Mark Kaufman News

The upcoming film version of the Broadway smash Hairspray, as well as Rush Hour 3, will be featured on E!'s 'Hot Summer' 16' from April 27th through May 2nd.

BroadwayWorld.com has learned that Jerry Stiller will be making a cameo appearance in the upcoming Hairspray film in the role of 'Mr. Pinky.' Hairspray's creator John Waters will have a cameo in the film as well.

'The West Wing' star Allison Janney has signed on to the upcoming film version of Hairspray

Christopher Walken is the latest addition to the starry cast of the upcoming Hairspray film; he will play Wilbur Turnblad

Follow the journey of this new musical from the paper to the stage.

Oscar-winner Jim Broadbent is the latest addition to the starry cast of the upcoming Hairspray film; he will play Wilbur Turnblad

X-Men star James Marsden will mutate into dance show host Corny Collins for the starry upcoming Hairspray film

The starry upcoming film version of Hairspray will be shot in Toronto, and not on location in Baltimore

Brittany Snow--previously rumored as the frontrunner in the role of bratty dance show star Amber Von Tussle--has been confirmed for the upcoming Hairspray film

Variety reports this morning that Michelle Pfeiffer has signed on to the upcoming Hairspray film as Velma von Tussle.

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

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.

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

The runaway success of Disney Channel's 'High School Musical,' the sound track from which has hit the No. 1 spot on the Billboard pop-music charts twice this year, has renewed interest in the teen musical genre -- and among the musical productions benefiting is 'In Your Dreams,' a musical written and produced by Miramax-linked screenwriter Zeke Farrow and scored by Marc Shaiman-protégé Lucian Piane.

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

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.'

The previously-announced nationwide casting search for the film version of Hairspray will come to Atlanta, New York and Chicago