Hairspray

Director/choreographer Adam Shankman has only been the co-producer of the Oscars for three weeks. But Shankman and his co-producer Bill Mechanic, former head of Twentieth Century Fox, have managed to lock down the biggest part of the job, the host. We talked to Shankman about wrangling v...

Multi award-winning music master Marc Shaiman celebrates a very special event last Thursday, October 22nd...his 50th birthday! This Saturday, the Hairspray mastermind and Tony and Grammy winner celebrated in style with a large birthday bash.

The West End cast of HAIRSPRAY visited The Paul O Grady Show and you can watch the interview right here on STAGE TUBE!

The producers of "HAIRSPRAY" have announced that Phill Jupitus, Belinda Carlisle and Sharon D Clarke have all signed to join the cast of the hit musical, currently running at London's Shaftesbury Theatre. The new cast open on Monday 26 October, with Sunday performances beginning on Sun...

It's John Travolta as you've never seen him before in "Hairspray!" Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt attend the ceremony, walking past all press. ... and more »

Telegraph.co.uk It's John Travolta as you've never seen him before in "Hairspray!" Mischa's criminal lawyer talks about the charges that we levied against his client and ... Travolta tells of bid to save his sonThe Mercury (subscription) all 1,149 news articles »

Hairspray" composers Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman, who dashed off a custom-made tune for Harris at the Broadway awards, wrote one for the Emmys. ... and more »

Best known as the director of hit films including "The Pacifier," "Bringing Down the House" and "Hairspray," Shankman is also a successful producer, ... Adam Shankman will be 'SYTYCD' judgemsnbc.com Adam Shankman named new judge on 'So You Think You Can Dance'Los Angeles Times

The following celebrity guests have appeared on the show: Marissa Jaret Winokur – Tony award winning actress as Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray on Broadway. ... and more »

From the archives: John Waters' 'Hairspray' gets a 'shocking' PG ... Loosely based on the director's memories of an “American Bandstand”-style Baltimore TV dance program called “The Buddy Deane Show,” the New Line comedy ...

Hairspray' at the Muny is a rainbow-colored confectionBelleville News Democrat The Last Dance: In Hairspray, the Muny's season finale, youth is ...Riverfront Times REVIEW: Muny Closes Their 2009 Season with an Upbeat Production of ...Broadway World

PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, July 18-24: Midwest Crisis Catch Me If You Can features a score by Tony-winning Hairspray songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, with a book by Tony winner Terrance McNally, ... and more »

Vanessa, who was just nominated for an Emmy for her role as Wilhelmina Slater, says Hairspray composer Marc Shaiman, who was attached to compose the songs for a scrapped 2007 musical episode, may no longer be involved.

HAIRSPRAY star MARISSA JARET WINOKUR has signed on to host a new weightloss reality TV dancing show. The curvy actress will lead a team of overweight contestants as they attempt to shuffle off extra weight on Oxygen network's new U.S. series, Dance Your A** Off. And Winokur is convinced her st...

New York Daily News  CT After the High School Musical series launched Zac Efron's career and Hairspray solidified it for grown-ups, Efron is taking a step back from singing and dancing. Although he did a "High School Musical" spoof on Saturday Night Live, he dropped out of ...

Based on the film of the same name by John Waters, the book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan is filled with great one-liners and a still-timely message about integration, while the music by Marc Shaiman with lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman is ... Good Morning Baltimore Packet Online

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By Nick Nadel • John Waters has written a script treatment for Hairspray 2 that reportedly has Zac Efron's character taking acid, among other crazy stuff. Director Adam Shankman said that a lot of what Waters has come up with won't get used, though he will keep (spoiler!) a weight-loss storyline that fi...

By Alex Billington As for the ensemble cast, most of them are expected to return, although nothing has been confirmed just yet. Shankman did say that Michelle Pfeiffer (as Velma Von Tussle) won't be returning, citing a "change in villains." As for the rumors about John Travolta not returning as Edna Turnblad...

