"She said, 'I love Hairspray, I love Penny. Don't change anything ... Newcomer Maddie Baillio was cast as Tracy Turnblad through a nationwide casting call, but surprisingly wasn't the hardest ...

Ariana Grande is joining NBC's live musical event as Penny Pingleton, best friend to hair-hopping '60s heroine Tracy Turnblad. And while the cast is fairly well in order at this point, three key ...

Instead, "Hairspray" is a toe-tapping romp through teenage angst ... Chandra Lee Schwartz has many funny moments as Tracy's ditsy friend, Penny, while Serge Kushnier serves the production well as the ...

If there was no other reason to do this Hairspray ... and her friend Penny (Grande) meet Seaweed and his mother, Motormouth Maybelle (Sykes and Hudson). Now morally awake, Tracy becomes determined ...

Age: 30 to 50 Vocal range top: G5 Vocal range bottom: F3 Penny Pingleton - Tracy’s best friend and ... but is expected to win Miss Baltimore Hairspray. Always feels the need to be the center ...

Hairspray' remains a poignant movie many ... The film shows other aspects of this via Penny Pingleton, Tracy’s best friend. She and Seaweed’s romance highlights the controversy surrounding ...

Set in 1962 Baltimore, “Hairspray,” running though ... I’m a Big Girl Now,” with Tracy and Edna, Velma and Amber, and Penny and her mother, Prudy (Emmanuelle Zeesman, who plays every ...

“Hairspray” takes place in 1960s Baltimore and follows the story of a young, overweight girl Tracy Turnblad (Niki ... (Andrew Levitt), best friend Penny Pingleton (Emery Henderson), and ...

Hairspray: The Musical is presented by Family Music Theatre June 13-28, the New Vida Center (3727 West Kiest Blvd. in Dallas.