Queen Latifah News

The Baltimore Sun is reporting that Elijah Kelley has been cast as Seaweed in the upcoming film version of Hairspray

'High School Musical's Zac Efron has been cast as dance show prince Link Larkin in the upcoming film version of Hairspray

The Broadway company of Hairspray will soon be welcoming three new cast members--including teen star Haylie Duff.

17 year-old Nikki Blonsky of Great Neck, NY was announced for the role of heavyset heroine Tracy Turnblad in the upcoming film version of Hairspray on tonight's 'Entertainment Tonight'

After a year-long search across America, Canada, England and Australia, Entertainment Tonight will exclusively reveal, in a special report, the girl who will star as Tracy Turnblad in the movie musical of Hairspray.

Hairspray will play its final performance at the Luxor Las Vegas on Sunday, June 11th

Amanda Bynes has been cast as Penny Pingleton in the upcoming film version of Hairspray

Los Big Names, the new play starring Marga Gomez, will complete its limited engagement and will play its final performance on Sunday, May 14th at 7PM at the 47th Street Theatre

Blake Hammond will succeed John Pinette as Edna Turnblad in Broadway's Hairspray on May 30th

According to 'Entertainment Tonight,' Billy Crystal will star opposite John Travolta as Wilbur Turnblad in the film version of Hairspray

Martin Richards, one of the producers of the Oscar-winning Chicago movie and the head of Producer Circle Co., has hit Miramax Film Corps with a $10 million lawsuit

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The 78th Annual Academy Awards took place on Sunday, March 5, 2006. It was Hollywood's biggest night of the year, but with the worlds of stage and screen colliding more often by the day - how could we resist bringing you photo coverage of the night? We couldn't!

John Travolta and Queen Latifah have signed on to star in New Line Cinema's upcoming feature film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical 'Hairspray.'

Marga Gomez' Los Big Names will open off-Broadway on April 9th after beginning previews on April 1st

A second weekly column of news and ideas for Baltimore area theatre-goers. This will appear (I hope) weekly on Tuesdays. Charles Shubow's column, Baltimore Backstage, will appear on Fridays

The Oscar-winning film versions of West Side Story, My Fair Lady and Chicago will be seen at the Ziegfeld Theatre from February 19th through 16th

Marga Gomez will star in her one-woman show Los Big Names beginning April 1st, with the show opening on April 9th

Theatre veterans and Golden Globe-winners Felicity Huffman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, S. Epatha Merkerson and Mary-Louise Parker walked the red carpet after the ceremony alongside stars such as Nathan Lane and Cynthia Nixon

The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards will be broadcast live tonight on NBC