"Hairspray" made Ricki Lake a star and spawned multiple adaptations, including Broadway and movie musicals. But that 1988 ...

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Upbeat musical spin on John Waters' 1988 cult hit about a plump, socially conscious teenage girl who shakes up things on a TV dance show in 1962 Baltimore.

Based on the 1988 John Waters film, Hairspray follows lovable optimist Tracy Turnblad as she follows her dream, turning Baltimore upside down as she goes. This eight-time Tony Award winner boasts ...

Released in February 1988, John Waters' breakout hit Hairspray was his most accessible film yet at this point: a sweetly subversive comedy about a 1960s teenager, Tracy Turnblad (Ricki Lake), who ...

Houston Cinema Arts Festival features 'The Spook Who Sat by The Door' and Houston director Haley Elizabeth Anderson's ...

"Hairspray" made Ricki Lake a star and spawned ... as sweet as it is subversive. The legendary John Waters, who wrote and directed the film, will provide live commentary for the first time ...

A girl achieves her dream of performing on a TV dance show in 1960s Baltimore — and works to integrate the show — in this ...

John Waters attends the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar ... write the movie and then make it," Waters recalled. "That was because Hairspray had just been out and the only time ever that I had what was ...

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