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By Anonymous Jett - who was vacationing with the Hairspray star and Preston in the Caribbean - suffered a seizure at the family's vacation home at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel on Grand Bahama Island, Travolta attorney Michael Ossi said. Jett - who was vacationing with the Hairspray star and Preston in the Ca...

By JORI(jjforever02@yahoo.com) On the actors side, I commend Madel for her portrayal of Tracy Turnblad. She really embodies the persona of a cheerfull and hip girl of Baltimore. Despite the size and weight, Madel shows everyone that she can groove just like the others who weigh less than her. And with this performance, Made...

By JORI(jjforever02@yahoo.com) Hairspray cast will be including the new comers Madel Ching and Tim Espinosa playing the leads as Tracy Turnblad and Link Larkin repectively, Leo Rialp as Wilbur Turnblad, The incomparable singer Dulce as Motormouth Maybelle, coming back from her recently successful adaptation of We...

By Emily I recently watched the latest version of the movie musical Hairspray, which was a remake of the original 1988 version written and directed by John Waters. I’ve seen bits and pieces of that version, starring Ricki Lake as Tracy Turnblad, but not enough to say which one is better.

By Salmon Pink Fandom: Hairspray (2007 movieverse) Pairing: Maybelle/Edna Rating: PG Words: 758 Notes: For [info] 10lilies, prompt "a keepsake". Summary: Having her cake, and eating it too. ( She feels younger than she has in years, lighter in the way ...

 TX - The story is about a young overweight girl named Tracy Turnblad who dreams of joining an afternoon dance TV program called the Corny Collins Show. ...

By noreply@blogger.com (Idol Thoughts) Kinda makes you go hmmmm...especially when Nigel Lythgoe, after Twitch and Kherington's fantastic Broadway-themed performance during the Top 20 show, said "If you had been asked if you would be performing on Broadway, people would have probably thought you were talking about the street...

By Nikki According to the MTV Movie Awards blogging, Zac Efron was grinning as he exited the stage with his popcorn trophy in hand, having just won the award for Breakthrough Performance! Zac showed it off to his Hairspray director Adam Shankman and then Vanessa Hudgens came running up to give him...

By Seth We are most excited about Steve Guttenberg's involvement, whose stream-of-batshit-consciousness ramblings in recent years suggest to us that the rapidly unraveling '80s screen titan will lend an element of must-see-insanity to the proceedings. Hairspray star Marissa Jaret Winok...

By BuzzSugar Hairspray Watching John Travolta in the padded suit and dressed like a woman never does seem quite natural, but despite this, Hairspray is one of my favorite movies from the summer season. Based on the stage musical (which was based on John Waters' 1988 film), Hairspray tells the story of t...

By Joe Reality As director and choreographer, Shankman has brought “Hairspray,” the feature film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway production, to life with a remarkable collection of talent, including John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Michelle Pfeiffer and Christopher Walken. “Hairsp...

By Tracy Lapa Zac Efron has been turned into a plastic doll. Not only Zac Efron, but all the leads from the new film Hairspray. At this point, two questions probably come to mind: 1. Who is Zac Efron? 2. Why does he matter? Maybe Zac Efron is more doll-worthy than we may think.

By Kim Voynar Wells doesn't actually weigh in (yeah, pun intended) with an opinion on Blonsky's proportions, but boy, oh, boy do his commenters get into it. This isn't the first time Wells and his readers have gotten into it on the issue of weight, but I find it interesting nonetheless that people are goi...

By Matt Budd I was lucky enough to go attend the premiere of Hairspray last week at the Ziegfield. And lucky is the key word. The film is really great. At first when I heard the were bringing the 1988 John Waters film back to the big screen with John Travolta, I was not that thrilled. What could he do with Edna Tur...

By Chris Beaumont The real stars are the kids. The kids are led by Nikki Blonsky, in her first role, and she makes the most of it. She has a strong voice, can dance well, and has such an exuberant screen presence that she really carries the film. Amanda Bynes is the adorable best friend who seems to be a perpetual sta...

