Wednesday, December 7 8pm NBC TV
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. When against all
odds Tracy wins a role on the show, she becomes a celebrity overnight
and meets a colorful 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. Tracy's mother is the indomitable
Edna, and she eventually encourages Tracy on her campaign to integrate
the all-white "Corny Collins Show." NBC link for more information
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. When against all
odds Tracy wins a role on the show, she becomes a celebrity overnight
and meets a colorful 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. Tracy's mother is the indomitable
Edna, and she eventually encourages Tracy on her campaign to integrate
the all-white "Corny Collins Show." NBC link for more information