Hairspray Live

Item

Record ID

1262

Identifier

90854

Genre

Operetta/Music Theater/Musical

Work Title

Hairspray Live

Program/Series Title

Hairspray Live

Composer

Shairman, Marc

Text Author

Shairman, Marc ; Whitman, Scott

Script

Fierstein, Harvey (Teleplay)

Production Year

2016

Transmission/Release Date

12/7/16

Transmission/Release Year

2016

Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform

NBC

Conductor/Music Director

Hoyt, Lon (Music Director)

Soloists

Maddie Baillio (Tracy Turnblad) ; Harvey Fierstein (Edna Turnblad) ; Kristin Chenoweth (Velma Von Tussle) ; Dove Cameron (Amber Von Tussle) ; Jennifer Hudson (Motormouth Maybelle) ; Garrett Clayton (Link Larkin) ; Ariana Grande (Penny Pingleton) ; Derek Hough (Corny Collins) ; Martin Short (Wilbur Turnblad) ; Ephraim Sykes (Seaweed J. Stubbs) ; Shahadi Wright Joseph (Little Inez) ; Billy Eichner (Rob Barker) ; Scan Hayes (Mr. Pinky) ; Andrea Martin (Prudy Pingleton) ; Rosie O'Donnell (The Gym Teacher) ; Paul Vogt (Harriman F. Spritzer)

Participants

Darren Chriss (Host and behind the scenes commentator)

TV/Film Director

Rudzinski, Alex

Stage Director

Leon, Kenny

Sets

McLane, Derek (Production Designer)

Costumes

Vogt, Mary

Choreography

Mitchell, Jerry

Production Company

Universal Television ; Storyline Entertainment

Producer

Winnik, Javier (Supervising Producer) ; Riesett, Scott (Music Producer)

Executive Producer

Zadan, Craig ; Meron, Neil

Technical Information

HDTV.

Other Information

Originated live from Universal stages and back lot Hollywood, California. Variety reported a production cost of ten million dollars. Program earned 2.3 rating among adults 18-49 and reached 8.9 million viewers. Reviews were mixed.

Duration

ca. 180'

Sourcemat

DLCAT-354