In the beginning (1988) was John Waters' low-budget, provocateurish cult movie Hairspray. This was partly defused, but also grandly gussied-up, by the Broadway musical version, opening in August 2002 ...

Sixteen years after the release of the original film, New Line Cinema is bringing a feature film adaptation of the Tony award-winning Broadway production Hairspray to life. Featuring new and original ...

New Line’s “Hairspray” is showing a lot of bounce and holding power, becoming only the third recent musical to cross the $100 million mark at the domestic box office after “Chicago” and “Dreamgirls.” ...

In a world of remakes, reboots, and sequels, the same story often finds itself getting re-used and adapted to new formats every few years. This is especially true in the world of musical theater, ...

Hairspray — by which we mean the Broadway musical, which was inspired the Divine movie of the same name and in turn inspired the John Travolta movie of the same name — opened five years ago last night ...

From its brassy opening moments until its gigantoid happy ending, Adam Shankman's "Hairspray" -- a screen version of the stage version of John Waters' 1988 film -- is determined to entertain, uplift, ...

“Hairspray” star Nikki Blonsky was just 18 years old when she landed her first-ever acting role as Tracy Turnblad in 2007’s “Hairspray.” She found herself amongst child stars Zac Efron and Amanda ...

New Line Home Entertainment will dip its toes into murky high-def waters Nov. 20 with “Hairspray.” The tuner will debut on Blu-ray and standard DVD, with an HD DVD version to follow after it completes ...

For those that don’t know, I am a huge fan of musicals and I have been for many years. Ever since I was a kid, you could spot me singing along to some of the best modern musicals, or some of the older ...

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