

The network announced earlier this year that Jennifer Lopez will star in the live production of Bye Bye Birdie Live! coming in December 2017. NBC’s new live musical tradition has become a huge hit. Hairspray Live! Pictured: Maddie Baillio as Tracy Turnblad. Check NBC Live for behind-the-scenes streaming coverage of Hairspray Live! NBC on Demand has added the full musical video as well. You can see NBC videos from the musical event in the video playlist above. Additionally, Hulu subscribers will be able to watch Hairspray Live! beginning Dec.

Yahoo View added Hairspray Live! and viewers may watch it for free. Many find this confusing, especially when it comes to network channels that are picked up with a digital antenna. Those who watch shows online often have to log in through a cable or satellite subscription. For those who missed the live streaming video or the NBC show, it’s not too late to watch the movie turned Broadway musical. The live musical production was a huge success if social media comments are a gauge. In 2013 it was Sound of Music Live!, followed by Peter Pan Live! in 2014, then The Wiz Live! in 2015 and now Hairspray Live! that premiered on Dec. Since 2013, NBC has premiered live musical theater productions every holiday season. A second film version of Hairspray, an adaptation of the stage musical, was also released by New Line Cinema in 2007, which included many changes of scripted items from the original.NBC has started a new holiday tradition and fans are more than excited. In 2002, the film was adapted into a Broadway musical of the same name, which won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical in 2003. The film ranks #444 on Empire magazine's 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time. Most critics praised the film, although some were displeased with the overall campiness. However, it managed to attract a larger audience on home video in the early 1990s and became a cult classic. Hairspray was only a moderate success upon its initial theatrical release, earning a modest gross of $8 million. Set in 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, the film revolves around self-proclaimed "pleasantly plump" teenager Tracy Turnblad as she pursues stardom as a dancer on a local TV show and rallies against racial segregation. Hairspray's PG is the mildest rating a Waters film has received most of his previous films were rated X by the MPAA. Hairspray was a dramatic departure from Waters' earlier works, with a much broader intended audience. Hairspray is a 1988 American romantic comedy film written and directed by John Waters, and starring Ricki Lake, Divine, Debbie Harry, Sonny Bono, Jerry Stiller, Leslie Ann Powers, Colleen Fitzpatrick, and Michael St.
