Scott Wittman News

The Broadway hit Hairspray celebrates its 2,000th performance on Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre.

Hairspray will open in London at the Shaftesbury Theater on October 30th

The soundtrack for the upcoming film version of Hairspray will be released by New Line Records on July 10th.

The iconic theater diva and star of 24 - count 'em, 24 - Broadway shows including 'Evita,' 'Master Class,' 'Noises Off,' 'Anything Goes' and 'Sweeney Todd' brought all the songs she 'Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda' sung, plus a few more, to The Music Hall in Portsmouth, NH this past weekend

Tomorrow night, Wednesdsay, May 23rd, MTV will offer an exclusive 10-minute clip from the upcoming film version of Hairspray.

The Coast of Utopia and Spring Awakening won the top honors at The 52nd Annual Drama Desk Awards, which were presented on Sunday, May 20 at the F.H. LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center!

On May 17th, the Palm West Restaurant hosted a private cast party for the Broadway cast of Hairspray

This Wednesday, May 16, the full cast of the highly anticipated film version of Hairspray, along with dancers from the movie, will appear on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show.'

On Saturday May 5, Hairspray stars Alexa Vega (Penny Pingleton) and Ashley Parker Angel (Link Larkin) will be at Toys 'R' Us in Times Square, New York City

Canada.com reports that Tony Award-winner Nathan Lane and Tom Wopat, who starred in earlier workshops of Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman's Broadway-bound musical Catch Me If You Can, may reprise their roles for Broadway

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.

Beth Leavel and James Naughton announced the nominees for the 2007 Drama Desk Awards this morning at The Friar's Club. The awards will take place on Sunday, May 20th at the F. H. LaGuardia Concert Hall.

Forget all those movies with 2, 3 and more in the names! What BroadwayWorld readers are anxiously waiting for is the Broadway smash, Hairspray to hit the big screen! Click now to watch this hot trailer featuring all the stars including John Travolta, Nikki Blonsky, Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah, Christopher Walken, Brittany Snow, Zac Efron, Amanda Bynes and more!

Multiple-award winning composer Marc Shaiman got top billing Tuesday evening as the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers honored him with the Henry Mancini Award during the 22nd Annual ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles...

Martin Short and members of the cast of the recent Broadway hit Fame Becomes Me appeared at the Times Square Virgin Megastore on Tuesday, April 10th to perform songs and celebrate the release of their new album

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.

Martin Short, Marc Shaiman and members of the cast of the recent Broadway hit Fame Becomes Me will be at the Times Square Virgin Megastore to perform songs and celebrate the release of their new album.

A movie poster design was recently completed for Hairspray, New Line Cinema's upcoming film version of the Broadway smash.

Ghostlight Records, a division of Sh-K-Boom Records, proudly releases the original cast recording of Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me on Tuesday, April 10, 2007

The stars of New Line Cinema's highly anticipated upcoming film version of Hairspray recently gathered for the 2007 ShoWest Photocall at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas.