New Line Cinema News

This summer, Play Along will release a series of dolls representing characters from the upcoming New Line Cinema feature film version of the Broadway smash Hairspray.

The Broadway hit Hairspray will be bringing its unstoppable beat to London in autumn 2007

Hairspray, New Line Cinema's upcoming film version of the Broadway smash, is currently in production for a July 20th release and we've got brand-new production photos!

New Line Cinema is bringing a new feature film adaptation of the Tony award-winning Broadway production of Hairspray to movie theaters this summer, and Play Along®, a division of JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (Nasdaq:JAKK), will be offering the authentic collectable fashion dolls for the highly-anticipated feature film.

The producers of Hairspray, winner of eight 2003 Tony Awards including best musical, have announced that Leslie Goshko of Tulsa, Oklahoma, winner of the Hairspray 'Big Bopper Dance Topper' dance contest, which is presented by Ladies Home Journal and its website LHJ.com, will make her Broadway debut, performing with the company, on Saturday, February 24, at 8pm.

On February 13th, Hairspray bid a fond farewell to Diana DeGarmo and welcomed film star Alexa Vega, who succeeded DeGarmo as Penny Pingleton

Alexa Vega, 'Spy Kids' star will join the Broadway Cast of Hairspray February 13th.

The producers of Hairspray, winner of eight 2003 Tony Awards including Best Musical, have announced that Paul Vogt and Jere Burns take over the roles of Edna and Wilbur Turnblad on Tuesday, January 30, at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre.

Hairspray, New Line Cinema's upcoming film version of the Broadway smash, is currently in production for a July 20th release

The producers of Hairspray, winner of eight Tony Awards® including Best Musical, have announced that teen idol Ashley Parker Angel will make his Broadway debut as dreamy Link Larkin on Friday, January 19 at the Neil Simon Theatre.

The producers of Hairspray, winner of eight 2003 Tony Awards including best musical, have announced that Leslie Goshko of Tulsa, Oklahoma is the winner of the Hairspray 'Big Bopper Dance Topper' dance contest

Two Tracy Turnblads recently met on the set of Hairspray, New Line Cinema's upcoming film version of the Broadway smash.

Big girls and big hair set North Shore Music Theatre rockin' to the Sixties

Actress Catherine Wolf, who has appeared on Broadway in An Inspector Calls, Otherwise Engaged and The Innocents, plays 'Marjorie' in the new film Little Children, directed by Todd Fields

Jayson Raitt presents Let It Sing: The Songs of Alan Zachary & Michael Weiner, Featuring Kerry Butler, Jenna Leigh Green, Rupert Holmes, Leslie Kritzer, Marc Kudisch, Michael Weiner and Alan Zachary on Sunday, October 15, 2006 7:00pm at Ars Nova.

Jim Broadbent--who was previously rumoured to play Wilbur in the upcoming Hairspray but whose role in that film will instead be portrayed by Christopher Walken--may have signed on to the cast of Tim Burton's upcoming Sweeney Todd film

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

The Wedding Singer will launch its national tour in Minneapolis in September of 2007, while other news has also recently been announced for the hit show

The Wedding Singer--the new Broadway musical based on the hit Adam Sandler movie--marched down the aisles of the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on April 27th for its opening night and BroadwayWorld was there!

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.