'Hairspray' Stars Perry and Rousouli Guest on SIRIUS 'Live on Broadway' 10/1

Broadway fans are invited to SIRIUS Live on Broadway with host Seth Rudetsky at the Broadway Concierge & Ticket Center each Wednesday at 12 noon ET to watch interviews and performances with their favorite Broadway stars such as Tony Award®-winning actress Bebe Neuwirth and Xanadu star Cheyenne Jackson and cast members from popular Broadway shows [title of show], Avenue Q, Grease and Spring Awakening.  Tomorrow, Wednesday October 1^st, Seth welcomes Hairspray stars Constantine Rousouli and Marissa Perry live and in person at 12:00PM.

Interviews and performances will be followed by autograph signings and photos.  The Broadway Concierge & Ticket Center is located inside the Times Square Information Center at 1560 Broadway between 46th & 47th streets.  SIRIUS Live on Broadway will be open to the public. The Broadway Concierge & Ticket Center is the new service from The Broadway League that will offer audiences the official place to go for five-star Broadway hospitality and customized service for Broadway and Off-Broadway tickets and information.  In addition to SIRIUS Live on Broadway, SIRIUS host Seth Rudetsky-multi-talented actor, comedian, musician and published author-can be heard daily at 2 pm ET on Seth's Big Fat Broadway as well as with Christine Pedi on Dueling Divas for six hours of Broadway chatter, opinion and celebrity guests on Saturday mornings at 9 am ET, on SIRIUS' Broadway's Best channel.  Seth was recently featured as the vocal coach on MTV's Legally Blonde and he currently writes a weekly column on Playbill.com. For more information on SIRIUS and to register for a 3-day trial to listen, please visit www.sirius.com. Go to www.BroadwayLeague.com for more information and a schedule of future events.

Marissa Perry played Tracy Turnblad in one of the first regional theatre productions of Hairspray at the Weston Playhouse in Vermont.  Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (songwriters) saw her performance at the playhouse and encouraged her to audition for the Broadway production where she was immediately offered the understudy role of Tracy.  She took over the role on Broadway on April 15^th 2008.

Constantine Rousouli is making his Broadway debut as Link Larkin in Hairspray.  He recently played the role for two years in the National Tour.

In Hairspray it's 1962-the '50s are out and change is in the air. Baltimore's Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, has only one passion-to dance.  She wins a spot on the local TV dance program, "The Corny Collins Show" and, overnight, is transformed from outsider to irrepressible teen celebrity.  But can a plus-size trendsetter in dance and fashion vanquish the program's reigning princess, win the heart of heartthrob Link Larkin, and integrate a television show without denting her 'do?  Only in Hairspray!  Welcome to the '60s!

Hairspray is based on the New Line Cinema film written and directed by John Waters, who serves as a creative consultant on the musical comedy.  It features a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, and a score by five-time Academy Award nominee Marc Shaiman (who co-wrote the music and lyrics for the acclaimed animated musical, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut) and lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman.  Hairspray is directed by Jack O'Brienand choreographed by Jerry Mitchell; scenic design is by David Rockwell; costume design is by William Ivey Long; lighting design is by Kenneth Posner; and sound design is by Steve C. Kennedy.

The show, which celebrated its sixth anniversary on Broadway in August 2008, is the winner of eight 2003 Tony Awards, including best musical, best actor (Harvey Fierstein), best actress (Marissa Jaret Winokur), best featured actor (Dick Latessa), best score (Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman), best book (Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan), best director (Jack O'Brien), and best costume design (William Ivey Long).  Hairspray also swept every one of the year's best musical awards, winning, in addition to the Tony, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, the Drama Desk Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, and the Drama League Award.

In addition to Perry and Rousouli, Hairspray currently features George Wendt as Edna Turnblad, Karen Mason as Velma Von Tussle, Tevin Campbell as Seaweed J. Stubbs, Ken Marks as Wilbur Turnblad, Kevin Meaney as Male Authority Figure, Susan Mosher as Female Authority Figure, Naturi Naughton as Inez, Niki Scalera as Penny Pingleton, and Clarke Thorell as Corny Collins.

Hairspray is produced by Margo Lion; Adam Epstein; The Baruch×Viertel×Routh×Frankel Group; James D. Stern/Douglas L. Meyer; Rick Steiner/Frederic H. Mayerson; SEL & GFO; New Line Cinema, in association withLive Nation; A. Gordon/E. McAllister; D. Harris/M. Swinsky; J. & B. Osher.

The show plays Tuesday and Thursday at 7pm; Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday at 8pm; Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm; Sunday at 3pm, at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre, 250 West 52 Street. 

For ticket information, phone Ticketmaster at 212-307-4100, or for group sales, phone 212-302-7000 or 800-677-1164.  Hairspray offers the ShowTrans system for foreign-speaking audience members in the following languages: French, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish.  Same-day, lottery tickets are sold at the box office for seats in the first row of the orchestra.  For more information about Hairspray please consult the Hairspray website atwww.hairsprayonbroadway.com.

 Photo Credit Peter James Zielinski