Kim Hutchcroft, Larry Williams – saxophones, flutes.Jenny Scheming, Moses Holland – violins.Ricki Lake (Tracy Turnblad in the original 1988 film) and Marissa Jaret Winokur (original Tracy Turnblad on Broadway) as Mr.Zack Everhart, Annie Gratton, Thomasina Gross, Allie Meixner, Eliotte Nicole, Tyler Parks, Andrew Pirozzi, Joy Marie Thomas, Keenan Washington, and Jason Williams.Tracy's mother is the indomitable Edna Turnblad, and she eventually encourages Tracy on her campaign to integrate the all-White Corny Collins Show. When, against all odds, Tracy wins a role on the show, she becomes a celebrity overnight and meets a colorful array of characters, including Link, the resident dreamboat Amber, the ambitious mean girl Seaweed, an African-American boy she meets in detention and his mother, Motormouth Maybelle, owner of a local record store. Teenager Tracy Turnblad's dream is to dance on The Corny Collins Show, a local TV program. Hairspray Live! takes place in 1962 Baltimore.

Produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, and hosted by Darren Criss, it is a performance of a new adaptation of the 2002 Broadway musical Hairspray. Hairspray Live! is an American television special that aired live on the American television network NBC on December 7, 2016.

Where to watch hairspray live online