Hairspray is currently streaming on HBO Max, allowing even more moviegoers to see the movie’s message of diversity and acceptance. Blonsky spoke to me about the legacy of the Hairspray movie ...

About a year later, Snow said she got the call to audition for Hairspray from director Adam Shankman, whom she had worked on The Pacifier with in 2005. He told her she'd be perfect for the role ...

Last winter, it looked like the many wigs of "Hairspray" were in for their final tease on Broadway. The tuner struggled along at below-breakeven biz with little more than $407,952 during the week ...

A film adaptation of the 2002 Broadway musical of the same name (itself based on John Waters' 1988 movie starring Ricki Lake), Hairspray follows plucky teen Tracy Turnblad as she chases big-star ...

Hairspray Movie Story Test. Features. by Broadway Staff • Jul 20, 2007. From Hollywood to Broadway and back again, Hairspray has taken the world by storm. Building ...

In an interview with PEOPLE about Hairspray's 15th anniversary on Wednesday, the iconic movie musical's director says he will "never forget the first time that I got John Travolta and Chris Walken ...

Nikki Blonsky rose to fame playing Tracy Turnblad in the musical film Hairspray (2007), with her having continued to act in the years since the project, though hasn't been in anything as high-profile ...

The movie was based on the 2002 Broadway musical, which had adapted the 1988 film. After its release on July 20, 2007, ‘Hairspray’ went on to gross over $200 million at the box office.

Despite bombing her 'Hairspray' audition, star Brittany Snow credits a psychic's eerily prescient prediction with her ultimately being cast as Amber Von Tussle in the movie musical.