Hey there, teenage Baltimore (and St. Louis, Detroit, Houston, Atlanta, Salt Lake City, Philadelphia, New York, and pretty much every other city out there in America!) Don't change that channel! 'Cause every for just one afternoon night when the clock strikes four eight, you can shake it, shake it, shake with the nicest kids in town (and the best of Broadway!) during tonight's high-octane broadcast of NBC's HAIRSPRAY LIVE!
Yup... you can't stop the motion of the ocean or the rain from above, and you definitely can't stop the influx of tweets that will no doubt be pouring in throughout the duration of the live show!
As has become an annual tradition, everyone will presumably throw in their two cents and chime in on the action via Twitter.... and Broadway's best and brightest are certainly no exception!
Tracy meets Dorothy? Now that's something I gotta see! The stars of last year's holiday hit THE WIZ LIVE! Shanice Williams (Dorothy) and Elijah Kelley (Scarecrow), stopped by to visit the cast and crew of HAIRSPRAY LIVE!
NBC has shared all-new behind-the-scene images from the set of HAIRSPRAY LIVE, as well as a first look at Dynamites' Shayna Steele, Judine Somerville, and Kamilah Marshall
Today, NBC has shared additional images of the cast from the set of HAIRSPRAY LIVENBC's HAIRSPRAY LIVE airing Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT from Los Angeles. Check out the photos below!
The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDC Foundation), the not-for-profit foundation of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), announces that acclaimed Director Kenny Leon will be honored with the distinguished 2016-2017 'Mr. Abbott' Award for the outstanding artistry and creativity of his forty-year (and counting) career.
Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth discusses her upcoming role as Velma von Tussle in NBC's HAIRSPRAY LIVE! and re-teaming with 'Pushing Daisies' creator Bryan Fuller in AMERICAN GODS.
The cast and creative team for NBC's HAIRSPRAY LIVE! met with the press in Los Angeles, CA yesterday, including our own Richie Ridge. Check out photos from the event below!
Today, an insider tells Page Six of the New York Post that the 44-year-old may look to revive his career by appearing on the next season of ABC's DANCING WITH THE STARS.
NBC News reports that Billy Bush has been suspended from THE TODAY SHOW 'pending further review' in the wake of a devastating videotape which emerged on Friday evening.
Broadway stars and a host of musical presentations are on tap for the upcoming 2016-17 primetime television season. Included in THE LINEUP will be new series starring HAMILTON's Christopher Jackson, FROZEN's Kristen Bell and BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY star Stephen Pasquale.
In a new interview in The Hollywood Reporter, HAIRSPRAY LIVE!'s Harvey Fierstein and Jennifer Hudson spoke to reporters about the upcoming live broadcast on NBC. F
The cast of NBC's HAIRSPRAY LIVE, Derek Hough, Kristin Chenoweth, Harvey Fierstein, Maddie Baillio, Jennifer Hudson, and Ariana Grande appeared at the NBCUniversal Summer Press Tour.
The cast and crew of NBC's acclaimed production of THE WIZ LIVE! reunited Wednesday, June 1 at Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles for a panel discussion and live musical performances.
The casts of several of the most iconic comedy series of all time will be participating in NBC's special MUST SEE TV: A TRIBUTE TO JAMES BURROWS, which will air Sunday, Feb. 21 from 9-11 p.m. ET/PT.
Christopher Tierney and Gillian Abbott star as Johnny Castle and Frances 'Baby' Houseman in the national tour of DIRTY DANCING - THE CLASSIC STORY ON STAGE, which opened Tuesday night in Los Angeles for its run now through February 21 at the Pantages Theater. BroadwayWorld has photos from the starry red carpet, featuring Kenny Ortega, Corbin Bleu and more, below!
Below, check out some shots of Robert Greenblatt (Chairman, NBC Entertainment), Jennifer Salke (President, NBC Entertainment) and Bela Bajaria (President, Universal Television) with talent at Saturday night's NBCUniversal Pre-Emmy Party held at Boa Steakhouse in West Hollywood, CA.
At the top of her show, SEE JANE SING!, Jane Lynch jokes that she always wanted to be the kind of TV celebrity that held an audience hostage for an hour as she dabbled in the art of cabaret. Luckily for us, deft comedienne Lynch surprises the audience by being a fantastic singer, leaving the audience begging her for more encores.
In the latest installment of “Beyond Candid,” E!'s Giuliana Rancic sits down with Michelle Knight who made international headlines when she escaped more than a decade of captivity and unimaginable torture at the hands of her sadistic kidnapper, Ariel Castro.