In John Waters' universe, suppurating zits, befouled laundry and uncontrollable lust for sex and hot dogs are what's underneath all the hairspray and wholesome-seeming dance moves of 1962.

The Cape Playhouse has released new performance video and production photos from Hairspray, now playing through August 8.

The original 1988 movie inspired the Broadway musical, plus the film based on that musical Often, directors are surprised when their movies get higher ratings from the Motion Picture Association, but ...

The local musical theater nonprofit company is running a production of the Tony Award-winning show at the end of August.

"It was all very surreal," director Adam Shankman tells PEOPLE on Hairspray's 15th anniversary Adam Shankman won't forget John Travolta and Christopher Walken's onscreen connection anytime soon. In an ...

Perfecting costumes for live TV musical - and a famous one at that - takes some work. Here, the show's costume designer shares how the looks came together Kaitlyn is a former Assistant Style & Beauty ...

The latest rendition of "Hairspray" is as tragic as a Target DEI rollback. Vogue's latest stunt, featuring the oh-so-thin Gigi Hadid in a "Hairspray"-inspired video for the magazine's April cover ...

The Pope of Filth stopped by New York's IFC Center last weekend to celebrate what he called "the only radical movie I ever made." “We got out of the limousine and there was a huge crowd that went ...