"Hairspray" has become the ultimate crowd-pleaser. The 1988 cult-classic film about hair hoppers and segregation in '60s Baltimore has spawned a Broadway musical, a big-budget movie musical and a live ...

In 1988, director John Waters debuted his wacky, irreverent quasi-musical “Hairspray” in theaters. The story of Tracy Turnblad (Ricki Lake), a young Baltimore teen desperate to become a star on the ...

John Waters has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. "Here I am, closer to the gutter than ever," Waters joked at the beginning of his acceptance speech on the iconic Hollywood boulevard.

"Hairspray," Broadway’s Tony Award-winning musical comedy is back on tour with an Erie engagement Jan. 10 and 11 at the Warner Theatre, 811 State St. The play features 16-year-old Tracy Turnblad in ...

An adaptation of the 1988 film, “Hairspray” had a nearly six-year run on Broadway, 13 Tony Award nominations in 2003 and eight wins. The show takes place in 1960s Baltimore and follows the story of 16 ...

SCHENECTADY – Hairspray, the musical based on the 1988 John Waters film of the same name, is about an overweight teenage Tracy Turnblad living in Baltimore in 1962, who goes to audition and ultimately ...

Bynes posted a photo of herself cozying up with "Hairspray" producer Neil Meron. The producers of Hairspray Live! This live TV version of the Broadway adaptation of the immortal John Waters film (and ...

WESTON -- "Hairspray," winner of eight Tony Awards on Broadway, including Best Musical, and the genesis of a new star-studded Hollywood film, will make its Vermont debut on Aug. 2 when it opens on the ...