"Hairspray" has become the ultimate crowd-pleaser. The 1988 cult-classic film about hair hoppers and segregation in '60s Baltimore has spawned a Broadway musical, a big-budget movie musical and a live ...

“Hairspray” is back, and its roots are gloriously showing. Before it was a Hollywood movie or a Broadway sensation, before it was a musical at all, “Hairspray” was a slap-happy down-and-dirty indie ...

Blonsky's starring role as Tracy in Hairspray marked her first-ever movie. Since then, she's appeared in both TV and film, including Queen Sized, Ugly Betty, Waiting for Forever, Smash, Huge, ...

When he was 13, Adam Shankman got the fever. His parents took him to see R-rated Saturday Night Fever, and he was thrilled by John Travolta's star-making performance as a disco king. "John was like a ...