NBC has officially found its star to take on the lead role of Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray Live! According to the ... Baillio joins a star-studded cast that includes Harvey Fierstein (who is ...

while Craig Zadan and Neil Meron (The Wiz Live!) are on board as executive producers. For those unfamiliar with Hairspray, it tells the story of a plus-sized teen who challenges the status quo of ...

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 ...

The first "Hairspray Live!" cast photo is here and it is fabulous ... which is set in 1962 Baltimore and follows teenager Tracy Turnblad in her quest to land a spot dancing on “The Corny ...

NBC is revealing the musically inclined actors who will appear in the live show, so let’s take a look at who’s signed on so far. The most important part of Hairspray is, of course, Tracy ...

NBC has cast newcomer Maddie Baillio, a singer and dancer from League City, TX, to play the lead role of Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray Live, which is set to air December 7. Her casting was announced ...

Fans of "Hairspray" have been waiting to find out who'd fill Tracy ... RELATED: 'Hairspray Live!' stars revealed — Jennifer Hudson, Harvey Fierstein join NBC's cast The "Hairspray Live!" ...

NBC’s production of “Hairspray Live!” hits airwaves Wednesday ... And so the tale of full-figured, big-haired Baltimore ingenue Tracy Turnblad, hell-bent on mastering the Mashed Potato ...

X “Congrats to the cast of @nbchairspraylive on a job well done from myself and the rest of the Hairspray Movie Cast!” she captioned a throwback pic from her time as the spunky Baltimore teen.

RELATEDBilly Eichner Joins Hairspray Live! NBC on Monday ... featuring the first footage of the cast — which includes newcomer Maddie Baillio as dancing queen Tracy Turnblad — performing ...

Harvey Fierstein, who will write the teleplay, brings a deep-rooted understanding of "Hairspray Live," having worked on the original script as well as adapting the show for its Las Vegas and ...

The spray’s the thing: Maddie Baillio as Tracy Turnblad Baillio joins the already cast Jennifer Hudson ... “change the world.” “Hairspray Live” is NBC’s fourth live musical event ...