The Academy for the Performing Arts proudly kicks off its 2025–2026 season with the high-energy Broadway hit "Hairspray," ...

The history of Broadway musicals on film is often unhappy. (John Huston’s “Annie,” anyone?) Even when the creative teams responsible have been involved in their adaptation — the Rodgers and ...

“Hairspray” was the big winner on the Nielsen SoundScan chart this week. Soundtrack to the New Line pic sold 101,000 copies, pushing it from No. 4 to No. 2. Collection of tracks from the musical ...

How well do you know Hairspray? Test your knowledge of this beloved musical, which brings the energetic beats of 1960s rhythm and blues to the Broadway stage. First debuting in 2002, Hairspray took ...

LIMA — Lima Senior High School’s Act Too drama club will present the musical “Hairspray” at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28 and Saturday, March 1 in Lima Senior’s Joe Henderson Auditorium, 1 Spartan Way, Lima.

The teen years can bring plenty of unwanted teasing. So can the high-maintenance hairstyles of the early 1960s. Thank goodness there’s a hit musical that brings both upbeat music and all-day hold — ...

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

NBC has revealed its next live musical and we're already counting down the days until it airs. The network is set to produce a live version of "Hairspray" next December, NBC chairman Robert Greenblatt ...

"Hairspray," the rambunctious rock-and-roll musical about a fat girl with dancing feet and a mother who sounds like a longshoreman, was the big winner at last night's Tony Awards, collecting a total ...

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.

Opera House Theatre Co.'s production of "Hairspray" at Thalian Hall offers a vibrant, dance-filled journey back to the early 1960s. The musical, directed by Jason Aycock, tackles themes of racial ...