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NBC has unveiled an all-new promo for the highly-anticipated musical HAIRSPRAY LIVE!, airing  Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Get a first look below!

Tony and Grammy Award-nominated Michael McElroy and Broadway Inspirational Voices release the fifth video in their 'Broadway Our Way' series, featuring 'You Can't Stop the Beat' from the musical HAIRSPRAY. In tribute to NBC's live version airing on December 7th, BIV offers its voice to this joyful anthem - check it out below!

NBC has just released an all-new promo for HAIRSPRAY LIVE! that takes fans behind the scenes as the finishing touches are placed! NBC's live broadcast will air Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. 

Multi-talented actor, singer and dancer Derek Hough stopped by today's ELLEN to discuss all of his latest roles - both onscreen and off, including NBC's upcoming HAIRSPRAY LIVE!.

NBC has just released an all-new promo for HAIRSPRAY LIVE! featuring Kristin Chenoweth performing the show-stopping number 'Miss Baltimore Crabs.'

HAIRSPRAY LIVE!'s Harvey Fierstein and Derek Hough give Facebook fans a tour of Derek McLane's colorful set, which features various shops named in tribute to the talented people who have been involved in HAIRSPRAY throughout the decades.

What the world needs now is Jennifer Hudson singing 'I Know Where I've Been,' and with this new promo featuring the Oscar winner, audiences can get a preview dose of the powerful anthem-check out the video below!

NBC's HAIRSPRAY LIVE will air Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT and will originate from Los Angeles. The all-star cast includes Harvey Fierstein as Edna Turnblad, Jennifer Hudson as Motormouth Mabel, Martin Short as Wilbur Turnblad, Derek Hough as Corny Collins, Ariana Grandeas Penny Pingleton, Andrea Martin as Prudy Pingleton and Kristin Chenoweth as Velma Von Tussle. Rosie O'Donnell and Sean Hayes will also make special appearances in the broadcast.

Check out the video of the cast of HAIRSPRAY LIVE performing on the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade below!

The cast and crew of NBC's HAIRSPRAY LIVE! pressed pause on rehearsals yesterday to take the Mannequin Challenge.

Access Hollywood stopped by the set of Hairspray Live! this week to hangout with stars Harvey Fierstein and Derek Hough, and get a sneak peek of what audiences can expect for the joyous finale number, 'You Can't Stop the Beat'!

Wonka has touched down in New York! Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, starring two-time Tony Award winner Christian Borle, just announced the show will begin performances Tuesday, March 28, 2017 and officially opens Sunday, April 23, 2017 at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46th Street).

NBC today unveiled the highly anticipated HAIRSPRAY LIVE! first-look promo — featuring the all-star cast in costume for the first time!

Today in 2002, Hairspray opened at the Neil Simon Theatre, where it ran for 2642 performances. Hairspray is a musical with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman and a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on the 1988 John Waters film Hairspray. In 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, plump teenager Tracy Turnblad's dream is to dance on The Corny Collins Show, a local TV dance program. When Tracy wins a role on the show, she becomes a celebrity overnight. She then launches a campaign to integrate the show. Hairspray is a social commentary on the injustices of parts of American society in the 1960s.

The factory is almost open! As BroadwayWorld reported yesterday, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, starring two-time Tony Award winner Christian Borle, just announced the show will begin performances Tuesday, March 28, 2017 and officially opens Sunday, April 23, 2017 at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46th Street). Check out two new teasers for the show below!

Dove Cameron, a star of Disney Channel's popular series 'Liv and Maddie,' has been cast as Amber Von Tussle, while Garrett Clayton, co-star of a pair of TV movie musicals, will play Link Larkin

On this morning's TODAY it was announced that newcomer Maddie Baillio has been cast as teenager Tracy Turnblad in NBC's HAIRSPRAY LIVE. Harvey Fierstein, who will reprise his Tony Award-winning role as Edna Turnblad, introduced his fictional daughter and shared that he is currently working on the script which he says may be a little different than the film and stage version of the show. BroadwayWorld met with Baillio this morning at 30 Rock, where the star-to-be opened up about how she landed the role, her reaction upon receiving the news and more!

Tveit is the latest star to appear for #DisasterRelief, benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Opening the night was celebrity contestant Kim Fields and her partner Sasha Farber who danced a Jive to 'You Can't Stop The Beat' from HAIRSPRAY.

During three months of rehearsals, the students who had just met rehearsed a musical about acceptance while national headlines told of racism.