By Eric Reyers John Travolta, in a wig and fat-suit, tops the list as the most likely thing to draw people to the popcorn stadium this weekend. A decent sci-fi flick about restarting the sun and a sure-to-be-awful movie with all the gay-marriage jokes you can stomach are also on tap. Behold the blandness of...

By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) Months earlier I was invited to Dolby Labs to screen 20 minutes from the new film. The footage I saw that night impressed me greatly. And I think I entered into the John Waters showing expecting Shankman’s film. That’s not to say that Shankman’s film doesn’t have it’s problems, or should I say P...

By Kate Clinton In most press junkets interviews, Travolta has said that he is not playing a gay character and Scientology is not homophobic. Therefore it is so. He said he wanted the challenge of playing Edna so that the audience would just see Edna, a vulnerable, voluptuous housewife gone to flesh, not Jo...

By Patricia Chui When John Travolta was cast as shy, overweight housewife Edna Turnblad in the movie musical Hairspray -- a role originated by drag, um, heavyweights Divine and Harvey Fierstein -- much was made of the fact that Travolta would be singing and dancing once again, a la Danny Zuko in Grease. (We...

By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) On Monday June 25th I had the chance to sit down with Hairspray director / choreogrpher / executive producer Adam Shankman and star / newcomer Nikki Blonsky, who plays Tracy Turnblad in the film. (...) Tags: Adam Shankman, Hairspray, Nikki Blonsky

By Matt Bradshaw Hairspray What's It All About: An adaptation of the Broadway musical that was itself based on John Waters' 1988 film, Hairspray is about an overweight girl's obsession with a TV dance show. The impressive cast includes John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walk...

By Gerald Wright Supporting cast members Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, James Marsden, and Queen Latifah were fantastic. Actually they were better than the old cast members Sonny Bono, Pia Zadora, ex-Blondie Debbie Harry, and Ruth Brown. What was cool is that Jerry Stiller and Ri...

By Ann Althouse His Edna, unlike the greasy Gorgon created by Divine in the 1988 John Waters original or the Kabuki hausfrau rendered so memorably by Harvey Fierstein in the 2002 Broadway musical adaptation, has cleavage and a waist and a kind of geologic sex appeal....

Music Review: Hairspray Soundtrack Blogcritics.org, OH - Fans of the Broadway musical (which I never saw) may be disappointed by the new songs "Ladies' Choice" with Zac Efron and "The New Girl in Town" with ...

By Daniel J. Stasiewski But the soundtrack to Hairspray, an Adam Shankman-directed adaptation of the Broadway musical adapted from the 1988 film, is definitely a musical soundtrack. The opening song "Good Morning Baltimore" is a showtune through and through, with the big (blonde?) and beautiful voice of Nik...

By Sean Paul Mahoney I am opposed, however, to turning a hit musical that was originally a film back into a new version of the film. The 2005 bastardization of The Producers should have permanently put a stop to this trend. Still, hope springs eternal in Hollywood when it comes to squeezing every last dime out of a...

By Sean Paul Mahoney It's official, hell has frozen over. Gays are boycotting a musical? Make that one gay. Washington Blade managing editor Kevin Naff told MSNBC last week that he won’t be seeing the big screen musical Hairspray when it opens next month and he encourages others to do the same. "Travolta, a promi...

By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) Tags: Adam Shankman, Amanda Bynes, Christopher Walken, Hairspray, John Travolta, John Waters, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nikki Blonsky, Queen Latifah, Rikki Lake, Zac Efron, Sequels and Remakes, Comedy, Musical, Movie Marketing, New Line

John Travolta fans finally have their two big wishes: His return to movie musicals after almost 30 years and his first role as a plump Baltimore housewife. Travolta heads the bill in a new production of "Hairspray," whose cast helped preview the film on March 14 and blew the roof off the join...

By Joshua Rich • Finally, last night, New Line threw a party in honor of its big summer musical, Hairspray, which is based on the Broadway show, which is based on the John Waters classic. The crowd roared as it soaked in a series of musical numbers performed both in a handful of clips from the film (how about W...