Ricki Lake is thinking about one of her most iconic roles, as Hairspray’s Tracy Turnblad. In a TikTok video posted April 28, Lake, 56, shed some light on what she thinks Tracy — the plus-size, ...

Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now!' brings Kerry Butler, Laura Bell Bundy and Marissa Jaret Winokur together in Houston.

In 1988, director John Waters debuted his wacky, irreverent quasi-musical “Hairspray” in theaters. The story of Tracy Turnblad (Ricki Lake), a young Baltimore teen desperate to become a star on the ...

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Rehearsals begin on May 29; runs June 3 to June 20 in Brunswick, ME The 1950s are out, and change is in the air! Hairspray, ...

After 250 performances in at least 70 cities, Caroline Eiseman is getting ready to say farewell to Tracy Turnblad, the dance-loving leading lady of Hairspray. Dallas is the final stop for the national ...

The Tony Award-winning and multi-movie-spawning musical Hairspray is set to sashay and shimmy through a limited two-day run in San Antonio. Hairspray centers around the adventures of Tracy Turnblad ...

Caroline Eiseman was just a toddler when “Hairspray” had its Broadway debut in 2002, becoming one of the biggest hit musicals of that decade. “I grew up watching the John Travolta and Zach Efron movie ...

Opera House Theatre Co.'s production of "Hairspray" at Thalian Hall offers a vibrant, dance-filled journey back to the early 1960s. The musical, directed by Jason Aycock, tackles themes of racial ...

There’s no real need to dive deep into Hairspray. Not to take away from its story and message or its award-winning legacy, but the glory about the musical is its pure joy. Hairspray opened last ...