Based on the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, "Hairspray Live!" takes place in 1962 Baltimore. Plump teenager Tracy Turnblad's dream is to dance on "The Corny Collins Show," a local TV program.
"Hairspray Live!," airing tonight (Wednesday, Dec. 7) on NBC, is a “joyous and funny show about a young girl who just wants to dance on television,” as NBC boss Bob Greenblatt described it. Maddie ...