how to watch hairspray live online for free

The cast includes Maddie Baillio (Tracy Turnblad), Dove Cameron (Amber von Tussle), Kristin Chenoweth (Velma von Tussle), Garrett Clayton (Link Larkin), Billy Eichner (Rob Barker), Harvey Fierstein (Edna Turnblad), Ariana Grande (Penny Pingleton), Sean Hayes (Mr Pinky), Derek Hough (Corny Collins), Jennifer Hudson (Motormouth Maybelle), Andrea Martin (Prudy Pingleton), Rosie O’Donnell (Health Ed Teacher), Martin Short (Wilbur Turnblad), Ephraim Sykes (Seaweed J Stubbs), Paul Vogt (Mr Spritzer) and Shahadi Wright Joseph (Little Inez). Tracy’s mother is the indomitable Edna, and she eventually encourages Tracy on her campaign to integrate the all-white the show.

When, against all odds, Tracy wins a role on the show, she becomes a celebrity overnight and meets a colourful array of characters, including the resident dreamboat, Link the ambitious mean girl, Amber an African-American boy she meets in detention, Seaweed and his mother, Motormouth Maybelle, the owner of a local record store.

Plump teenager Tracy Turnblad’s dream is to dance on “The Corny Collins Show,” a local TV programme.

After last week’s airing of The Sound of Music Live, free-to-view YouTube Channel The Shows Must Go On continues its theatre lockdown schedule with another ‘live’ television broadcast of a Broadway musical, the Emmy Award-winning star-studded version of Hairspray Live, which aired on American’s NBC channel in 2016.įor 48 hours only in the UK from 7pm this Friday , fans can watch the show for free – essential weekend viewing.īased on the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, with music by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, Hairspray Live! takes place in 1962 Baltimore.

How to watch hairspray live online for free