do Hairspray because I wanna be a star’ to, like, ‘I need to ...